--- title: Plague stone St. Lorenz Mondsee Salzkammergut url: "https://www.upperaustria.com/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/430022363/plague-stone.html" description: On the grounds of the Family Emhofer the plague Stone is located in St Lorenz by Mondsee in the Salzkammergut. date: 2017-02-22 modified: 2026-03-18 --- # Plague stone St. Lorenz Mondsee Salzkammergut plague stone ============== St. Lorenz am Mondsee, Oberösterreich, Österreich ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/220588/72D065E7370D1E2FD95D3F14AF2BC064C63C12E1373EAB282D8C49716D805EC8/peststein.jpg) © Open copyright © Annelu Wenter Close copyright [ ![view of the stone](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/220588/72D065E7370D1E2FD95D3F14AF2BC064C63C12E1373EAB282D8C49716D805EC8/peststein.jpg "© Annelu Wenter") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/220588/72D065E7370D1E2FD95D3F14AF2BC064C63C12E1373EAB282D8C49716D805EC8/peststein.jpg) St. Lorenz 61 5310 St. Lorenz am Mondsee [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=St.%20Lorenz%2061%2C%205310%20St.%20Lorenz%20am%20Mondsee "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=St.%20Lorenz%2061%2C%205310%20St.%20Lorenz%20am%20Mondsee "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&lat=47.817405267056671&lon=13.358033895492554&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-basemap&zoom=2000&server=meta.tourdata.at) In the garden of the house of Family Emhofer, St Lorenz 61 a plague Stone is located. A tail is toled that the Boy who brought the plague to Mondsee in 1714 is burried underneath it. His Name had been Michael Lindenthaler and he had been 14 years old. He was on the run from the black death that had already taken over Bavaria and the rest of Germany. The tail is told that every village he passed through got sick. Especially Thalgau, St. Lorenz and Mondsee a lot of People got sick and died. He died next to the farm Wistauer and they burried his Body in the forest. A few years ago they looked for remains of human bones in the area and found a Skeleton. To this day the Skeleton is burried underneath that rock. ​ [ Contact ](#ttgCollapseKontakt) ---------------------------------- **plague stone** St. Lorenz 61 5310 St. Lorenz am Mondsee Phone [ +43 6232 4166 ](tel:+4362324166) E-Mail [info@ortedesglaubens.at](#mailto) Web [www.ortedesglaubens.at/mondsee](https://www.ortedesglaubens.at/mondsee "New window") https://www.ortedesglaubens.at/mondsee --- **Contact person** Pfarre Mondsee Kirchengasse 1 5310 Mondsee am Mondsee --- **We speak the following languages** German [ Arrival ](#ttgCollapseAnreise) ---------------------------------- [ Accessibility ](#ttgCollapseBarrierefreiheit) ------------------------------------------------- Please get in touch for more information. [To the website](https://www.ortedesglaubens.at/mondsee "New window") powered by [TOURDATA](https://www.tourdata.at "New window") [ ![TOURDATA Logo](https://www.upperaustria.com/fileadmin/templates/global/images/Logo-Tourdata.png "TOURDATA Logo") ](https://www.tourdata.at "New window")