VIDEO: Vienna's History Mysteries EP. 1: The nail-ridden tree trunk at Stephansplatz that has everybody stumped

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VIDEO: Vienna’s History Mysteries EP. 1: The nail-ridden tree trunk at Stephansplatz that has everybody stumped

Introducing our new video series, Vienna’s History Mysteries – where we seek out the mysteries of Vienna’s past and try to solve them. Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we fail. Most importantly, we always learn a whole bunch of really interesting stuff about Vienna! 

For the first episode, our host, Samantha Pyra, explores the mystery behind a mysterious medeival tree trunk with a bunch of nails hammered into it. Located directly across from Stephansdom, it’s known as Stock im Eisen and you’ve probably walked past it a hundred times without even noticing.

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If you’d like to see more of Samantha’s handiwork on and off the camera, check out here Instagram, or her Youtube channel!

|| SOURCES ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_im_Eisen
https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Stock_im_Eisen
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/stock-im-eisen-nail-tree

Pictures taken from the archives at National Austrian Library Archive.

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