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Our internationals have to work together in a team to find their way through the woods. On the way, they have to find clues and reinforce their creativity. Thereby, they learn something about the local contemporary history and get to know the forest area of Darmstadt. Alongside, they will get scared by our team members who hid in the forest.
Hänsel and Gretel are missing! But that's not all; they were last seen in the Heiner Forest in Darmstadt, of all places, where there have long been tales of a terrible witch wreaking havoc. Follow the trail of breadcrumbs in groups of up to 5 people to investigate their disappearance. But be careful: the forest is dark and full of terrors!
The Halloween Witch Hunt is a scavenger hunt-type of event where groups of 5 are led into the woods with a first hint and part of a map. Their goal is to go from station to station to entangle the background story and get the new part of the map. The tour starts for the participants with a friendly companion guiding them into the forest and explaining to them the starting point of the story: It's 1903 and a few days ago Duke Ernst Ludwig went for a hunting trip with Tsar Nikolaus into the woods when suddenly his Daughter started to feel bad. They brought her back to the castle but nothing could help her anymore, she died at just 8 years old, but nobody knows what caused it. Hänsel and Gretel are sure this was the deed of a witch, as they’ve encountered one before, so they went into the woods to find her and find out who she is but they are gone for 5 days now and never came back. Now it's on the participants to go after them and get to the root of the story. Shortly after they enter the dark forest the participants have to continue alone but get the first page of Hänsel's diary that was found. Hänsel and Gretel believe that the Witch is connected to the witch hunt under Duke Georg in the 16th century and that she is seeking the family of the dukes and the people of Darmstadt. On the four stations which are decorated according to the theme, they find people of the story that tell them their part and give them the next page of Hänsel's diary with the next part of the map. The story they discover step by step is based on a true story of this time containing an old weaver women, her children Sara and Wolf as well as another victim, Anne. Also, the mysterious death of Princess Elisabeth is a true story, used as a teaser for the participants of this event and well described on Wikipedia.
