Einsiedlerstein (Sankt Thomas am Blasenstein)
The Einsiedlerstein ( also known as the phallic stone because of its phallic shape ) is a rock formation in the Mühlviertel Nature Park in the market town of St. Thomas am Blasenstein in the Perg district in Upper Austria .
description
The Einsiedlerstein is a mushroom-like rock formation up to six meters high made of Weinsberg granite with granite blocks in front. The appearance of the rock is characterized by wool sack weathering , as is typical for the Mühlviertel and Waldviertel .
On the rock there is a "sacrificial bowl" with a diameter and a depth of about one meter each. Such bowls and sacrificial stones can often be found in the area in the immediate vicinity of old clearing yards, which probably already had ancient predecessors. The shells were created either naturally through chemical weathering, dripping water, water mills or through rubbing out, chiseling out or burning out.
The Einsiedlerstein is designated as a geological natural monument .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Einsiedlerstein natural monument in St. Thomas am bladder stone in the nature conservation database and in the nature conservation book of Upper Austria. State government queried on September 18, 2011
Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′ 7.9 ″ N , 14 ° 45 ′ 44.5 ″ E