II.2.1 Hamlet Hutstein
Impressions of the hamlet Hutstein in Upper Austria, close to the bavarian border:
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Impressions of the hamlet Hutstein in Upper Austria, close to the bavarian border:
A cross located at the path from the village Osterwasser to hamlet Hutstein (the trail is known as Hutsteinsteig) is central part of one of our myths and legends around the hamlet Hutstein
The Falkner Cross | HUTSTEIN Origins
There is also a small chapelle at Hutstein, where from time to time during spring and summer a mess is celebrated.
Gate column
Approximately 1 m high stone column with a round hole on the old path from Osterwasser to Hutstein.
The gate columns that can still be found in some places in the Mühlviertel have historical significance as demarcations of property, probably introduced by Emperor Joseph II, but also as a magical defence, to be sacrificed to the storm or to avert its dangers. They are stone pillars with a round or square hole in which a wooden gate could be attached. According to old folk beliefs, they were not allowed to be moved because the poor souls who would be hurt lived under the stone.
(Source: Otto Milfait, Elvira Landgraf “The Mühlviertel Language, Customs and Sayings”. And again soul, magic…)
Cross column
On the road to Hutstein, at Vatersreith 13 (Hubert Krenn), there is a stone column with a pointed arch niche and a Passau cross (double cross beam) next to a cast iron cross.
There is a picture of St. Florian in the picture niche. The year 1714 is carved on the base of the column. It is probably a plague column from this time.