you might or might not recall that Lehndorff in his entry on Fredersdorf marvels that a guy "from the most backward Pomerania" made it to the top.

Ohhhhh! I forgot it was Pomerania, but I remember the backward part :)

Man, creepy songs for children are creepy. (I sang somewhat creepy songs too as a kid, but as far as I know they didn't have any historical basis.)