Widukind Museum Enger

In the stories that surround Widukind, history is mixed with legend. Widukind's struggles as the leader of the Saxons against the Franks under Charlemagne and his subsequent baptism earned him a fabulous reputation in the centuries that followed: He was considered a charismatic leader, exemplary Christian, pagan freedom fighter and guardian of regional identity. Every time makes its own picture of the Saxon aristocrat. The Widukind myth has survived to this day.