The knight Erasmus lived in the castle of Luegg

Robin Hood is well known all over the world. But Slovenia had its own version. According to legend, the knight Erasmus of Lueg lived in the 15th century in the Predjamski Grad, in the castle of Luegg. He robbed caravans but didn’t keep the goods for himself. He gave it the people. Later on he even killed a member of the royal family of Austria. For that he was to be executed. But the siege of his castle was ineffective. He was well supplied with secret tunnels. So well supplied that he would catapult fresh cherries and meat to the bewildered attackers. Unfortunately, like all good stories, his came to an end. But the legend of the Slovenian hero, Erasmus of Lueg, lives on!