Teufelsstein near Globasnitz

The Devil's Stone in the Jauntal valley near Globasnitz in Carinthia. According to legend, the rock was broken off the Petzen (a 2126 meter high mountain peak a little further south) by the devil in anger over an escaped soul and hurled into the Jauntal valley. The devil's thumbprint can still be seen on the front today.

The Teufelsstein is a 6 m high carbonate rock that has come to rest in the middle of a field. The rock is flanked by a small-leaved linden tree and a pedunculate oak and surrounded by hazel bushes, on top of which there is a crucifix. The rock is overgrown with numerous drought-loving herbaceous plant species such as meadow sage, privet, blood-red dogwood, blackberries and raspberries.

Legend has it that the devil threw the stone down out of anger. His thumbprint is still on it.