Margaretha Maultasch vor Chalons - Eine steirische Geschichte

Margarete of Tyrol-Görz also called Margaretha Maultasch. A story from the book Mythen und Sagen aus dem Steirischen Hochlande.

Margaretha Maultasch at Chalons. Margaretha Maultasch got, when she was at war with the dukes of Austria over Carinthia, as far as the region of Teufenbach. The knight of Chalons, by nightly raids and restless little warfare, broke her off tremendously, and reduced the irresistible terror of her name. Margarethe now swore bloody revenge. The little castle in the rocky cave was surrounded on all sides by her numerous horsts ensnared from all sides. To her warrior servants, however, it seemed a magic castle and the fight against it an unequal, fearful haunting. At one time the mistress wanted to conquer Chalons through hunger, at another to destroy the rock and prevent it in every way and at any price from being a dwelling-place for the living and a safe haven for the enemies.
The lord of the castle lost his courage. Such distress had made him lost his faith in the loyalty of his people. He thought of his neighbours who were at the mercy of their own servants for the vengeance of the unforgiving woman. He escaped through the cave passage and ended his life and house - in impenetrable darkness. When the lord of the castle was gone, the deserted cave castle of Chalons Margarethen opened its dark gates. She destroyed it to the bottom. Soon after, she suffered a defeat on the Teufenbach Feld where the new road to Murau leads. Much blood is said to have flowed here, as confirmed by the names: "Blutgraben, Bluttratte".