A copper maiden is enchanted inside Měděná hůrka (910 m) above the town. She guards hidden treasures. She can be freed once every hundred years, and whoever succeeds allegedly becomes lord of the Ore Mountains.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Měděnec
- Municipality / starting point
- Měděnec
- District / region
- Chomutov
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 6 km NW 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 216
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.