On a promontory above the Sázava lies the site of a former Slavic hillfort, with the originally Romanesque Church of St Clement. Local tales say that ghosts of white maidens appear at Hradiště at midnight. They are friendly to people, but can become angry if someone is rude to them. They either dance a person to death or force him to marry one of them, after which misfortune befalls him.
Location and map
- Place
- Lštění
- Municipality / starting point
- Lštění
- District / region
- Benešov
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 3 km NE of Čerčan
On a promontory above the Sázava lies the site of a former Slavic hillfort, with the originally Romanesque Church of St Clement. Local tales say that ghosts of white maidens appear at Hradiště at midnight. They are friendly to people, but can become angry if someone is rude to them. They either dance a person to death or force him to marry one of them,…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 213
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.