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Stock im Eisen

The Stock im Eisen is the midsection of a tree-trunk from the Middle Ages, a so-called nail-tree, into which hundreds of nails have been pounded for good luck over centuries.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Stephen’s Cathedral and Haas House.

Church
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St. Stephen's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in , and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Vienna. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Vienna, Christoph Schönborn. is situated 130 metres northeast of Stock im Eisen.

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The is a building in , Austria, at the Stock-im-Eisen-Platz. Designed by the Austrian architect Hans Hollein, it is a building in the postmodernist style and was completed in 1990.

Castle
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The is an office building in Stock-im-Eisen-Platz in the of , , that was built in the 19th century for The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and that incorporates a medieval nail-tree on one exterior corner.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bermudadreieck and Wieden.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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is the fourth district of . Its north border is the Vienna river, the Prinz Eugen Straße the east and the Gürtel the south.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Stock im Eisen

Latitude
48.20792° or 48° 12′ 29″ north
Longitude
16.37167° or 16° 22′ 18″ east
Inception
1440
Open location code
8FWR695C+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1262234512
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q25629422
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Stock im Eisen” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Stok-im-Ayzen”
  • Bavarian: “Stock im Eisen”
  • German: “Hauszeichen, Stock im Eisen”
  • German: “Stock im Eisen”
  • German: “Stock-im-Eisen”
  • Hebrew: “שטוק-אים-אייזן”
  • Hungarian: “Stock im Eisen”
  • Russian: “Шест в железе”
  • Spanish: “Stock im Eisen”
  • Turkish: “Stock im Eisen”
  • Ukrainian: “Поцвяхований стовбур”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Stock-im-Eisen-Platz and Stephansplatz station.

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