Mysterious Places

The Mass of the Dead, girls immured in a castle tower, the mysterious corridor from Chotěšov to Kladruby or the cursed farm at Pohádka. The Pilsen Region is shrouded in a number of legends and full of mysterious places that will send chills down your spine.

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The Marksman at Ostrý (Osser) Mt.

The impressive mountain on the border with Germany is linked to a legend about the hide-spots of a “miraculous” hunter.

The Hradiště Foothill Miracle

Above Konstantinovy Lázně, there is the mighty Hradištský Hill with a prehistoric hillfort, which can be visited via the educational trail of the same name.

The Legend of Pustý hrádek

A legend about the mysterious death of a peasant is connected to this ruin of the outpost of Kašperk Castle.

The Strašín Miracle

The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Strašín was built around the middle of the 13th century and its location is said to have been selected by the Virgin Mary herself.

The Velhartice Graveyard

Are you familiar with the ballad The Wedding Shirt? Indeed, who wouldn’t be. Then you will be interested in the graveyard in Velhartice.

The Headless Franciscan in Pilsen

The Franciscan monastery in Pilsen was founded together with the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary around 1300 and is a place where various ghosts have often appeared.

The Underground Gallery in Kladruby

The Benedictine monastery was founded by Bohemian Duke Vladislaus I in 1115 and several legends are connected to it.

The Devil in Šipín

The medieval parish with the church of St. Barbara and the sacred spring in Šipín used to be a popular pilgrimage site in the second half of the 18th century.

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The project ‘Attractive Pilsen Region’ was created using funds from the state budget of the Czech Republic from the program of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic.

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