A great treasure is concealed in the castle well, hidden there by the lord of Cornštejn during a siege. The castle was later taken, its people murdered and the treasure forgotten. It still lies at the bottom; only on Palm Sunday does the barrel containing it rise to the well’s rim.
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Cornštejn - Hrad
- Municipality / starting point
- Cornštejn
- District / region
- Znojmo
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 2 km SW of Bítova
Approximate location on the map
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Approximate location · municipality or area search. The distance comes from the sources, not a currently calculated route.
SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 82
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.