A great festival is held here on the day before Ascension, commemorating events from the time of the Tatar invasions. The local inhabitants fled from the Tatars to Kotouč mountain and were besieged, but a violent downpour drowned the invaders. In memory of this event, and of the fact that the Tatars cut the ears and hands off captured or slain warriors, unusual pastries called 'Tatar ears' and 'Tatar hands' are baked and sold here.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
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- Place
- Štramberk
- Municipality / starting point
- Štramberk
- District / region
- Nový Jičín
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 8 km E of Nového Jičína
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SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 334
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.