Johannesquelle

The Johannesquelle is a source in southern Lower Austria on the northern slope of the Gahn , a foothill of the Schneeberg .

Location and description

The Johannesquelle lies at an altitude of 723  m above sea level. A. It is located between Gadenweither Klamm and Gahns Graben, west of the 873  m high Hinterberg, directly on a forest path in the Polzstatt area near the Übeltalwiese. The mountain water coming from the Schneeberg rises from the mountain and is led via a pipe into the approx. 2 × 0.5 m large spring basin, which is overgrown with moss . There is also an old sign with the barely legible inscription "Johannesquelle".

The source feeds a small stream that flows through the Gadenweither Klamm towards Sierning and dries up in dry summers.

The legend of the treasure

In the Gadenweith settlement belonging to the municipality of Ternitz , a legend is told that a poor farmer from Sieding robbed a noble family in St. Lorenzen. He hid the treasure he captured in the spring basin of this spring; he wanted to get it later, but unfortunately died shortly afterwards. The riddle of the treasure has remained unsolved to this day, and it is not known that it was ever found.

literature

• René Harather: The history of the region and city of Ternitz from the beginning to the present . Verlag Stadtgemeinde Ternitz, 1998.
• Reports and communications from the Antiquities Association in Vienna. I division . tape III .
• Johann Hirsinger: Legends and myths from the area around Ternitz . 1894.
• Franz Carl Weidmann : Alpine regions of Lower Austria and Upper Styria, in the area of ​​the railway from Vienna to Mürzzuschlag . 1862.

Coordinates: 47 ° 44 ′ 43 "  N , 15 ° 55 ′ 53"  E