Ghost story
The rejected monk of the Hueck House
In the fifteenth century the merchant Hermann Greve lived at Lai 29 with his stepdaughter Margarethe. A learned monk, Johann von Hilten, was a frequent guest and fell in love with the girl, but she turned him down and married a tradesman from Bremen. The spurned monk took revenge by turning the family against the match. Since then a monk has been heard in the house, walking with a soft sliding step and knocking on doors and walls; in the 1930s a servant claimed invisible hands struck her legs and another saw a man's face in the plaster. Some say it is Margarethe herself who walks. The Hueck House is a protected merchant house.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
15. sajandil elas Lai 29 majas kaupmees Hermann Greve koos kasutütre Margarethega. Õpetatud munk Johann von Hilten käis seal tihti ja armus tüdrukusse, kuid neiu lükkas ta tagasi ning abiellus Bremenist pärit kaupmehega. Tõrjutud munk maksis kätte, pöörates perekonna abielu vastu. Sellest ajast on majas kuuldud munka, kes kõnnib vaikse libiseva sammuga ning koputab ustele ja seintele; 1930. aastatel väitis üks teenija, et nähtamatud käed lõid teda jalgadele, ja teine nägi krohvis mehe nägu. Mõned arvavad, et hoopis Margarethe ise käib ringi. Huecki maja on kaitsealune kaupmehemaja.
Source: Legend told by Visit Estonia ('Myths and legends of Tallinn Old Town') and In Your Pocket. ↗