In the sixteenth century, Strážnice belonged to the Žerotín estate. The family lived in a château rebuilt from an older watch-castle, still said to contain buried treasures. At night a headless knight rode through town in a black carriage. A poor girl freed him by entering the surviving cellar of the old castle through an underground passage and rejoining his head to his body. She supposedly took away some of the treasure.
Location and map
- Place
- Strážnice
- Municipality / starting point
- Strážnice
- District / region
- Hodonín
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 13 km NE of Hodonína
In the sixteenth century, Strážnice belonged to the Žerotín estate. The family lived in a château rebuilt from an older watch-castle, still said to contain buried treasures. At night a headless knight rode through town in a black carriage. A poor girl freed him by entering the surviving cellar of the old castle through an underground passage and rejoining…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 327
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.