From the chapel of Cheb castle a spiral staircase, broken away at ground-floor level, leads to an upper chamber with a chimney. A burgher of Cheb named Vahn supposedly practised alchemy here between 1458 and 1477. The abbot Jiří Angelus, a reputedly accomplished alchemist, also once worked in the Cheb region. Using alchemical gold, he allegedly built 300 churches and chapels and still left behind a great treasure of pure gold.
Location and map
- Place
- Cheb
- Municipality / starting point
- Cheb
- District / region
- Not stated in the sources
- Country
- Not specified in the sources
- Distance and direction
- 30 km NW of Mariánských Lázní
From the chapel of Cheb castle a spiral staircase, broken away at ground-floor level, leads to an upper chamber with a chimney. A burgher of Cheb named Vahn supposedly practised alchemy here between 1458 and 1477. The abbot Jiří Angelus, a reputedly accomplished alchemist, also once worked in the Cheb region. Using alchemical gold, he allegedly built 300…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 129
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.