By the junction on the road to Strkovice stands a menhir long called the Enchanted Monk. It is a flat sandstone slab rising more than two metres above ground. A legend links it to a maiden from Žatec who fell unhappily in love with a young monk. They fled together, but the monastery’s suspicious prior followed. He pronounced a terrible curse that turned the young monk to stone. The girl was accused of witchcraft and blamed for her lover’s fate. Afraid of torture, she confessed. According to Žatec’s criminal records, which describe the event, she was burned in 1668.
Location and map
- Place
- Drahomyšl
- Municipality / starting point
- Drahomyšl
- District / region
- Louny
- Country
- Czechia
- Location in the sources
- Not specified in the sources.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 103
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.