Rock of the Death in the forest next to the village of Kunratice u Cvikova in the Lusatian Mountains in North Bohemia, Czech Republic. The relief was carved in 1910 in the 15-meter-high natural rock by retired school teacher Karl Beckert and retired policeman Karl Bundesmann from the village nearby. According to local legend, a daughter of a local miller had jumped from the rock in the area nearby escaping from the evil knight Kun (Kuno). The horseman fell down too and died, but the girl was saved because her skirt was opened like a parachute.

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Photo credit: © Vladimir Pomortzeff / Alamy / Afripics
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