Albrecht von Wallenstein was murdered here on 25 February 1634. Johannes Kepler, who drew up his horoscope, knew the time and cause of his death but refused to tell him. (See Jičín.) After midnight the murdered Wallenstein's apparition appears at the castle in a carriage drawn by four black horses with flames shooting from their eyes. Inside sits the ghost with a bloody stain on his chest. Six ghostly horsemen trot alongside the carriage with swords drawn.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
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
Approximate location on the map
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SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 129
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.