Tajemná místaATLAS OF STORIES AND LEGENDS
Chotěšov · STORY FROM THE ATLAS

The legend of the monastery treasure

A treasure was supposedly hidden in the old convent of Premonstratensian nuns founded around 1200 by Blessed Hroznata. According to legend the abbot of the time had it walled up during the Thirty Years' War. One version says a sexton discovered it in the tower of the now-demolished church; another says it still lies somewhere here.

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

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Place
Chotěšov
Municipality / starting point
Chotěšov
District / region
Plzeň-jih
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
3 km NE of Stodu

A treasure was supposedly hidden in the old convent of Premonstratensian nuns founded around 1200 by Blessed Hroznata. According to legend the abbot of the time had it walled up during the Thirty Years' War. One version says a sexton discovered it in the tower of the now-demolished church; another says it still lies somewhere here.

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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 133

This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.

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