Here are the stories from the Czech Republic:

Blue pond is situated between Tisová and Ostrov and a legend ties him with a pond near George's mill house. The water goblin in the Blue pond had only one single son. When his son grew up the water goblin sent him to the world.

He just roamed around the ponds of Tisová, but at the end he had to leave because the ponds were drying out in hot summer. He moved to the George's pond by Malý Rapotín and he settled here. He had a job in which he sat on a willow and weaved baskets and then he threw them to the water. Woe betide a child spotted the basket and rushed to the water! The goblin pulled him down to deep water and got its soul.

Once, a coachman from Tachov bumped up against the water goblin on the willow when he was sewing his stocking. The coachman felt very sorry for the water goblin and offered him his rubber boots. The water goblin started crying. He was deeply moved and promised he won't pull down anybody to the deep water more. Since then, nobody saw the water goblin more.

(Source: Zusammengefaßte Wiederauflage „Köferl-Werk“, Geretsried: G. Lewke, 1985)

The village Studánka is situated under a hill south-west from Tachov. It was found on the place called “Near the beautiful spring”. In the well, the healing water sprang. The word “beautiful” meant “healing”. People from neighbourhood came to the well with their health problems or troubles. They believed it can cure them. Near the spring, there was a forest where the Wild hunter used to live.

(Source: https://www.hamelika.cz/?cz_povesti-z-tachovska,334)

One cook of the nobility lived near the village called Nová Ves. She never gave any food from the table to poor people and she rather gave it to pigs that prospered really well thanks to her. But after her death, pigs didn’t prosper as well as before.

Every time, when the wench feeds the pigs, a crow sat near the trough and ate with them. That crow was the stingy cook. When the soul of a human is reincarnated to an animal body, it can’t free it. Then the people drowned the crow in the pond near Pfrentsch.

(Source: Zusammengefaßte Wiederauflage „Köferl-Werk“, Geretsried: G. Lewke, 1985)

Pavlův Studenec - Water well

This water well, whose outflow flow into the Waldnaab, was located on the border of estates of three men – Czech king, Bavarian prince and prince of Lobkowicz. The estates crossed each other so each of the three owners of the estates could drink spring water on their own land.

The water was refreshing, in the well, there was golden sand, pearls and gemstones. But these valuables have been stolen by Venetians and nothing was left in the well.

(Source: Zusammengefaßte Wiederauflage „Köferl-Werk“, Geretsried: G. Lewke, 1985)

At Rozvadov, there were iron ore mines in 16^th- 19^th century. Near the iron ore mines, there was a village called Zirk, in present doesn’t exist. One day, there was a party in the local pub. In the crowd, there were particularly two beautiful women. The women were having fun with boys from Zirk.  When it was midnight, the two women disappeared. Those who fell in love agreed that they will catch the women in the hall on the next party. Even if they should be violent.  Just if they will come.

The women were on the next party. Just before the midnight, the boys caught the women into the crowd, the music was playing loudly and the women didn’t hear the bell ringing for the midnight. Suddenly, the door opened and a mysterious man stood at the doorsill. The music stopped playing. The man beckoned on the women angrily, and in a split of second, everyone disappeared. Since then, no one saw the two women in Zirk.

(Source: Zusammengefaßte Wiederauflage „Köferl-Werk“, Geretsried: G. Lewke, 1985)

A poor coalman from Staré Sedliště walked up to his charcoal kiln in forest to burn it. He met a vagabond. While talking they approached a pond that the coalman didn’t know about. They were so surprised that they stopped and looked at the pond stunned. They found themselves behind a fence and they couldn’t get out or break it.

Suddenly the surface of the pond whirled and a scary person with ruffled hair and long beard appeared. The coalman immediately kneeled down, crossed him and cried: “Alle guten Geister loben Gott den Herrn!” (All brave ghosts praise the God!) The vagabond just laughed. The scary person jumped to them, caught the vagabond, swung up on his back and he started riding round the pond. While riding he laughed wildly and drove the vagabond.

He was driving with him all the night over a meadow, but the coalman was so scared that he lost his consciousness. When he woke up, he couldn’t see the pond, not even fence nor vagabond. He quickly ran home, because he believed, it was the water goblin, and he became ill.

Source: https://www.hamelika.cz/?cz_povesti-z-tachovska,334

Knight from Trautenberg, one of the lords from Studánka, spent a lot of time in the wood and knew an every little stone in his hunting ground.

One day, when he was on a ride, he learnt that someone was breaking the rocks and raking in the streams. Another time, he learnt about man who was working stone with a hammer. He introduced himself as a Venetian and said he’s searching with a stick a golden vein and garnets in the rocks. Trautenberg challenged the Venetian to show him the swamp – he wanted to get the treasure. Venetian answered: “Only one who owns the magic gemstone from Jericho. I do own it and I wouldn’t give it up for any cost.” Yet they both still went out to the swamp. After a short fight Trautenberg gains the magic gemstone – Venetian was lying drowned in the swamps. 

Soon, Trautenberg went to the rocks again, knocked on them with the magic gemstone. The rock opened and in front of him laid a pile of golden coins. After a second knocking, the rock closed itself again. Early then, the knight died and he must wander between the rocks and swamps as a ghost.

(Source: Zusammengefaßte Wiederauflage „Köferl-Werk“, Geretsried: G. Lewke, 1985)

One day, rich František Koller from the Ströbl bragged, that he can pave the path up to the Bavarian border with flashy thalers. The devil made him hiding his treasure until he lives. At his funeral, while a funeral song was sung, Koller was looking – smiling – out of the window – someone say like a black crow; others say like a black cat.

Koller scared people for a long time at his castle, until ecclesiastic caught the crow and carried it to the swamps where he drowned it. A peasant wanted to give him a ride, but, as soon as the ecclesiastic sat, the carriage stopped and he had to walk to the swamp by feet. Since then, at the time of Advent and Lenten, Janek shows up at the swamp as a black crow. A woman who saw the crow got scared and died.

The crow was appearing at the Ströbl castle, always on one place. When someone was digging in there, he found an empty bowl. Not even the most engaging watcher would be convinced to catch a crow because they’re scared of catching the scary Janek near the Ströbl.

(Source: Zusammengefaßte Wiederauflage „Köferl-Werk“, Geretsried: G. Lewke, 1985)

In our woods, the leshy scared people, huge man in grey, moss clothes. In his hand, he held a tree instead of a gun. He always ran only one straight direction and was shouting: “Hey! Hey!” His beard was interwoven with moss; his face was as white as a chalk. He stopped sometime, looked around and ran in a different direction – but always in a straight line.

Sometimes, on a bridge, he met a miller from Světce and he threw them into water every time. In Hraničná, he scared three brothers who wanted to steal woods. Another time, a tailor was coming back home to Tachov from a forest settlement at night. While coming home, he heard the leshy screaming, which he heard about. He crossed himself, but the leshy was already standing in front of him – a huge man with dark clothes. The leshy accompanied him to Tachov silently. Since then, the tailor was heavily ill.

(Source: Zusammengefaßte Wiederauflage „Köferl-Werk“, Geretsried: G. Lewke, 1985)

Near Tachov, the Haunted mill was situated. It has got its name due to a water goblin that used to appear and bake the fish here every night. He got up to shenanigans for many years.

One evening, a bear-leader with his bear stopped in the mill. He asked the miller to allow him to stay overnight in the mill. The miller allowed him to stay and complained him about the water goblin. He was at his wits’ end what to do with the water goblin. The bear-leader offered the miller to help him against the water goblin.

He bedded down in the room and his bear was sleeping near the stove. At the midnight, the water goblin appeared and started baking the fish in a pan. As soon as the bear caught the scent, he jumped to the fish and devoured all of them. Of course, the water goblin didn’t tolerate this and they started to fight. The bear won and the water goblin ran away.

At the next Walpurgis Night, the water goblin appeared again near the mill and asked: “Miller, do you still have your furious cat?” – “Of course!” answered the miller. “And it is more and more furious.” As soon as the water goblin heard it, he ran away and never came back.

(Source: Zusammengefaßte Wiederauflage „Köferl-Werk“, Geretsried: G. Lewke, 1985)

On a meadow, which there was a village called Zlatý Potok (Golden Stream) on, there’s supposed a treasure to be buried there.  On particular day, at midnight, a little light appears there and shows the treasure’s hiding place. Many finders tried to get the treasure, but no one succeeded. During the searching no one has to speak.

One night, on Good Friday, twelve men decided to do the search, and succeed. The little light showed them the place where to find and the men started working. When they hollowed up an enough deep ditch, they came across a chest and tried to lift it up. A lever slipped out of one’s man hand and fell on the iron chest. The men got scared and ran away.

Another time, at Christmas, three men tried to get the treasure at moonlight. Silently, they were digging and throwing the loam out. They were already lifting the treasure up.  Only a few inches were left and the treasure would be theirs, but one of the men shouted in a fervour of work: “Here it is!” Poof – and the treasure disappeared.

(Source: Zusammengefaßte Wiederauflage „Köferl-Werk“, Geretsried: G. Lewke, 1985)