A girl allegedly once threw herself into the Ploučnice and drowned. Since then, a bedraggled white maiden’s ghost appears on the riverbanks at night. Sometimes she is a black maiden, offering boys a wondrous twig. It must be thrown from Ostrý into the river and followed by a jump to gain miraculous powers. But the ghost may drown the boy in the river…
Location and map
- Place
- Ostrý (Scharfenstein) - Hrad
- Municipality / starting point
- Ostrý (Scharfenstein)
- District / region
- Děčín
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 3 km SE of Benešova nad Ploučnicí
A girl allegedly once threw herself into the Ploučnice and drowned. Since then, a bedraggled white maiden’s ghost appears on the riverbanks at night. Sometimes she is a black maiden, offering boys a wondrous twig. It must be thrown from Ostrý into the river and followed by a jump to gain miraculous powers. But the ghost may drown the boy in the river…
The link searches for Ostrý (Scharfenstein) and its surroundings. The sources do not establish the precise point of this legend.
Approximate location · municipality or area search. The distance comes from the sources, not a currently calculated route.
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 248
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.