Tajemná místaATLAS OF STORIES AND LEGENDS
Polepy · STORY FROM THE ATLAS

Coins Beneath the Stone

On the village green near the chapel stands an irregular basalt boulder, roughly four-sided and about 80 centimetres high, called the Dorfstein or Kladenstein. It may once have served as a pillory. Local legends say that a treasure of old coins lies beneath it.

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

Location and map

Place
Polepy
Municipality / starting point
Polepy
District / region
Litoměřice
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
15 km SE of Litoměřic

On the village green near the chapel stands an irregular basalt boulder, roughly four-sided and about 80 centimetres high, called the Dorfstein or Kladenstein. It may once have served as a pillory. Local legends say that a treasure of old coins lies beneath it.

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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 264

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

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