Vienna - Spinnerin am Kreuz

The Spinnerin am Kreuz is a 16m/52ft high Gothic stone pillar in the shape of a vial-shaped tabernacle. One of the landmarks of Old Vienna, it was designed by Hans Puschbaum, the architect of St Stephen's Cathedral, and erected in 1452 to replace an older one which had been donated by Leopold III. According to legend a faithful wife sat here at her spinning wheel, awaiting her husband's return from a Crusade.