Tajemná místaATLAS OF STORIES AND LEGENDS
Vamberk · STORY FROM THE ATLAS

A Fext in the Tower

A fext was once kept in the town hall tower: the corpse of a man whom no one could harm in life and whose body did not decay after death. According to another version, it stood in the church before being buried in the crypt beneath it.

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

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Place
Vamberk
Municipality / starting point
Vamberk
District / region
Rychnov nad Kněžnou
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
5 km S of Rychnova nad Kněžnou

A fext was once kept in the town hall tower: the corpse of a man whom no one could harm in life and whose body did not decay after death. According to another version, it stood in the church before being buried in the crypt beneath it.

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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 355

This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.

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