Královéhradecký kraj

Čertův mlýn (the Devil’s Mill)
A legend is told about the mill; its hero is an old, veteran soldier. Once as he was supposedly returning to his native village, he slept at the mill, which had been already empty and derelict for about 20 years at that time. It was because it was haunted - when someone stayed there overnight, he/she was found dead in the morning. The soldier went to bed, but at midnight he was woken by the millwheel, which started to rotate of its own accord. A devil appeared and asked the soldier to go with him. The soldier, nevertheless, threw a bast rope noose over the devil’s head and he bound and tied him to the rotating millwheel. The devil promised he would never appear at the mill again. Then a cock crowed and the devil disappeared. Since that time the mill had been peaceful and the brave soldier got the building as a gift from the manorial nobility.