Father Adalbert Hahn worked in Blatno, where he was born on 29 January 1789 and died on 25 June 1855. Throughout the Ore Mountains he was spoken of as a miraculous healer. He was known as the Faust of the Ore Mountains, a wonder-working chaplain around whom circulated many legends of unusual cures and dealings with the devil.
Location and map
- Place
- Blatno
- Municipality / starting point
- Blatno
- District / region
- Chomutov
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 5 km NW of Chomutova
Father Adalbert Hahn worked in Blatno, where he was born on 29 January 1789 and died on 25 June 1855. Throughout the Ore Mountains he was spoken of as a miraculous healer. He was known as the Faust of the Ore Mountains, a wonder-working chaplain around whom circulated many legends of unusual cures and dealings with the devil.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 62
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.