The legend of Ostffy Miklós in the Scythe House is about a local landlord who stuck to his Protestant faith during the Counter-Reformation. Ostffy's castle was destroyed by the Austrian emperor's troops. He escaped but was later captured. According to the legend, he was locked in the scythe house in Vienna, where scythes cut up the prisoners. Ostffy, however, stayed by the wall and sang the Church song 438, “See, Lord, my cause” all night long. The Emperor saw the act of God in this wonderful deliverance. He freed Ostffy and returned his confiscated property. In fact, he was imprisoned in Bratislava and released based on his application to the Sopron national assembly of 1681.