The cemetery by St Mary Magdalene's Church in Velhartice is associated with gloomy legends and often mentioned in connection with Erben's ballad The Wedding Shirts. Online stories add forbidden rituals, a girl's face appearing on the church and restless dead.
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- Place
- Velhartice
- Municipality / starting point
- Velhartice
- District / region
- Klatovy
- Country
- Czechia
- Location in the sources
- St Mary Magdalene’s Church and Velhartice cemetery
The cemetery by St Mary Magdalene's Church in Velhartice is associated with gloomy legends and often mentioned in connection with Erben's ballad The Wedding Shirts. Online stories add forbidden rituals, a girl's face appearing on the church and restless dead.
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This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.