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

The hiding places of outlaws' treasures

Local tradition names two nearby places where treasures are supposedly buried. One is Nový háj hill between Javorník and the scattered Slovak hillside settlements. The treasure is placed either by the ‘ramparts’ surviving from 17th-century border fortifications or beside a rock conspicuously marked with a carved sign. Folk imagination saw a horseshoe and a goose's footprint in it; it may originally have been the arms of the old owners, the lords of Kravaře, an arrow wrapped in cloth. The second location is Hradisko hill (636 m), two kilometres to the south, with prehistoric hillfort remains. Both are said to conceal outlaws' treasures.

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

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Place
Javorník
Municipality / starting point
Javorník
District / region
Hodonín
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
2 km S of Velké nad Veličkou
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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 144

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

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