St. Ägidi Kirche - Kulturjuwel am Hohenstein

A cultural jewel of the first order stands on the Hohenstein: St Aegidi's Church, which is said to date back to 865. The church was first mentioned in a document in 1519 and is now privately owned. Finds (ceramic fragments and silver coins) from the Middle Ages were discovered in the former moat. The latest findings by experts from the Nordico City Museum in Linz also provide clear evidence of settlement activity in the region around Engerwitzdorf and the Gallneukirchen basin dating back to the Stone Age and the Neanderthal period around 40,000 to 50,000 years ago. A number of finds (perforated axes, spindle whorls and flint fragments) support the dating. A stone object about three centimetres in size, now called a "blade scraper", undoubtedly comes from the quarry in Monte Lesini in the province of Verona, where "Ötzi's" tools also came from.
Text source: Local history book Engerwitzdorf
Text source: Publication "New Stone Age finds in the Lower Mühlviertel" by Alexander Binsteiner and Erwin M. Ruprechtsberger