On quiet moonlit nights, a great bird flies to the castle ruins, settles there and laments. Afterwards, part of the walls that still stand supposedly always collapses. This bird is the cursed spirit of a former owner of the castle.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Tolštejn- Hrad
- Municipality / starting point
- Tolštejn
- District / region
- Děčín
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 2 km S of Jiřetína
Approximate location on the map
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SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 342
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.