On Měděný vrch, Copper Hill, and Rapická hora, where copper and tin were once mined and many mining traces remain, a spirit guards hidden treasures. It takes the form of a powerful stag or a mine sprite. Sometimes it allegedly also became an old tree with long twisted roots.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Nové Město Pod Smrkem
- Municipality / starting point
- Nové Město Pod Smrkem
- District / region
- Liberec
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 11 km E of Frýdlantu
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 239
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.