Kienbachklamm
The Kienbachklamm is a gorge between St. Wolfgang and Bad Ischl in Austria.
The gorge is located on the Kienbach in the southwest of the Zimnitz massif at 750 m above sea level.
The gorge is known for its petroglyphs . With around 950 individual representations, the Kienbachklamm houses one of the largest rock carvings in the northern Alps, but around 80% have been destroyed by rock art tourism. The rock art was discovered in 1938 and documented in 1992 by the Association for Alpine Rock Art and Settlement Research. The motifs are lattice, ladder, mill board , cross with end points, pentagram, wheel cross, sexual symbol and geometric and figurative motifs: house, huts, animal heads and three coarse, highly fragmented dedicatory inscriptions to Mars Latobius .
literature
- Archeology and rock art research - studies and documentation , Association for Alpine rock art and settlement research, 19./20. Volume, issue 1/2, 1999 ( PDF , on anisa.at).
Coordinates: 47 ° 44 ′ 20.1 ″ N , 13 ° 31 ′ 50.2 ″ E