In 1601, Jan Zbyněk Zajíc of Házmburk, a lover of alchemy, acquired the local château and immediately began an expensive reconstruction. He is said also to have had an alchemical laboratory built here, where some of the alchemists in his service worked.
Location and map
- Place
- Brozany
- Municipality / starting point
- Brozany
- District / region
- Litoměřice
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 9 km S of Litoměřic
In 1601, Jan Zbyněk Zajíc of Házmburk, a lover of alchemy, acquired the local château and immediately began an expensive reconstruction. He is said also to have had an alchemical laboratory built here, where some of the alchemists in his service worked.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 74
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.