According to some legends, the Knights Templar settled here in the thirteenth century and founded a monastery. In his 1743 German description of Bezděz, Father V. Poche relates that before leaving, the Templars hid a great treasure in the Devil’s Tower and then blocked its entrance.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Bezděz - Hrad
- Municipality / starting point
- Bezděz
- District / region
- Česká Lípa
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 6 km SE of Doks
Approximate location on the map
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SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 57
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.