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Franzosenstein
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Mareike
April 17, 2020
Hiking
As skewed as the Franzosenstein lies, you could almost think that it falls over at any moment. But it doesn't happen that quickly. Even around a hundred French soldiers are said to have failed to move the stone. So they lost a bet against the Traunsteiners and at the same time gave the stone its name.
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•Wolfgang STB
November 17, 2023
Cycling
The rock is 5 m high, 7 m long and 3 m wide. It is a leaning granite block in the shape of a wobbly stone.
The following story is told in town: When a company of French soldiers were quartered in Bad Traunstein in 1809, the soldiers made fun of the huge, but apparently only lightly resting block of stone. They made a bet with the population to collapse the block into the meadow. But the wobbly stone didn't move an inch. The French left in anger. From then on, the wobbly stone was called the “French stone”.
The following story is told in town: When a company of French soldiers were quartered in Bad Traunstein in 1809, the soldiers made fun of the huge, but apparently only lightly resting block of stone. They made a bet with the population to collapse the block into the meadow. But the wobbly stone didn't move an inch. The French left in anger. From then on, the wobbly stone was called the “French stone”.
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•Sebastian 🌳
October 18, 2025
Hiking
A remarkable stone located right next to the road. Access is easy and possible at any time.
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