The one before us, with the church, was called Eichfeld, and at our right was another which we could not see, Lichtstadt.

In ancient times, he told us, the mountain sides and the bottom of the whole valley had been clothed with dense oak forests.

Then people came who wanted to till the ground.

They began to clear (lichten) these woods at Lichtstadt.

This was a difficult task, and they had used axes (Keile) for the purpose.