After death, the spirit of a wicked chief steward haunted this place. As was practised at many other places then, his body was removed from the grave and his head separated from it. A new grave was dug on mysterious Smolný hill, where outcasts were usually buried.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Dřevohostice
- Municipality / starting point
- Dřevohostice
- District / region
- Přerov
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 14 km SE of Přerova
Approximate location on the map
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Approximate location · municipality or area search. The distance comes from the sources, not a currently calculated route.
SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 105
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.