Near Jindřichovice railway station, to the right of the road to Dětřichovec, stand the meadow ruins of the 13th-century Gothic church of St James, destroyed by the Hussites. Old Jindřichovice once stood on this site, called Na Zámečku. On moonlit nights the ghost of a murdered hermit appears among the ruins. He lived here and was killed by criminal treasure hunters. People often saw him seated on a stone fallen from the church wall. The church treasure, hidden from the Hussites, is also said to lie somewhere beneath the ruin.
Location and map
- Place
- Jindřichovice Pod Smrkem
- Municipality / starting point
- Jindřichovice Pod Smrkem
- District / region
- Liberec
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 14 km NE of Frýdlantu
Near Jindřichovice railway station, to the right of the road to Dětřichovec, stand the meadow ruins of the 13th-century Gothic church of St James, destroyed by the Hussites. Old Jindřichovice once stood on this site, called Na Zámečku. On moonlit nights the ghost of a murdered hermit appears among the ruins. He lived here and was killed by criminal treasure…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 153
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.