--- title: Taufstein url: "https://www.muehlviertel.at/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/430016842/taufstein.html" description: the only bowl stone in the Mühlviertel date: 2025-02-03 modified: 2026-03-02 --- # Taufstein Taufstein =========== Bad Zell, Oberösterreich, Österreich ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/216428/47B6C11215C05122C16E03E2C1C5A07601B95A5236CB732C3AAA729C80331EE1/taufstein.jpg) Open copyright © Kulturforum Bad Zell Close copyright [ ![Baptismal font](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/216428/47B6C11215C05122C16E03E2C1C5A07601B95A5236CB732C3AAA729C80331EE1/taufstein.jpg "© Kulturforum Bad Zell") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/216428/47B6C11215C05122C16E03E2C1C5A07601B95A5236CB732C3AAA729C80331EE1/taufstein.jpg) Lebensquellplatz 1 4283 Bad Zell [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Lebensquellplatz%201%2C%204283%20Bad%20Zell "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Lebensquellplatz%201%2C%204283%20Bad%20Zell "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&lat=48.381850966808912&lon=14.658679962158203&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-basemap&zoom=2000&server=meta.tourdata.at) the only bowl stone in the Mühlviertel The baptismal font on the summit rock of the saddle-shaped Hoferberg at 758 metres above sea level northwest of Bad Zell is the only baptismal font of this name in the Mühlviertel. During the Counter-Reformation, this Schalenstein, which has not dried out in living memory, was presumably used as a baptismal font. According to tradition, the Catholic Duke of Coburg had a large hunting ground in this area. However, there were also Protestant families among his foresters and hunters. The then pastor Schwarz from Gallneukirchen regularly visited his parishioners in Zell and many a child was secretly baptised according to the Lutheran confession at the baptismal font, hidden deep in the forest. Apparently, blessings for the deceased were also celebrated and some parents who had been disturbed by the religious conflicts were helped to find a new relationship with their faith. This historical ground around the baptismal font, also known as a place of power, has now been opened up with a hiking trail. [ Contact ](#ttgCollapseKontakt) ---------------------------------- **Taufstein** Lebensquellplatz 1 4283 Bad Zell Phone [ +43 7263 7516 ](tel:+4372637516) E-Mail [info@tourismus-badzell.at](#mailto) Web [www.badzell.at](http://www.badzell.at "New window") http://www.badzell.at --- **Contact person** Kulturforum Bad Zell Lebensquellplatz 1 4283 Bad Zell Phone [ +43 5 07263 ](tel:+43507263) --- **We speak the following languages** German English [ Opening hours ](#ttgCollapseOeffnungszeiten) ------------------------------------------------ always accessible - open to the public [ Arrival ](#ttgCollapseAnreise) ---------------------------------- [ Suitability ](#ttgCollapseEignung) -------------------------------------- - All weather [ Accessibility ](#ttgCollapseBarrierefreiheit) ------------------------------------------------- Please get in touch for more information. [To the website](http://www.badzell.at "New window") powered by [TOURDATA](https://www.tourdata.at "New window") [Suggest a change](#mailto) [ ![TOURDATA Logo](https://www.muehlviertel.at/fileadmin/templates/global/images/Logo-Tourdata.png "TOURDATA Logo") ](https://www.tourdata.at "New window")