Near the village are the ruins of the Gothic castle of the same name. The Hussite leader Jakoubek of Vřesovice besieged and captured it in 1434, then changed to Emperor Sigismund's side after Lipany. According to legend the treacherous Jakoubek's ghost wanders the ruins at midnight, a black chalice-shaped stain on his forehead.
Location and map
- Place
- Kostomlaty Pod Milešovkou
- Municipality / starting point
- Kostomlaty Pod Milešovkou
- District / region
- Teplice
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 7 km E of Bíliny
Near the village are the ruins of the Gothic castle of the same name. The Hussite leader Jakoubek of Vřesovice besieged and captured it in 1434, then changed to Emperor Sigismund's side after Lipany. According to legend the treacherous Jakoubek's ghost wanders the ruins at midnight, a black chalice-shaped stain on his forehead.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 176
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.