Tajemná místaATLAS OF STORIES AND LEGENDS
Soběslav · STORY FROM THE ATLAS

The ghost of Zuzana Vojířová

A White Lady appears at night in the Rožmberk House, now a museum. She is supposedly the ghost of Zuzana Vojířová, the beautiful mistress of Petr Vok of Rožmberk, who gave her the house in 1609. During the Thirty Years’ War, when the Swedes came to Soběslav, the White Lady allegedly wailed and made such a commotion that no one slept here for many nights.

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

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Place
Soběslav
Municipality / starting point
Soběslav
District / region
Tábor
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
18 km S of Tábora

A White Lady appears at night in the Rožmberk House, now a museum. She is supposedly the ghost of Zuzana Vojířová, the beautiful mistress of Petr Vok of Rožmberk, who gave her the house in 1609. During the Thirty Years’ War, when the Swedes came to Soběslav, the White Lady allegedly wailed and made such a commotion that no one slept here for many nights.

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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 319

This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.

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