After dying of cholera, the ghost of a wicked chief steward appeared in the corridors of the early Baroque château and at a place called U Matulkoc kříže. During his lifetime he was known here as the Red One. He was most probably Steward Truxes, who served here around 1830.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Vlachovo Březí
- Municipality / starting point
- Vlachovo Březí
- District / region
- Prachatice
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 8 km NW of Prachatic
Approximate location on the map
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SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 368
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.