Stock im Eisen#
Stock im Eisen, medieval mythical landmark of Vienna, first mentioned in 1533, part of a tree trunk with an iron band wrapped around it, densely studded with nails, erected at the corner of the Kaerntner Strasse pedestrian zone and Stephansplatz square (Stock-im-Eisen-Platz square in Vienna´s 1st district).
Literature#
F. Czeike, Wien Innere Stadt, Kunst- und Kulturfuehrer, 1992.