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View of Jochenstein

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View of Jochenstein

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View of Jochenstein

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Location: Untergriesbach, Landkreis Passau, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Sea of Rocks on the Frauensteig – View of Jochenstein loop from Neustift im Mühlkreis

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2. Sea of Rocks on the Frauensteig – View of Jochenstein loop from Riedl

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3. Ebenstein Chapel – Neujochenstein Castle Ruins loop from Riedl

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Wanderfux 🥾🦊

April 14, 2022

The Jochenstein is a small rock island on German territory near the German-Austrian border and rises about nine meters high out of the Danube. The rock is located in the upper reaches of the Danube at river kilometer 2202.72, 78 meters from the left and 187 meters from the right bank of the river.

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Moonbeam🌜

October 22, 2024

The name Jochenstein comes from the small rocky island that lies directly in front of the house in the middle of the Danube. A shrine and a stone figure of Saint John Nepomuk, the patron saint of sailors, are enthroned on it. The rock is a well-known place among sailors not least because the custom of baptizing new sailors on the Jochenstein continued into the 20th century. A legend also tells of the devil who wanted to build a wall in the Danube in order to flood the neighboring Austrian community of Engelhartszell. During his plan, the devil's stone fell into the Danube at this point. According to another story, the Nixa Isa lives under the Jochenstein and bewitches the sailors.
Source: donauvilla-jochenstein.de/n%C3%BCtzliches

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Elevation 330 m

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Location: Untergriesbach, Landkreis Passau, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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View of Jochenstein

1. Sea of Rocks on the Frauensteig – View of Jochenstein loop from Neustift im Mühlkreis

2. Sea of Rocks on the Frauensteig – View of Jochenstein loop from Riedl

3. Ebenstein Chapel – Neujochenstein Castle Ruins loop from Riedl

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