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

The Astronomer’s Stay

In 1605 the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler, who drew up Wallenstein’s horoscope, stayed briefly in Kunštát. A plague epidemic had led him to leave Prague for a time. (See Jičín.)

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

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Place
Kunštát
Municipality / starting point
Kunštát
District / region
Blansko
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
11 km W of Boskovic
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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 191

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