Deep beneath the ruined rock castle, a great robbers’ treasure is supposedly hidden. A local man went looking for it on Good Friday. He was swallowed by the rock and spent a whole year underground without realising it.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Rotštejn- Hrad
- Municipality / starting point
- Rotštejn
- District / region
- Semily
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 5 km E of Turnova
Deep beneath the ruined rock castle, a great robbers’ treasure is supposedly hidden. A local man went looking for it on Good Friday. He was swallowed by the rock and spent a whole year underground without realising it.
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 302
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.