J e m n í k y   n e a r   S l a n ý

50°12´40´´n. l. ; 14°07´02´´e. l.; 280 m

Holemen (pitmen) - those people living in dugouts, making the pits, or doing something inside the pits, e.g. ore holes, pits for catching the animals - i.e. carrying out a service for princely castles; or members of forbidden religion (Czech Brothers in particular - according to the reports of Komensky); or Valdensky community - as per the information of professor Palacky.
Jemniky settlement was mentioned as early as at time of the Czech King Premysl Otakar in 13th century as so called Jemnicky Ujezd a territory larger than a single commune; in 1228 in the possession of holy-jirsky monastery at Prague Castle.

King Vaclav I. gave it as a gift to Jiri from Frydberk and following his death Jemniky fell to the church of Saint Gotthard in Slany. Based on information in Lumir magazine date 1862 we can read that the corridor of Slany monastery near P. Quardina is known for a strange booger that sometimes discomforted the monaster, and many sessions were held on this issue and even the regional hartmann made investigations into this matter while recognizing it officially as a strange thing.

The locality At the Stone is very interesting and fabulous as the local legend for its ghostly revelations and appearances.

Still in the middle of our century the menhir could have been found near the road to Netovice north of Jemniky village.


In 1948 the Stone was designed to be thrown down into an abandoned sand pit about 200 m away from its original place. Today it is again close to the ground elevation (in case it is the same identical stone).

It was standing on top of a flat high spot of about 20 steps in diameter, in the surface dark layer thereof a lot of fragments and bones were found; beneath a half-a-meter layer of wood ash and the stone has been embedded down to consistent (sound) rock.

Information about the stone was noted in year 1893 by Mr. V. Schmidt

Mr. J. Konupek, the artist, made a drawing with a pencil still in the year 1934.

This menhir is the brown stone, 1 m high, weighing 900 kg.