An extremely troubling affair is recorded here in 1651. A vampire was terrorising the town, and its grave was identified. On the authorities’ orders, a summoned executioner beheaded the exhumed corpse; blood supposedly poured from the head as he did so. Some inhabitants of the town, then a commandery of the Teutonic Order, were so frightened by the event that they preferred to move away.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Bruntál
- Municipality / starting point
- Bruntál
- District / region
- Not stated in the sources
- Country
- Not specified in the sources
- Distance and direction
- 33 km W of Opavy
Approximate location on the map
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Approximate location · municipality or area search. The distance comes from the sources, not a currently calculated route.
SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 75
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.