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Stock im Eisen

literally: staff in iron

The remaining midsection of a medieval nail tree (Nagelbaum). Over the centuries hundreds of nails have been hammered in both in thanksgiving and for good luck. The tree figures in a number of local legends.

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Address: Stock-im-Eisen-Platz
Getting there: corner of Palais Equitable

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Listing from Wikivoyage: Vienna/Innere Stadt, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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