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The gold spring of Ohakvere

Ohakvere Kuldallikas

In the forest north of the road at Ohakvere, in old Jõhvi parish, there was once a big, abundant spring called the Kuldallikas, the Gold Spring. A story recorded in 1984 tells that around the 1930s some men arrived with documents and maps found in some archive, claiming that gold had been hidden in the spring in Swedish times. They hired local farmers at a good daily wage and dug and churned for weeks, but the water pushed back so hard that the spring never gave up its treasure. Today, the teller said, mining has long since drained it completely.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Ohakveres vanas Jõhvi kihelkonnas oli metsas maanteest põhja pool suur veerohke allikas, mida kutsuti Kuldallikaks. 1984. aastal kirja pandud lugu räägib, et umbes 1930. aastatel tulid mehed, kes olid mingist arhiivist leidnud dokumente ja kaarte, mille järgi olevat Rootsi ajal allikasse kulda peidetud. Nad palkasid ümbruskonna talupoegi hea päevapalga eest ning kaevasid ja möllasid mitu nädalat, kuid vesi surus nii kõvasti peale, et aare jäi kätte saamata. Nüüdseks on allikas jutustaja sõnul kaevanduste tõttu ammu kuivanud.

Map of the area around The gold spring of Ohakvere
59.22889° N, 27.45389° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: After Mare Kalda, 'Virumaa kohajutud', Mäetagused 66 (2017); RKM II 380 (1984) ↗

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