A famous little cave once lay here, entered by crawling on one's belly. It was later destroyed, though similar refuges remain nearby. They supposedly housed dwarfs long ago. Local legend says the bells of the new St Adalbert's church, originally early-Baroque and dated 1682, drove them out. They moved to the Krkonoše, and a young man who helped them later found treasure here.
Location and map
- Place
- Krty
- Municipality / starting point
- Krty
- District / region
- Rakovník
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 23 km W of Rakovníka
A famous little cave once lay here, entered by crawling on one's belly. It was later destroyed, though similar refuges remain nearby. They supposedly housed dwarfs long ago. Local legend says the bells of the new St Adalbert's church, originally early-Baroque and dated 1682, drove them out. They moved to the Krkonoše, and a young man who helped them later…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 184
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.