Beneath the castle at Dolní Kounice, a long underground passage slopes down through the hill and ends at the water level of the Oslava. In side recesses, bones of people tortured to death centuries ago in the dreadful pit can supposedly still be seen in the earth. The monastery of Rosa Coeli, founded in 1181, stood here. Hussites burned it down. After its demise, various religious sects spread here: Anabaptists, Waldensians and the Bohemian Brethren.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Dolní Kounice
- Municipality / starting point
- Dolní Kounice
- District / region
- Brno-venkov
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 8 km SE of Ivančic
Approximate location on the map
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SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 99
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.