Mühlhiasl (or Muehlhiasl) of Apoig (September 16, 1753 – 1805 in Zwiesel) was a

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n prophet. Historians are uncertain as to whether Mühlhiasl and the legendary Bavarian cowherd and seer Matthias Stormberger (b. 1753) are actually the same. Stormberger was a German peasant mystic and

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who lived in Bavaria and made prophecies about the towns and villages where he lived. He made reference to the future in descriptions of the Deggendorf–Kalteneck railway that would be built through the forest where he lived between Kalenneck and Deggendorf.

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The character Mühlhiasl was the subject of a film by the film director

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adapted from a story by Herbert Achternbusch. The film '' Herz aus Glas'' (1976) tells the story of a bankrupt

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works in a small village in

. The main character based on Mühlhiasl is called "Hias".IMDB
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Muhlhiasl 1753 births 1805 deaths 18th-century German people East Bavaria