Show HAS foundation IN ROCK remarkable church in gorman german town around which there linger superstitious tales I 1 in the quaint old german town ot of oberstein Oberst eln nn an ancient church stands built in tho the great rock rising from tho the river the front of the building is of stone but tho the church itself la Is hollowed out of tho the rock rind penetrates far into its heart tradition says saya that in the fourteenth century the count or of Oberst oln one of tho the old robber barons tell fell deeply in love with a beautiful young lady tho the daughter of a neighboring knight ills his brother also sought the fair maidens hand arid and tho the two suitors had a violent quarrel the upshot was wan thit that tho the count flung his hapless brother from the top of his castle wall high up the precipitous cliff repenting ot at hla his awful deed tho the count vowed that he would build a church where his brothers body first touched the ground ho did so excavating the church in the rock and tradition goes on to say a miraculous spring of at clear water sprang from tho the crag as a token that heaven was appeased this curious church Is now the only protestant place of wor worship shIr in the town wide world magazine |