Tajemná místaATLAS OF STORIES AND LEGENDS
Moravský Beroun · STORY FROM THE ATLAS

A Setting for Witch Trials

The town became notorious in the second half of the 17th and first half of the 18th centuries, when a series of witch trials took place here. A case of vampirism is recorded for 1662.

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Place
Moravský Beroun
Municipality / starting point
Moravský Beroun
District / region
Bruntál
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
13 km NE of Šternberka
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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 226

This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.

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