At the foot of the mountain there are several caves in which a number of bones of giants and giant animals are said to have been found.
Both rocks rise 150-160 feet above the river.
As the limestone is of a light color, they stand out all the more strikingly against the green of the forest that cloaks the mountains.
The legend of Father and Nun
It is said that in ancient times a monk lived in a monastery who was quarrelsome and did not want to know anything about the strict order to which the monks in the monastery were subjected.
So he broke out of the kennel, laughed at the spiritual threats of his brothers and, together with other companions, built himself a stately knight's castle on the Burgberg and lived in it magnificently.
He then wooed a nun, who had been locked up in a convent by her relatives, and she happily followed him to the castle. Despite the custom, they both kept their monastic costume, which consisted of long, white robes.
For many years they had lived on the Burgberg in joy and honor, when once a holy bishop passed through the area. They mockingly blocked his path and even had him thrown into the Lenne when he reproached them for their pagan behavior.
The bishop, dying, prophesied the downfall of the evildoers, and indeed, while they were still standing on the bank below and laughing at the dying man's words, a storm arose, under whose blows the castle and everything in it sank into the ground.
The two culprits, Father and nun, struck by lightning, were turned into stone for eternal remembrance and must stand there until doomsday.
