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

A Marian apparition

Near the V jezerech pond, at a spring of ‘miraculous water’, the Virgin Mary supposedly appeared to herders in 1855. A chapel stands at the site of the miracle, built by the knight Ludvík Nádherný in 1857.

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

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Place
Chotoviny
Municipality / starting point
Chotoviny
District / region
Tábor
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
9 km N of Tábora

Near the V jezerech pond, at a spring of ‘miraculous water’, the Virgin Mary supposedly appeared to herders in 1855. A chapel stands at the site of the miracle, built by the knight Ludvík Nádherný in 1857.

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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 134

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

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