Inn at the Double Hart

As the story is told, the inn had once belonged to a Hyrsov knight whose passion for the hunt brought him death under the hoofs of a herd of deer. The knight's widow honored his memory by having a hart's head placed atop the house, which she had inherited. But evil tongues maintained that the hart's antlers commemorated rather the horns on her late husband's head, placed there every now and then by the lady. The rumors naturally reached the widow's ears in time. Advised by a young artist who endeavored to lighten the widow's grief, she added a couple of sentences under the hart's head: "Judge not lest you be judged," and "You judge me, another judges you, so just mind your own self." That only provoked more gossip, which caused the lady to sell the house and move away. The new owner was a tanner named Berkus, whose sons after his death bitterly fought over their inheritance. They finally put their quarrel to rest after their father appeared to both in a dream. They each painted a hart's body facing the head on the house to symbolize their peace.

The widow's words on the house eventually faded and have not been restored.

Inn at the Double Hart