Editing Leitha (section)

==Legends==
[[File:Leitha hexen.jpg|thumb|Leitha River Hexen statues in [[Lanzenkirchen]]]]
At the Leitha Ursprung (or Source) in the small town of [[Lanzenkirchen]], there is a hiking trail, a stone with a plaque to mark the origin point and three wooden figures that represent the legendary Leitha Hexen (witches).

According to the sign next to the three wooden women, "Once upon a time, real witches lived in the waters of the Leitha. They were small, like children, skinny and hunchbacked, with tangled hair that reached down to their knees and webbed fingers and toes."

"The witches mostly splashed around under the bridges, but anyone who teased them or watched them met a bad end."

"One evening a man was overcome by the desire to tempt the Leitha witches. When he heard them in the water, he put both hands around his mouth and shouted:
'Hoo hoo!' ”

"Then he hurried away laughing. But he didn't get far, because suddenly countless bony hands wrapped around him and pulled him to the ground! No amount of struggling and struggling helped; he couldn't even call for help. He only felt a wet cloth being pressed over his mouth, then his senses faded."

"When he came to again, he was lying on the banks of the Leitha, on the border with Katzelsdorf. But the Leitha witches were nowhere to be seen or heard."<ref>[[:File:Leitha hexen plaque.jpg|See image]].</ref>