A skeleton with a hammer was once seen on the tower of the Church of the Assumption. Legend identifies him as the careless night watchman Hnát, who slept while Germans from Jihlava attacked the town in 1427. The wooden skeleton is now on the Renaissance town hall.
Location and map
- Place
- Havlíčkův Brod
- Municipality / starting point
- Havlíčkův Brod
- District / region
- Not stated in the sources
- Country
- Not specified in the sources
- Distance and direction
- 25 km N of Jihlavy
A skeleton with a hammer was once seen on the tower of the Church of the Assumption. Legend identifies him as the careless night watchman Hnát, who slept while Germans from Jihlava attacked the town in 1427. The wooden skeleton is now on the Renaissance town hall.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 111
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.