Six kilometres west of the town lies the granite-rock nature reserve Zaječí skok, Hare's Leap. According to legend an evil lord died here when, pursuing a strange hare, he leapt with his horse from the cliffs. In its last effort the horse pressed a hoofprint into the rock, still shown today.
Location and map
- Place
- Jihlava
- Municipality / starting point
- Jihlava
- District / region
- Not stated in the sources
- Country
- Not specified in the sources
- Distance and direction
- 87 km NW of Brna
Six kilometres west of the town lies the granite-rock nature reserve Zaječí skok, Hare's Leap. According to legend an evil lord died here when, pursuing a strange hare, he leapt with his horse from the cliffs. In its last effort the horse pressed a hoofprint into the rock, still shown today.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 150
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.