Between Chržín and Loučka a large boulder with shallow grooves was shown in the fields. Local people called them the marks of the devil's claws. It supposedly commemorated a wager between St George and the devil over who could throw a stone farther from Mount Říp. The devil threw his this far, but St George's reached beyond Velvary, to the site where the town's church was founded.
Location and map
- Place
- Chržín
- Municipality / starting point
- Chržín
- District / region
- Kladno
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 4 km N of Velvar
Between Chržín and Loučka a large boulder with shallow grooves was shown in the fields. Local people called them the marks of the devil's claws. It supposedly commemorated a wager between St George and the devil over who could throw a stone farther from Mount Říp. The devil threw his this far, but St George's reached beyond Velvary, to the site where the town's church was founded.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 137
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.