Der Krausens Otto

and in English, oops hard to translate the story, you might need a little German to solve the riddle anyway:

The Krausens Otto (a.k.a. Otto Kraus),

Attention!!! 2009/07/11 the hint has been modified. Since this cache is not as static as one might expect, the resulting coordinates are not totally reliable. That's why the hint has been adapted. When in doubt, use the spoiler-picture.


Krausens Otto has been a humble guy. He has been living in Schafhof working as a locomotive driver. He didn't have a lot of money though, and when his daily railroad track, the 'Verbindungskurve Erlenstegen' has been abandoned, he got discarded. He had to give up his flat and lived as a garden plot holder in Klingenwald from then on.

He grew tomatoes and pumpkins there until he deceased this summer.
But throughout the time, he did hide his emergency reserve at his former workplace in a lunchbox. If you wanna have a look what he kept there, you have to visit the following coordinates:

ABCD = the year, when Krausens Otto went to retirement

N 4B° 28.55C
E AA° 07.DDC

The above coordinates belong to a railway control center nearby, where he used to visit a colleague from time to time chatting about good old railway times.

If you wanna search for his lunch box, be careful, not all railway tracks there are a abandoned yet. The garden plot holders are often nosy people. Take care of your kids, and always try to operate in 'stealth mode'.

Gettin hungry while caching? You can visit Otto's favourite place for the evening at Klingenwald 2 N 49° 28.522 E 11° 07.065. The fried sausage is recommended. Closed on Tuesdays.


Have fun
-geohlp