Near Zaháj, northwest of Hluboká, famous for a bloody defeat of French troops in the mid-eighteenth century, lay a great marsh. Legend says a wagon carrying the French army’s main treasury sank into it. Will-o’-the-wisps supposedly appeared here, enticing travellers towards the treasure.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
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- Place
- Hluboká Nad Vltavou
- Municipality / starting point
- Hluboká Nad Vltavou
- District / region
- České Budějovice
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 11 km N of Českých Budějovic
Approximate location on the map
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SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 113
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.