After his tragic death, a knight of Rumelskirchen, lord of the château below Volšovská Stráž, appeared here. He died falling from a runaway horse in Sušice’s square before the Šifner House, still commemorated by a large flat stone in the paving. After dark his ghost walked the streets crying “Fire!” and frightening the townspeople. A fearless bell-ringer supposedly freed the town from the apparition by taking its burial shroud. The knight pursued him, but when the witching hour ended he crumbled to dust.
Location and map
- Place
- Sušice
- Municipality / starting point
- Sušice
- District / region
- Klatovy
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 32 km SE of Klatov
After his tragic death, a knight of Rumelskirchen, lord of the château below Volšovská Stráž, appeared here. He died falling from a runaway horse in Sušice’s square before the Šifner House, still commemorated by a large flat stone in the paving. After dark his ghost walked the streets crying “Fire!” and frightening the townspeople. A fearless bell-ringer…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 329
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.