The Sladový potok stream flows around the town, with the Sladovka slope rising above it. Beneath the slope, on the stream bank, stands the so-called execution stone, where beheadings took place long ago. The ghost of a headless young man appears here. He walks with his hands clasped and his severed head under his arm. After heavy rain, in the evening, one must strike all the boulders on Sladovka. Whichever gives a metallic ring is said to contain a hidden treasure.
Location and map
- Place
- Benešov
- Municipality / starting point
- Benešov
- District / region
- Not stated in the sources
- Country
- Not specified in the sources
- Distance and direction
- 38 km SE of Prahy
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 55
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.