At the Ghosts

The road from the former mining town of Horní Blatná to Potůčky follows a wooded valley. About halfway along, a hill with a rocky summit rises on the right. Once called Jindřichova hora and surrounded by many local legends, it now bears the fitting name Na strašidlech, At the Ghosts (913 m). A treasure of gold and silver coins supposedly lies inside, opening once a year at Easter, when a key can be found. But the wealth is guarded by the Wild Hunt, a horde of terrifying ghosts that gave the hill its present name. A ghost story also concerns Blatenský vrch (1,043 m), where a man who moved boundary stones during his life appears.