There are numerous caves here and a spring credited with miraculous powers. Where most of the caves open into a hollow, fiery giants allegedly lived, “beneath whose footsteps the earth shook”. Various sounds and songs were often heard from underground.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Lestkov (Egerberk) - Hrad
- Municipality / starting point
- Lestkov (Egerberk)
- District / region
- Chomutov
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 2 km S of Klášterce nad Ohří
Approximate location on the map
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SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 199
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.