Tajemná místaATLAS OF STORIES AND LEGENDS
Bludov - Zámek · STORY FROM THE ATLAS

The Ancestress of Bludov Inspired a Poet

The ghost of a White Lady appears at the Renaissance château. In the previous century the great Romantic poet Franz Grillparzer also stayed here and drew on this motif for his tragedy The Ancestress (Die Ahnfrau). See Borotín and Velké Losiny.

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

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Place
Bludov - Zámek
Municipality / starting point
Bludov
District / region
Šumperk
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
4 km SW of Šumperka
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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 62

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

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