Near Drahoňův Újezd is a spring called Křtitelna, the Baptistery. During the Thirty Years' War a Protestant priest brought foundlings here and baptised them. On bright moonlit nights, a procession of white figures appears, emerging from the spring and disappearing into it again. Sometimes living people can also be seen in the procession; they supposedly die within a year.
Location and map
- Place
- Zbiroh
- Municipality / starting point
- Zbiroh
- District / region
- Rokycany
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 18 km NE of Rokycan
Near Drahoňův Újezd is a spring called Křtitelna, the Baptistery. During the Thirty Years' War a Protestant priest brought foundlings here and baptised them. On bright moonlit nights, a procession of white figures appears, emerging from the spring and disappearing into it again. Sometimes living people can also be seen in the procession; they supposedly die within a year.
The link searches for Zbiroh and its surroundings. The sources do not establish the precise point of this legend.
Approximate location · municipality or area search. The distance comes from the sources, not a currently calculated route.
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 377
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.