Jirkov once belonged to the Navarov castle estate. Its cruel lord supposedly appeared after death as a headless ghost in a black carriage. Between Jirkov and Radčice is an isolated farm called V houští. One night a man and his wife were returning from Držkov when a terrifying phantom appeared. The man wrestled it until his wife struck it with her bonnet. It never appeared here again.
Location and map
- Place
- Jirkov
- Municipality / starting point
- Jirkov
- District / region
- Jablonec nad Nisou
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 3 km N of Železného Brodu
Jirkov once belonged to the Navarov castle estate. Its cruel lord supposedly appeared after death as a headless ghost in a black carriage. Between Jirkov and Radčice is an isolated farm called V houští. One night a man and his wife were returning from Držkov when a terrifying phantom appeared. The man wrestled it until his wife struck it with her bonnet. It…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 154
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.