A joint prayer at the famous Vamberk mummies
In 2000, all 34 Vamberk mummies from the 17th and 18th centuries were transported to the Broumov Monastery from the crypt of the parish church of St. Procopius in Vamberk.
The reason for the transfer was the unsatisfactory conditions of the original storage site—in the mid-1980s, excavation work damaged the sewer system, causing wastewater to seep into the crypt. The moisture began to affect the stored mummies very quickly; some started to deteriorate rapidly, so burial in a grave was an urgent solution.
Of the original roughly 50 mummies stored in the crypt, 34 were saved after the accident.
The mummies are primarily of townspeople from Vamberk, priests, organists, and other notable individuals. Among the remains you will also find the bodies of two small children, so we do not recommend the visit to individuals of a more sensitive disposition. For some mummies, a very brief biography has been preserved.
The most famous buried mummy is Magdalena Grambová, the founder of lace-making in Vamberk.
