Every night the ghost of Rašín, who owned the castle in the second half of the seventeenth century, appeared. At midnight his grave in the nearby cemetery opened, eleven wagons drove out towards the castle, followed by Rašín all in black riding a fiery bull. He held its tail in his hand as a rein.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Svojanov- Hrad
- Municipality / starting point
- Svojanov
- District / region
- Svitavy
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 5 km E of Bystrého
Approximate location on the map
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SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 330
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.