St. Thomas am Blasenstein#

St. Thomas am Blasenstein, Upper Austria, market town in the district of Perg, alt. 723 m, pop. 911, area 29.03 km2, farming community in the south-eastern Muehlviertel region. Nearby is "Blasenstein", a granite object with "Bucklwehluckn" hole: according to legend whoever can fit himself through the opening will be cured of all back pain. Gothic pillared basilica with three naves, redone in the Baroque style in the 17th century, late Gothic relief and statues, crucifixion (1520), in the crypt is a "luftg´selchter Pfarrer" ("air-cured preacher") (d. 1746, mummified body).