Glisborn the Pilgerbach stream near Edermünde-Holzhausen at an elevation of . This gives an average gradient of 1.7%. The first written versions of legends about the Glisborn were recorded by the Brothers Grimm. It is, however, most probable that this legend is based on an older Chatti legend which states that the god Odin came riding from the Odenberg on his white, eight-legged horse Sleipnir. At every hoof-fall of the horse, a spring arose, such as the Glisborn. For this reason the Chatti held the Glisborn sacred. After the Chatti were Christianised in the 8th Century by Saint Boniface, the legend
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