Cologne Neumarkt
Carved white horse heads lean from a tower, marking a legend of a woman who woke inside her grave.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Cologne Neumarkt goes back to 1357, when plague swept the city and a councilor's wife named Richmodis was buried in haste at the churchyard just off this square, still wearing her rings. It follows a gravedigger who returned that night for them, and Richmodis waking inside her own coffin. You'll hear the confident boast her husband Richolf made when a servant tried to tell him she was alive. Stand at the square's northern edge, phone down, before you press play.
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