On 18 September 1685, Kryštof Alois Lauttner, the dean of Šumperk, was burned alive here. A humanist priest, he opposed the notorious inquisitor Boblig’s atrocities in the Šumperk area. Boblig managed to have him arrested, tortured for five years and finally burned before a crowd of twenty thousand. A monument stands on the execution site.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Mohelnice
- Municipality / starting point
- Mohelnice
- District / region
- Šumperk
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 33 km NW of Olomouce
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 225
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.