According to legend, the Devil built the local castle but was ordered to finish before the rooster’s first morning crow. He carried stones from Oslednice near Telč. Just as he lifted the final boulder, the rooster crowed. In fury he threw it into a nearby pond, where it remains today, and dug a great horse-hoof-shaped print into a rock, since called the Devil’s Footprint.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Roštejn- Hrad
- Municipality / starting point
- Roštejn
- District / region
- Jihlava
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 7 km N of Telče
Approximate location on the map
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SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 301
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.