A castle stood high above the Jizera near Rakousy, of which only scant remains survive. In the fifteenth century robber knights led by the Black Knight captured it. It was therefore burned in 1422. For a long time afterwards, the Black Knight's ghost appeared as an almost invisible, trembling phantom.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Zbiroh- Hrad
- Municipality / starting point
- Zbiroh
- District / region
- Semily
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 5 km NE of Turnova
Approximate location on the map
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SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 378
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.