Underground passages supposedly lead from Balek’s Hell and the so-called Booming Cross to Žirovnice Château. The legends may have arisen after the discovery of remnants of a mining adit from sixteenth-century attempts at extracting minerals.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Počátky
- Municipality / starting point
- Počátky
- District / region
- Pelhřimov
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 23 km NE of Jindřichova Hradce
Approximate location on the map
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SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 262
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.