Footstep bearing for impeller shafts

Footstep bearing for an impeller shaft of a container stirring mechanism having at least one shaft butt end (1) mounted, in particular, on the wall (2) of the container (16), and an impeller shaft (9), which shaft end and impeller shaft engage in one another, with a gap (13) in the region of the engagement of the shaft butt end (1) and the impeller shaft (9), characterized in that the shaft butt end (1) and/or the impeller shaft (9) are/is provided on their surface in the region of the gap (13) with sliding elements (8), preferably pimples, ring segments or axially disposed strips, on which the respective opposite surface of the impeller shaft (9) and/or of the shaft butt end (1) slides, and in that the shaft butt end (1) has means (11), preferably a bore (11), for the passage of a flushing fluid (3) through the gap (13) between impeller shaft (9) and shaft butt end (1).