Karl's stone
Karl's Stein is a rocky outcrop in the Fischau foothills in the municipality of Bad Fischau-Brunn (Lower Austria). It is marked by an iron cross that is illuminated at night.
Geography and geology
Karl's Stein is located in southern Lower Austria , around fifty kilometers from Vienna . In the Fischau foothills , located on the edge of the Vienna basin , the heavily reliefed elevation zones consist mainly of Hallstatt limestone . Another special feature of this area is the location on the thermal line .
Karl's Stein can be reached on foot from several sides. Some of the hiking trails through the Fischau foothills lead to Karl's Stein. The quickest way to get there is from Bad Fischau-Brunn .
Not far below the rock formation is the Eisenstein Cave, a 73 meter deep cave.
History and origin of name
Born in 1926 Bad Fischau-Brunner Karl Holzer liked to go hiking in his native forests and visited again and again a promontory from which you have a view of Bad Fischau-Brunn, large parts of the industrial area and in clear weather conditions up to the Lake Neusiedl in Burgenland has .
One day he decided that his son Franz and three of his cousins (Alfred Holzer, Heinz Holzer and Karl “Jacky” Holzer) would mount a cross on this ledge. The first version of this cross was made of wood. There is now a metal cross in its place. Wooden benches are attached to the rocks for resting.