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Firm As The Rock: Königstein

Buttercups flicker in the meadow; Königstein guards the skyline.

 

Dandelion clocks and buttercups freckle the grass—candle-flames at noon.

On the horizon rises Festung Königstein, an island of sandstone and legend.

 

From here it looks like a LEGO fort, but I know the tales:

– Bohemian raiders circled these walls.

– Swedish troops scorched the town below in 1639.

– Even Napoleon rode past in 1813.

 

Not once in eight centuries did the fortress surrender.

 

Would you have trusted those buttercups and stayed, or marched on?

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Uploaded on June 5, 2025
Taken on August 25, 2018