Mandlstein
| Mandlstein | ||
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 Summit of the Mandlstein (874 m) |
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| height | 874 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Waldviertel , Lower Austria | |
| Dominance | 4.7 km → Vysoká | |
| Notch height | 189 m ↓ northwest. Harbach mud bath | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 43 '57 " N , 14 ° 48' 32" E | |
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The Mandlstein ( 874 m above sea level ) is a mountain in the Lower Austrian Waldviertel . The mountain got its name from the erratic granite blocks, popularly referred to as almond-shaped, which cover the summit, layered one on top of the other and side by side. It is located north of Moorbad Harbach and is in the municipality's area, right on the state border with the Czech Republic .
It is a good vantage point to the nearby Czech Republic or the Sudetenland . The summit can be reached from the parking lot after an ascent of about 20 minutes. This path leads past a memorial for those who have been expelled from the homeland and a sound house.
particularities
Along the ascent there are German and Czech-language information boards on the topics of the European Green Belt , the Waldviertel cultural area - South Bohemia and Heimat. The circular path around the rock formations of the Mandlstein shows interesting layers of rock created by erosion and leads on the descent in a northerly direction through the “stone gate” at the bottom of the rock.
In spring 2013, a steel viewing platform was built on the west flank.
On the southern uppermost slope of the Mandlstein natural monument, stone tables and benches invite you to linger. Every year on the last Sunday in August the meeting of the displaced takes place here. In 1956, the Clement Community erected a wooden peace cross on the rock to commemorate the dead expellees, which was rebuilt in 2013.
A marble plaque was placed on the northern boulder in memory of the Bohemian Forest poet Josef Gangl , from German Beneschau in South Bohemia . “The true power of conversion lies in goodness”, a saying of his, gives cause for reflection.
On the west side of the middle boulder the name of the folk poet FCCastelli , who is said to have bought the “Berggupf” for 5 guilders, is engraved in large letters. Today the mountain top is owned by the Clement Community.
Grenzgendarmerie am Mandlstein at the time of the Iron Curtain
Platform Mandlstein
