Step cone in the Waldviertel
In Lower Austria's Waldviertel is located on the upper Neustift Steinberg between Zwettl and Groß Gerungs of the vernacular as a stone pyramid called stepped conical , in Central Europe , the only known structure of its kind. The plant of unknown age consists of four approximately circular scale levels and reaches a diameter of 16 , 5 meters a height of 6.8 meters. It was placed under protection by the Federal Monuments Office in 2000.
An interpretation or assignment as a Germanic place of worship or primeval tomb is unlikely due to the lack of a prehistoric settlement in this area. The original use of the plant is still unclear. It is likely that it was built before the 19th century in connection with the Masonic lodge founded by Leopold Christoph von Schallenberg in 1747 in Rosenau Castle . The masonry is made up of boulders loosely stacked on top of each other . Due to the unstable stone stratification, a climbing aid in the form of a wooden construction must have existed.
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Summer 2005
October 2006
Late summer 2007
August 2008
literature
- Oberneustift, step cone . In: Bundesdenkmalamt, Landeskonservatorat Niederösterreich (Ed.): Abridged excerpt from the 2000 annual report . Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture, Vienna 2000, p. 134 ( bmukk.gv.at [PDF; 3.5 MB ]).
Coordinates: 48 ° 34 '33.59 " N , 15 ° 3' 41.27" O
