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Turistická trasa začiatok Ysper, market place
The strange stone forms of the Yspertal have always occupied people, as numerous legends and myths prove. They have not yet revealed their secrets. The 5 m high heart stone - after which two circular hiking trails are named - reminds some of the human organ, others again - who are inclined towards geomancy and esotericism - recognise female forms and symbols of life here, they consider the granite block to be a double cult stone. In any case, it is a very interesting stop on a tour that also leads to other strange stone figures, such as the "Skull" - which can be climbed on a staircase - or the "Stone Corn Almond". A tour to remember with pleasure.
Ysper - forest nature trail past stone "riding horses", "sliding stones", to the "Stone Corn Mandl" and to the rock castle "Life and Death" (= skull and dragon stone) to the heart stone.
The heart stone is a so-called slip-through stone of 5 metres, which at first glance immediately reminds one of a standing human heart. Oral tradition and old folk belief say that the heart stone is a female double cult site, since slipping through it serves fertility but also to wipe away illnesses, suffering, bad things and sins.
TVB Ysper-Weitental
3683 Yspertal, Hauptstraße 9
(T) +43 7415 6767-25
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Waldviertel Tourismus
3910 Zwettl, Sparkassenplatz 1/2/2
(T) +43 2822 54109
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Letzte Änderung: 16. 3. 2026