Beside the ancient chapel built by Blažej of Poleň over a miraculous spring stands a stone bearing what are said to be the footprints of St Adalbert, who once stopped here. According to legend, the wonder-working stone gave a local shepherd boy a coin every day, appearing in its shallow hollow. Once the boy had grown rich from these gifts, he found the walk to the spring to collect his money too burdensome, so he moved the stone to the cemetery in Poleň. From that moment its miraculous power disappeared. After some time, people brought the stone back to the chapel.
Location and map
- Place
- Poleň
- Municipality / starting point
- Poleň
- District / region
- Klatovy
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 10 km SW of Klatov
Beside the ancient chapel built by Blažej of Poleň over a miraculous spring stands a stone bearing what are said to be the footprints of St Adalbert, who once stopped here. According to legend, the wonder-working stone gave a local shepherd boy a coin every day, appearing in its shallow hollow. Once the boy had grown rich from these gifts, he found the walk…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 264
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.