Teil­man­n’s Mane­sten

Odd-look­ing and slight­ly omi­nous, Teil­manns Mane­sten is a vari­a­tion of the tra­di­tio­nal “Manepæl” . The­se were usu­al­ly woo­den poles employ­ed to keep rest­less spi­rits in the gro­und, but pre­ci­se­ly becau­se Teil­manns Mane­sten is made of sto­ne, it has been able to wit­h­stand even the most unfor­gi­ving weat­her. Thus, as somet­hing qui­te unique, Teil­manns Mane­sten is pro­bably the ori­gi­nal, belie­ved to have been rai­sed aro­und 1830.

Teil­manns Mane­sten has been known by locals and resi­dents of the near­by Nør­holm Esta­te throug­hout its exi­sten­ce, but its true pur­po­se was for­got­ten along the way. For some rea­son it was thought to be a monu­ment for the dead hor­se or dog of a for­mer Nør­holm owner. Howe­ver, aro­und the year 2000, it was reve­a­led that the sto­ne was in fact somet­hing much more sini­ster.

It appears that Teil­man­n’s Mane­sten was erected by resi­dents of the near­by Nør­holm Esta­te, toget­her with the equi­va­lent of an exorcist from ano­t­her parish, as the local pri­est did­n’t feel up to the task. Not much is known in detail about this endeavor, except that the tar­get of the “maning”, or bin­ding to the gro­und, was the spi­rit of a for­mer Nør­holm owner Andreas Char­les Teil­mann. Teil­mann would have been dead for a gre­at many years at this time (sin­ce 1790), but appa­rent­ly he was thought to still be haun­ting the area whe­re the sto­ne stands. Jud­ging by the level of out­si­de invol­ve­ment, the ghost­ly acti­vi­ty must have been qui­te bad, and the locals were clear­ly des­pe­ra­te to final­ly put his spi­rit to rest.

You can reach Teil­manns Mane­sten by fol­lowing the path from the par­king spa­ce into the woods. When you’ve rea­ched the for­mer spring foun­tain, seen in the above pho­to, you are about half way the­re. When you are about to arri­ve at the tar­get coor­di­na­tes, the­re will be a sign poin­ting towards the sto­ne. From here, you will need to cross the water at certain pla­ces. Keep your eyes pee­led, you can easily miss it.

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