Around 990, St Adalbert founded the Church of St Wenceslas on a hill at the original Slavník hillfort. A standard made from St Wenceslas's lance and St Adalbert's banner was kept here. Bohemian kings carried it into great battles. The banner was divided halfway down into two narrower strips embroidered with a star. It disappeared during the various conflicts. It is supposedly walled up in a cellar beneath the church sacristy, resting on a marble table, from which St Wenceslas will take it when he rides out to help Bohemia.
Location and map
- Place
- Vrbčany
- Municipality / starting point
- Vrbčany
- District / region
- Kolín
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 3 km W of Platan
Around 990, St Adalbert founded the Church of St Wenceslas on a hill at the original Slavník hillfort. A standard made from St Wenceslas's lance and St Adalbert's banner was kept here. Bohemian kings carried it into great battles. The banner was divided halfway down into two narrower strips embroidered with a star. It disappeared during the various…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 372
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.