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

The First Jousting Tournaments in Bohemia

According to Hájek of Libočany, Kazi’s daughter Bila founded the local castle and town in 744. A later owner of the castle, Ojíř of Frýdberk, was supposedly the first to introduce jousting tournaments to Bohemia in the thirteenth century.

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Place
Bílina
Municipality / starting point
Bílina
District / region
Teplice
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
12 km S of Teplic
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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 58

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