Written stone
| Written stone | ||
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 Summit plateau with observation tower, directly on the state border |
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| height | 884 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Burgenland , Austria and Vas , Hungary | |
| Mountains | Günser Gebirge , foothills east of the Mur | |
| Dominance | 22.2 km → Hutwisch | |
| Notch height | 414 m ↓ southeast. Felling | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 21 '10 " N , 16 ° 26' 2" E | |
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| rock | Phyllite | |
| particularities | Lookout point | |
The Geschriebenstein (also: Írott-kő , Hungarian: Írott-kő ) is 884 m, the highest elevation of the castle country and western Hungary . It is the highest point of the Günser Mountains and the easternmost foothills of the Alps . In Austria the mountain has a maximum height of 879 m above sea level. A.
The summit is located north of Rechnitz and south of Lockenhaus on the Austro-Hungarian border . The next municipality on the Hungarian side is Velem in Vas County .
At the Geschriebenstein road is the country's Memorial of Burgenland, which was built in 1961 to commemorate the fallen soldiers of both World Wars. The artistic design comes from Feri Zotter .
Origin of name
The written stone denotes the written border between the Esterházys in the north and the Batthyánys in the south.
Geschrittenstein Nature Park
The area is encompassed by the Geschrittenstein-Írottkő Nature Park , the first cross-border nature park between Austria and Hungary .
A stone observation tower built by the municipality of Rechnitz has stood right on the state border since 1913, replacing a wooden tower ("Árpád tower") built in 1891 by the municipality of Güns . After the fall of the “ Iron Curtain ”, it has been possible to cross the border there since 2001.
On the northern slopes above Lockenhaus is at an altitude of 507 m above sea level. A. the Margarethenwarte, a 31 m high wooden observation tower that was built in 2000.
Hiking trails
The European long-distance hiking trail E4 , a variant of the Eastern Austrian Grenzlandweg and the Burgenland long-distance hiking trail, leads over the Geschrittenstein, and the two Hungarian long-distance hiking trails Országos Kéktúra and Rockenbauer Pál Dél-dunántúli Kéktúra begin here .
