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Ben as St. Ludmila, everywhere we see it, as this one. Today my topic is the ruin of the castle " Hazmburk " , 50 km northwest of Prague and 20 km northwest of Mount " Říp " perched on the mound to 420 m high overlooking the plain of Bohemia and visible from hereunto a distance of several tens of kilometers. Today (but tomorrow as well), you will not see much left standing, and you might even be surprised that I mention it only in view of what remains.

z'allez But see, are despite the dilapidated state, this ruin has a history, a scent that many of the best preserved buildings could envy.

start with the name of the castle almost ridiculous "Hazmburk" (ie "Házmburk" ). Any good Germanophile has recognized the Germanic root name tchéquisé. In Germain, "Hasenburg" just "hase" (hare) and "burg" (castle), is the castle of the hare. So how ridiculous a name as had been born, will you ask me? Ben just named one of its owners, "Zbyněk Zajíc" ( "Zajíc" = Hare) who went on to place the animal on the coat of arms alongside the boar (cf. below). "Zbyněk Zajíc" gave a name to the Germanic castle because it was well then, civilized kind, noble (he was not at first), and he gave up the Germanization his own name (cf. "von Hase Zbynek Hasenburg " ) just to make me even more corny you see. But as good people do not speak Czech Germain, and "hase" it sounded like Hans (Jean), "Hasenburg" became "Hanžburk" or "Hanžburek" , p ' tit castle of John. Later he was knighted, and "Zbyněk Zajíc" he became "Zbyněk Zajíc Hazmburku z" , "von Hase Zbynek Hasenburg" in Germain, Zbynek Hare Châteaulièvre or French. Laughing. So

about wild boar and rabbit, the history of arms ... In fact, when "Zbyněk Zajíc Valdek z" founded the lineage of z Hazmburku ", he put a rabbit (2 actually) in the family crest already occupied by wild boar (2 boars also ).

The story goes that the ancestor "Dětříšek Buziců z" ( the "z Hazmburku" descended from z Valdek " descending from z Buziců" ) would have assassinated his bare hands a sow (sow wild boar's wife, far more dangerous than her husband, like everyone world knows), and would have decorated his shield during the wars with Polace to plug their funk. He probably knew that Polace are Catholic and not Muslim, but short ... And so that's why bin. Initially there was therefore the sow, then we add the hare, but the family has died down before a good idea to add a beast more in the pot hunter.

Otherwise also known as the castle, as the mound on which it is fitting, as the village's contrebat ... So all that is talked about as "Klapý" (especially before we talked, the less now). In fact, the castle was the name before "Hazmburk" in an era that did not even know yet whether there or not. The first written mention corn dates from 1197, when a certain noblaillon "Hroznata" ... Wait, noblaillon ... Quickly, the story. Before going on a crusade with his pals knights of crashers heretics "Hroznata" wrote a will in case he would not return from the crusade, and this document, preserved until today is unique because it is the oldest document bearing the seal of a noblaillon Czech and issued in his name. In short, it says that if he did not return to crusade ... Construction of the monastery ... eternal forgiveness ... Fortune ... Tables ... jewelry ... And bam, he went on a crusade so ( "1197. Terram Sanctam Comes Groznata visitare cupiens, quae dicitur Villam Clepper, ecclesiae Teplensi deputavit perpetuo" ). Except having arrived on the shores of the Mediterranean, when he saw the tubs they had available for Palestine, and especially when he read the news of the Israeli attack on the "Freedom Flotilla" near the coast of Gaza, our candle, received the green fear, and turned around, like he would spend his holidays in his country well Penard.

Yes, but the pope, who organized the trip to the Holy Land, was furious that he had deserted, and summoned him to Rome in the year so that our fellow explains his anti teambuilding. So he gets a pardon, "Hroznata" then had to build the monastery "Teplá" (and "Chotěšov" later) which he had to concede the fields, villages, slaves ... as mentioned in his will (cf. "Hroznata" in the role of Liliane Bettencourt and the pope in the photographer). And indeed, among these villages, there were "Klapý" under the name Latin "Clepper" (cf. "Codex and diplomaticus epistolaris regni Bohemiae, VI, P326, 358: Henricus, dux, and episcopus Bohemia monasterio Teplensi possessionis ab Hroznata committee, fundatore eius ... prescriptive villas HIIS cum aliis: [...] and Villam that dicitur Clepper [...]" ). I do not tell you more about it (it's more complicated than what I've summarized here ), but you can read the whole story of Blessed "Hroznata" (beatified in 1897, after it has recovered the photos of his miracles in the holds of the Titanic) in "Georgio Bartholdo Pontano: Vita Hroznatae , fundatoris monasterii Teplensis in Bohaemia, hexametro descripta carmine. Pragae 1586 " (available in all les bonnes librairies). Ensuite vous retrouverez encore mention de "Cleppi" dans divers documents plus récents sous des orthographes diverses et variées (cf. "1237. Smil nobilis partem villae nom. Clepy, justo titulo ad eum spectantem, abbati Teplensi pro 200 marcis argenti vendidit. 1237. Wenceslaus I. mon. Tepl. confert hereditates quae vulgo claszke vocantur, quas in villa de Cleppin habuisse dinoscimur, cum attinentiis suis." ), mais ensuite on parlera plutôt de "Hazmburk" .

Alors pourquoi "Klapý" me demanderez-vous? " Dalimil " y alla joyeusement de son explication cocasse.

It was once, during the wars stag beetles, some ... Oh yes, wait, the Lucanidae. Moreover winery even though they say it in French as in any case it does not say Lucanian , for sure. In Czech it "Lucan" and according Cosmas Pragensis , the devils themselves up as furious battles with the Czechs ( "Chronica Bohemorum [...] consertum is inter Boemos Luczanos and [...] "). Before, we thought it was another Slavic ethnicity, gender Slavic villains (with Germans crossed :-), but now it leans to another tribe Czech that would have been competing at the time with the Premyslides . And so in this era, some "Leva" Lucanidae s'escarmouchait with "Hostivít" Czech, alleged father (according to Cosmas) of the first Czech prince truly authenticated (by experts) "Bořivoj" husband of St. Ludmila, and grandfather of our Patron Saint St Wenceslas ( "Za toho casu station is Prihoda, ze jeden z VSTA Leva Vlatislavova roda" ). Ben "Leva" (Lucan) would have built a castle from which he had engaged in abuses its Land of Bohemia ( "I will I lidi k sobe sbierati, Chte lucskeho knezstva dobyvati. Ustav na hrad vysokej hore, hore dopusti Prazany velikeho" ). One day "Hostivít" (Czech) had had enough. He assembled a band of brave warriors, and marched on the castle Lucane which he laid siege to an end for good ( "Knez Hostivit Poloz pred Hradem lidi, aby I vylezali hladem" ).

The Lucanidae then attempted an outlet ( "Leva proti vynide jim have u boj Prazany be snide" ), but because they were soft and flabby roupettes of the biroute, they quickly retreated to the castle ( "A kdyz Lucene SVU off uzrechu, pred Prazany na hrad jdiechu" ). So when their chicks saw this, they began to form their coward, they could hide under their skirts ( "Kdyz jichi basket uzrechu mudra, sap muze takto prijechu: po lonu is klepachu has svym muzom Velmi vzlachu rkuc : Semo, semo pojdete, tutorial is Prazan skryte! ). So, guys regroup, and in order not to shame their females, males out again in combat, and the people of Prague torchèrent ( Pro you will hanbu vratichu has Prazany pobichu "). And that was called Castle "Klapý" ( Pro Taky Klep nelepy tomu hradu vzdechu Klepy "), because in Czech " Klep " means" slander "," gossip ". " Klepy " it is plural, and " Klapý "is the deformation.
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And I can not ignore the goofy version of the oddball "Václav Hájek z Libočan" who foolishly back our castle-fort in the year 754 under the name "Klopaj " (" Klapý ") became " Hazmburgk " (" Hazmburk ") under Germanic influence (cf. " Kronika česká: Leta 754. Kalboj has Veslav, dva Bratří very strong and manly as the other [and especially in a bear HLG showed bravery and were of the genus Košálova] oblíbivše wearing one of those high and steep hill, the Duomo it was built as solid as the castle and gave him a name Klopaj as Příkráj would say, and The Czechs are to be appointed time for the debt, and then the Germans Hazmburgk him, it is warm Hare, Hazmburgk prevzdeh castle. He races this Nemtsov also defended Hozmburgk Hanžbůrgk and others called "). Is a signal au lecteur de mes publies novices, que les Ecrits de "Václav Hájek z Libočan" romancinventés are widely, although their origins are historically based.

Finally, the good professor "Chaloupecký" found the answer on the origin of the name, also quite obvious: "klepy" comes from the Celtic word "Klep" , and simply means "source ".

So I dunno if it's the real truth, but the assumption is accepted today. That said not worth it to talk for weeks either, because as stated above, it is known today mainly "Hazmburk" the castle. But beware, in this era (between the X th and XII th century), there is no mention of the castle in any document, as experts assume it was built in the second half of the thirteenth century, like the "Bezděz" , "Osek" and other " Rosenberg " dating from this era, and have the same architectural characteristics (ya no light in the basement). A note however, that some historians believe that the different parts of the castle were built in different periods, and this until the fourteenth century. They assume that these same time, the building consisted of a fortified Bergfried purely military purposes, without any apartment for the residence of the lord. And indeed, the seigneurinitiateur of the original construction would have likely been "Heiman Lichtemburka z" (ie z Lichtenburk " branch of the family z Ronova" ), then owner of the neighborhood, who in 1292 attributed privileges at nearby hometown "Libochovice" to make it a thriving village (Youpla boom). Our castle would have been launched this year or shortly before, to protect the corn. And it is remarkable, because it is one of the few castles that was built by a common non-aristocratic, well not a great aristocrat, not like a prince, duke, baron, but a simple noblaillon bottom floor. It is not totally excluded that the initiator of the construction would have been the king "Václav II , or even anyone else, since we are assumptions. Another theory says that there must be long before our castle another castle in this spot, because neither Cosmas (1045-1125) nor Dalimil (early thirteenth century) could not invent their stories from scratch.

And the fact that no one talks about it in written documents between the X th and XII th century mean that he was then in ruins. Hmm ... go figure. By 1300, the estate passed to "Václav z Lichtemburka" , then those "Hynek z Lichtemburka" . In 1314, "Hynek" finally realized that its field was rather far from the city, and exchanged against 3 ham crust to Jean de Luxembourg. It did not take long for the latter to realize how much he was really far from the city, the castle, which after all was not a problem, but as John was spending his money out the window to make war on the day and night andouille, he eventually sell it too (along with other properties in the vicinity) in 1335 to "Zbyněk Zajíc" (then "Zbyněk Zajíc z Valdek has Žebráce na" ) to bail out his wallet pretty empty. This deed of 1335 is the first written mention of the castle ( "castrum klepy, cum villis Lubichowicz" ). While careful not to confuse this "Zbyněk Zajíc z Valdek has Žebráce na" (? - 1368), became in 1337 "Zbyněk Zajíc Hazmburku z" then royal butler (super loufiat), with its namesake, the archbishop of Prague " Zbyněk Zajíc z Hazmburku " (circa 1376 to 1411), these are two different fellows. His father (our "Zbyněk" ) "Vilém z Zajíc Valdek" (circa 1289 to 1319) played a pretty weird in the country's politics after the extinction of the male line of Premyslides . Sometimes for one, sometimes the other candidates, he skirted close contenders to the throne of Bohemia, especially John of Luxembourg where he was once an ally, once the enemy and finally my friend. He thus opened a bright future for his son "Zbyněk" (as in others, he recognizes at least 6 son), which could grow to fortune and family land. And so from a purely military Bergfried square, our guys began work on a fortified medieval manor also aimed at the establishment of his family.

Note therefore the construction of the black tower (in addition to the white tower), the walls, various doors (portals) entry, all ended up giving the building the appearance Overall it has today (the ruins less). There still remains the foundation of a third square tower which archaeologists ignore the function. It could be the remains of our Bergfried of origin, but not necessarily either. Note that access to the towers was done by a accourse (kind of outdoor balcony) from the central building, and in case of danger could be destroyed making it impossible for the entry of the enemy (as the exit of the besieged). On the death of "Zbyněk" (1368), his son "Vilém" inherited the castle, and according to some sources, sank the dark side of the force by becoming a robber knight (brat). Worse it was the son ... Legacy ... anecdotes ... and presto, came the Hussite wars.

In this era (circa 1420), "Hazmburk" was one of the best castles strong ... fortified. 170 m long and 30 m wide, its position atop a rocky peak made him impregnable to the point that nobody took him. Family z Hazmburku " was Catholic, and their castle was a real wart for armed " Jan Zizka ", since right on the road called" Serbian "rising from Prague to Saxony ( the rest of this road passed by almost the same as the current corn D8 motorway Prague - Dresden). Oh, and despite that is now Serbia in the Balkans, and therefore south of Prague, in the middle ages ... would read, Sorbs , Lusatia, etc. ... In short, z Hazmburku " Catholics held the castle and the corn of " Libochovice " as " Budyně nad Ohří ", hay and it did not care in the region while Hussite.

Also in April 1424 (sometimes September) "Jan Zizka " in person stormed "Libochovice" , but broke his teeth on the castle "Hazmburk" . And as he had much to do Moreover, it passed quickly on to something else (but not for long, he died in October of that year). In 1429, the Hussites handed cover on "Hazmburk" with the same success, that is to say a failure. "Vilém z Hazmburku" died in 1431, and when his son "Zbyněk" said defend the family home, still covered Hussite handed, saying that with a new captain ... But bad luck, such as before. Face of such failure, the Hussites eventually give up. It is said that in these troubled times, and although they were Catholics, z Hazmburku " advantage hay ambient like lords Hussites, and unjustly appropriated possessions of the church (on the occasion makes the thief). Otherwise it is also in this period that the white tower was increased from one floor to see the enemy coming from even farther away (we do not know the twins in the middle ages). And with all this impregnability, our building was chosen in 1440 by monks, in order to hide the togs of the priestly cathedral. Except that it was far to fetch the clothes every Sunday morning until castle sitting on a donkey, and repatriate all their kits after Mass, also in 1448 we re-moved the clothes of the priest in the St. Vitus Cathedral the great relief of the seamstress and finisher of "Hazmburk" . Anecdotally, this castle was never conquered in its history.

After the Hussite wars, the z Hazmburku " distinguished themselves by their opposition to the king " Jiří z Poděbrad ", and by their shopping cultage Hungarian Matthias Corvinus (then claimed the throne of Bohemia ).

The latter thanked the family by appointing Jean ( z Hazmburku ") its Chancellor in Bohemia (then he was not even king, Matthias idiot). When the king W took control of the country, z Hazmburku " restored ties of friendship with the legal authorities of Bohemia, settled permanently in " Budyně " and " Hazmburk "lost importance. In 1558, "Kryštof Hazmburku z" then sold the estate to surrender to "Jan z Lobkowicz" (senior), and went over the z Hazmburku " to " Hazmburk ", almost like our castle which did while to deteriorate from this point. In 1586, the Land Registry shows for the first time the castle as uninhabited. The field was then confiscated by the king in 1594, then resold in 1602 to a nephew of King Plons Batory then transferred in 1613 to "Šternberk" then granted in 1674 to "Dietrichstein" then lent in 1858 to some friends of "Herberstein" then confiscated in 1945 and finally nationalized in 1954. After 1558, this building was never inhabited, nor maintained, and what it remains today is the fruit of almost half millennium regrettable negligence.

Well, and there remains what then you ask? While he remains a steep path to the thunder of there, it's a nightmare to climb from the parking lot below. Along the way, you will see the remains of two gateways. Then you tighten greeted by a bar of wood, and the round tower called "black" because it was built of basalt (dark). 25 m high and 9 meters wide, its walls are thicker than 2 m. It was the first element of defense and was only accessible by a bridge (accourse) in height from the main building (which nothing remains). It seems that the tower also served as overseer and of dungeon, incidentally latrines at the whim of prison guard.

Going up a little, you will reach the heart of the castle, which is dominant this time the square tower called "white", because it was built in sandstone (clear-it says the base is made of basalt ditto This is only from the community it is sandstone). 26 m high, was built in 3 stages and 3 different periods, as evidenced by the 3 different types of rock used in its construction. It is assumed that this tower was intended for habitation, but without luxury. Within the walls were then 3 main buildings, palace, and as for the 2 towers, they were only accessible by balconies and hasten height. Otherwise inside the castle (intra-speaker) was densely urbanized, compact and supplied to the point that there were any more ground space to plant a street lamp. This urban anarchy still mystifies archaeologists who still do not know what were the different stages of construction, if "Hazmburk" was planned from the beginning as a whole, or whether the various buildings flourished as and when needs over time. According to another source, the central part of the castle (including the White Tower) was built around well before games, which would further extensions when the stepmother and her family's home in s'incrustèrent lord. Village elders tell of that mid-nineteenth century, they were still standing several buildings, especially the Knights' Hall, although no roof but the walls standing. But nobody knows how it all disappeared. A missing also a small village at the foot of the hill in the Black Tower (south) built around it is not known when, but mentioned in a deed of 1452. He served as an economic center with various artisans, shopkeepers, who were trading with the people of the castle. According to one source, this village was born after the Hussites had devastated the city of "Libochovice" (in 1424), and some of its inhabitants are refugees in the castle. called "Podhradí" (sometimes "Podhradín" or "under the castle"), it was abandoned along "Hazmburk" (totally abandoned in 1550 on the cadastral administration), and n 'remains in the contours as the ruins of the wall. A report for the anecdote that our castle did not have no chapel, offices and most likely took place in the church of St. Nicolas of our ghost town, which archaeologists date back to the origin (the church) before that of the village.

Same, the old-timers say that mid-nineteenth century, one could still see the walls of the church. Today there are only Keude, and even less. And speaking of former ... Older remember when their big 'grandma told them in 1882, rocks were detached from the mountain and rolled to the village of "Klapý" harmlessly though. By cons in 1898, the gravel was cut again and screwed up some thirty buildings including school, to the delight of local urchins. Worse still there was 1900, when this time is about fifty houses that was botched by the rock. Not in December, I was old at the time, I would have itched. Worse still tell they (elders) how the Germans installed atop "Hazmburk" an observation center and an antiaircraft battery during World War II. In 1975, we had to close access to the castle to the public, because of falling rocks on the visitors. In 1981, a group of good CANDLE 'tried to save what could still be saved, or at least keep the ruin in the state. Worse in 1994, we restored the ruins really clean, we will put even electricity (in 1996), and hop from this period, visitors can again come to admire the building as the fabled plains of Bohemia and Böhmische highlands "which stretching out of sight at the foot of the mound. Is not this romantic? And hey, speaking of romance, like other ruins, they attracted a plethora of similarly romantic artists of the nineteenth century: the inevitable and corny "Karel Hynek Mácha " but "Svatopluk Čech " or the Cubist painter and sculptor " Emil Filla " .

So much for the modern period, because let's not forget that the area was already occupied since the age of the mammoth. It was discovered at the bottom of the hill bits of civilization ceramic dotted line (true, there were civilizations in ceramic taped, roped, daubed ...) dating of 4.5 millennia before Jean-Claude.

That said, there would be little chance they had lived in the castle. Then we found traces of a wooden fort in the Iron Age. Same, nothing really exceptional. Only from the fifth century that Slavs began to occupy the area, and you will see the museum "Litoměřice" , chief town of the area, some remains of archaeological excavations in the region. Good, but nothing terrible either until late twelfth century, when "Hroznata" ... cf. above. Oh, and if not, I would point out the art museum called "diocesan" of "Litoměřice" . It is small, it is cheap (2.30 € per person), and it contains some splendid works of " Lucas Cranach (the Elder) " of " January Petr Brandl " of " Václav Reiner Vavřinec " and many others. And if the only " fabulous votive painting " monogram IW, worth a visit is huge. Of course, defense absolute shoot, you think good, do not fool around either (and after they are surprised they have no visitors. Truthful, the guys are surprised).

So you think well again too, that such building is hairy tales, legends and Storiet of all kinds. Let me tell you a few, eradicated memories of village elders by the medical examiner to stroke of the scalpel after their death.

purple roses. It was once the beautiful Lucy (more successful), daughter of the lord of "Hazmburk" Nicolas (worst dad is not) who wanted to marry her because at 7 ½ years, she was getting damn old, and after, with the mustache, it would be 'more complicated to achement refourguer.

He then organized a jousting tournament in the saddle (horse), and invited all the knights around, Bavaria, Saxony as from Ouarzazate to take part, and even then the winner of festivities could take his daughter as a wife because a good jouster is necessarily a good husband (as he says Nicolas). The day of the circus arrived, and presto, the games began with the sound of trumpets and bugles, pon pon pon pon. Immediately, a "Poor old knight sitting on a carne, poorly harnessed by Bonduelle, took the ascendancy over his rivals Günther, Kurt and Abdelmalek, dressed by Krupp AG Schwerindustrie. Il y allait de sa pique plutôt adroitement (selon Madame la femme de Nicolas), et désarçonnait ses antagonistes les uns après les autres. But who could well be what valiant paladin without blazon on his shield polished aluminum? Where none was left, rivals, the stranger advanced front of the VIP, and Nicolas Lucia discerned a leek as printed on the teeshirt awkwardly slipped over the chainmail (which fits me) rider. It was "Veslav" , son of the village poor vegetable dish from below, who had broken his piggy bank to record its FIEU tournament. So Lucy will not be dismantled, and went to meet the very handsome fellow (either-way). He dismounted and knelt. She offered him her hand and made obeisance. "Father" she said, "he is the one I want. Ok, it is not noble, but why, the important thing is to love yourself, and that has organic vegetables all year no? " (that would be my mom instead of Father Nicolas, the fellow would be married within a minute). Except that it was not really the case of our Lord, who saw his son-in rather the Elector of Bavaria in the Duke of Saxony or the emir of Ouarzazate. As he reflected on how quickly rot the plans of his gourd big girl, and suddenly he had the idea of genius. "Ok" said Nicolas , " I consent to marriage, but before and in order to prove his bravery, ingenuity, and his fervor for you, I want the pedzouille ... the knight Veslav you back a dragon living chained, he have a minimum height of 15 meters, he knows how to cook, dishes, ironing, changing the bag in the vacuum, and he speaks unaccented Swahili ". " Veslav " left the castle under the applause of the crowd and tears of Lucia.

And while his promised traveled the world seeking the impossible, the poor little eventually die of grief, loneliness and waiting, refusing all Advances noblaillons all came to comfort her. Papa Nicolas was filled with remorse, he also built a beautiful glass coffin he placed in the white tower "Hazmburk" and went to live "Budyně" which was much less cold and wet. 27 years later, believe it or not, "Veslav" was back with the dragon that goes in his ringing (and do not ask me where he is found). Oh yeah, except that when the concierge told him what had happened during his absence, but the poor moved 'received in the depression and died of melancholy. The concierge then put him in a coffin, and made him sit with his bride in the tower. At this time, beads of blood trickled on the torso of Lucia. The dragon, he stayed there to watch over the remains until they die of hunger and boredom turn (or how to ruin a talent). Village elders tell until the nineteenth century, grew each year in the courtyard of the castle in ruins, small pink to purple like drops of blood on the chest Lucia (today, it does not grow anything because of pesticides). Otherwise some old attribute this story to "Jan z Zajíc Hazemburka" (aka Nicolas), son of the vegetable dish "Veslav" name was "Bořivoj" , but would still Lucie Lucie. Maybe yes, now you know how it works in memory of former ...

The cellar cratepi . There once was a Michel "Libochovice" , who went one day in the ruins of "Hazmburk" like that, to see if anything had changed, he was curious. And while walking, he suddenly saw a hole, as in a cellar, which was not there before. Curious, he went inside to check it out (curious), and that it not only lives in the background? Barrels. Oh yeah, it was always so curious, he could not help to turn the faucet, and oh miracle, the good old wine came out very tasty. "Wow di dieu" he thought like that, "too cool, it's" .

It would fill two pitchers he had previously purchased, in advance, that sometimes if there was suddenly a wine cellar in the ruins, and presto, he returned to the outside. At that time, he saw the bottom 3 Little old, right before the exit, sipping wine and playing cards. Balls! There he received the fear. "Have fear" Z'Y they said the old "you can pochetrogner cratepi our quiet, but on condition that you do not tell anyone, especially not the maid of to Strogoff ". "the bomb" he said Michel, and for a while, all went well as properly. It Picolit in the eye of the vintage, every day, it was the cushy CANDLE 'satisfaction. Except that after a while, the people, his friends, and especially the tax administration began to ask questions about the origin of this wine, that nobody in the village was not of like that not even the priest who nevertheless obtained supplies of corn in the Hospices de Beaune via the archbishop of Prague, during his stay in Burgundy, had met Sister Emmanuelle, brother of the Bishop of Dijon, which ... in short, nobody's had like that, a good red, and everyone wanted to know where is that why it's how want. And by dint of insisting, that idiot Michael finally unpack all their, andouille fat. Wham! The balls, because he should not let him say (remember, the prohibition of the 3 old men playing cards?). A short stillage, Michael returned the same evening at the castle to meet her 2 pitchers. But the 3 old greeted the rural side vinegar and brackish verb. "Oh yeah my pig, you were not saying anything that you'd been told. But no, Mr. vomit all went to everybody. Fous us pignouf the camp, and that t 'seen again. " They fouturent Michel at the cellar door, which closed as it had opened (But in the other direction). But the poor moved 'stood there dazed, before the hole disappeared, rolling his eyes staring like a hake-piston front of a piano, saying he was going to have to put ourselves in the beer now. Night had long since fallen from above, and while he was still eyeing the location of the hole, a funeral procession appeared in the castle.

The priest walked in front waving the censer to keep out flies the coffin carried by six fellows, and behind his wife and children, Michael. When the troops arrived at our guys, a moonbeam pierced the darkness, and he found himself in the pine box. Struck with terror, he vanished into a coma. When he awoke, he ran home at full speed, without even taking care to get his pitchers. Sweating sweat, funk and fever, he fainted again a few minutes after telling the whole story to his wife. It woke up, and 3 days later, a funeral was taking the direction of the cemetery. Z'allez then tell me it's a joke, that history was invented. Nope. Because the village elders still tell mid-nineteenth century, one could admire in the town hall "Libochovice" the pitchers cratepi Michel, found by a shepherd of sheep, where he (Michael) had left (the pitchers), in the ruins of the castle "Hazmburk" before the hole of the cave closed. The shepherd

. There was once a shepherd from above (the one who found the pitchers of Michel), who was returning late in the day with his herd grazing along the walls of the fortress "Hazmburk" . Tired of his flock to graze (what a surprise), he dozes in the lush grass leaning against a very comfortable job. When he awoke, It was already dark, and only the moonlight illuminated the ruins of the castle. Suddenly, the shepherd entraperçut on the ramparts of white tower a pale figure dressed all in white. "Wow di dieu" he thought like that, "Michael Jackson. Too cool, it's" . Overcoming his blue funk, he entered the castle to see the spectrum more closely. But when the thing began to float through the air toward the shepherd, his fear took over, and he hides in a thicket. The appearance of the white tower down to the black tower, and when she came up to the shepherd, he could now clearly see the purple spots on the chest of ectoplasm (dressed all in white).

And every drop of blood fell to the ground instantly turns into little pink purple. The Bergerot was petrified in his grove. Cold sweat beaded her back to the line of the buttocks when the thing made a quarter turn to move in his direction. Suddenly, 24 bell pierced the silence of the night, and the appearance disappeared. "Lucy?" Said our shepherd. "It's not Michael Jackson's Lucy" (oh yes!) He muttered while rolling down the hill to his house. Village elders say he never returned to the castle, he succumbed to alienation and an adult, he took a sheep for a wife with whom he had many Kidz.

The Treasure of the retreat from Russia . It was once Napoleon, who, after beating Russia, resumed his journey to France in 1812. Village elders tell of a battalion of the French armies had routed a fabulous treasure buried in the castle of "Hazmburk" . According to one version of a village elder, the treasure was there, where we see along the roof of the house and the forest top of the white tower of the castle. According to another version of another former the village, the treasure was there, where only the 18h dark shadow of the tower would be superimposed in the shadow of the crown of pear long since disappeared. And I think you'll dig beautiful throughout Bohemia, with no chance of finding this treasure (if it exists), because the retreat from Russia has made more in northern Europe, Lithuania , Prussia, Pomerania and Saxony, with no Bohemia.

treasures in the galleries . It was once the village elders, who say that under the castle "Hazmburk" , there are galleries leading to properly cemented castles "Kostalova" and "Budyně nad Ohří" . They assert, moreover, that these galleries are littered with treasures, the Knights brigands, monks (as brigands), the Templars, Crusaders, the alchemists, the various armies that passed through the area, and all those who owned treasures reportedly stashed there, before all those who tried (and still seek) to plunder them.

Hmm ... FYI "Hazmburk" - "Kostalova" is 6.7 km north of the crow sparrow, while "Hazmburk" - "Budyně" is 13.8 km south east. You really think the lazy from the Middle Ages would have dug such galleries in the entrenching tool-to-oil-lamp-to-elbow? And you really believe that all owners have all the treasures stashed there, rather than in Switzerland?

Alchemy . It was once the village elders, who say that even under "Zbyněk Zajíc" , about 1335, was born in "Hazmburk" a laboratory of alchemy. Hmm ... I wonder if they do not confuse with "Budyně nad Ohří" (the "Zajic z Hazmburka" be moved when they left the castle), late sixteenth century, by the time of this crazy ass of Rudolf II , where not only there once lived the famous " Tycho Brahe " , but especially where there wrote "Bavor Rodovský Hustiřan z" (Junior) One of the oldest cookbooks in Czech: "Kuchařství, to jest o knížka rozličných krmích, kterak is užitečně s fall strojiti maji" .

You know all about castle "Hazmburk" now. And it's cool, because on the spot you will not find a guide for you tell it all. At best, you will find in the ancient village, so any time you get to the (village), but if you do not speak Czech ... Otherwise there's no need to rush either. Admittedly, this is a beautiful ruin, deserves a look if you combine other visits to the region, such "Litoměřice" (beautiful town) and its museums, but alone "Hazmburk " not worth the trip from Prague. It's there: 50 ° 26'2 .716 "N, 14 ° 0'53 .786" E