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

Barrels of Benedictine gold

A Benedictine monastery once stood here, supposedly destroyed by Jan Žižka. A passage leads from the church beneath the Morava river into Burdova hora. At its end stand barrels full of gold, guarded by a terrible monster sitting on them.

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Place
Klášterec
Municipality / starting point
Klášterec
District / region
Šumperk
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
12 km W of Šumperka

A Benedictine monastery once stood here, supposedly destroyed by Jan Žižka. A passage leads from the church beneath the Morava river into Burdova hora. At its end stand barrels full of gold, guarded by a terrible monster sitting on them.

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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 164

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

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