In St. Andreasberg the tradition is, he was a monk who sought to open the mines there, but failed.
According to this tradition, he completed nearly the entire canal at the base of the Rehberg,[[3]] called the Rehberger Graben, which conveys all the water to St. Andreasberg for the working of the Samson mine, but became bankrupt through the undertaking.
[[3]] Rehberg—stag mountain.
Many wild tales are told of his bringing aid to the miners, and to the poor and distressed, and of his severity toward the wrong-doer.
In the mining town Wildemann there is a tradition of a wild man who gave the place its name.
Once a robber from the Thuringian Forest lived here in a cave with a wild woman; they were clothed with moss and the branches of fir-trees.
The knight Claus, founder of Clausthal, once saw this wild man on the Wildmann's Cliffs, with a fir-tree, torn up by the roots, in his hand, and a bear on his. back.
The Nimrod of the Rehbergerklippe.[[1]]
[[1]] Rehbergerklippe—cliff of the stag mountain.