Above Olšovec, in the Potštát Rock Town at a place now called Pustý zámek, lie the scant remains of medieval Potštát, or Puchart, Castle. Its last owner was supposedly a robber knight who concealed his treasures in deep cellars before the castle was burned and demolished. The riches are guarded by a black dog, a cat and a rooster. A version of the familiar tale is also told here of a shepherd boy whose shoe fell into the cellar and who recovered it full of gold coins. (See Potštát.)
Location and map
- Place
- Puchart (Pustý Zámek) - Hrad
- Municipality / starting point
- Puchart (Pustý Zámek)
- District / region
- Přerov
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 9 km NW of Hranic
Above Olšovec, in the Potštát Rock Town at a place now called Pustý zámek, lie the scant remains of medieval Potštát, or Puchart, Castle. Its last owner was supposedly a robber knight who concealed his treasures in deep cellars before the castle was burned and demolished. The riches are guarded by a black dog, a cat and a rooster. A version of the familiar…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 291
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.