Southeast of town lies wooded Chlum hill, with a Slavic hillfort called Švédské šance, the Swedish Earthworks. The spring flowing beneath a chapel on its slope is called God’s Water and is said to be healing. From the 18th to the early 20th century it was a popular pilgrimage site. Midway up the hillside near Jemníky is a spring in a hollow where the ghost of a black fiery dog appears. The village name recalls jamníci, a derogatory name for Czech Picards because they gathered in holes.
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- Place
- Mladá Boleslav
- Municipality / starting point
- Mladá Boleslav
- District / region
- Not stated in the sources
- Country
- Not specified in the sources
- Distance and direction
- 56 km NE of Prahy
Southeast of town lies wooded Chlum hill, with a Slavic hillfort called Švédské šance, the Swedish Earthworks. The spring flowing beneath a chapel on its slope is called God’s Water and is said to be healing. From the 18th to the early 20th century it was a popular pilgrimage site. Midway up the hillside near Jemníky is a spring in a hollow where the ghost…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 223
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.