A deep well with treasure supposedly lies near the monastery brewery's chimney. On 30 April 1420 the Cistercian monastery of Hradiště, now replaced by the brewery, was attacked by the Orebite Hussite brotherhood under Hynek Krušina of Lichtenburk. With no time to hide elsewhere the twelve solid-gold apostle statues from the monastery church, the monks lowered them into the well.
Location and map
- Place
- Klášter Hradiště Nad Jizerou
- Municipality / starting point
- Klášter Hradiště Nad Jizerou
- District / region
- Mladá Boleslav
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 3 km W of Mnichova Hradiště
A deep well with treasure supposedly lies near the monastery brewery's chimney. On 30 April 1420 the Cistercian monastery of Hradiště, now replaced by the brewery, was attacked by the Orebite Hussite brotherhood under Hynek Krušina of Lichtenburk. With no time to hide elsewhere the twelve solid-gold apostle statues from the monastery church, the monks…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 164
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.