The surrounding forests are associated with legends of Běla, a witch or beautiful fairy, who finally sank into the earth here with her black dog. On stormy nights she still races through the woods as the Wild Huntress. H. Spiess, the well-known writer of Gothic novels, used this material in his novel Knight Hanuš of Bleileben, or Běla the Witch of Doubravka. (See Doubravská Hora.)
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Kyšperk (Supí Hora) - Hrad
- Municipality / starting point
- Kyšperk (Supí Hora)
- District / region
- Teplice
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 2 km NE of Krupky
Approximate location on the map
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Approximate location · municipality or area search. The distance comes from the sources, not a currently calculated route.
SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 194
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.