Marian column (Pinkafeld)
The Marian column stands on the market square of the Burgenland town of Pinkafeld . It was first mentioned in a document in the canonical visitation of 1757. Its construction is dated around 1700 as a votive building on the occasion of the end of the Great Turkish War and the associated, final defense against the danger that the campaigns of the Ottoman Empire posed to Central Europe.
The history of the Marian Column is closely linked to the Hungarian noble Batthyány family, who resided in Batthyány Castle in Pinkafeld. The aristocratic family had the column renovated several times in the 19th century. In the course of this renovation work, the Batthyánys family coat of arms was also attached to the south side of the base.
history
Pinkafeld was plagued by marauding Ottoman troops in 1529 during the first Turkish siege of Vienna , who pushed into the interior away from the main army, and razed to the ground on October 18, 1532 as a result of the abandoned siege of Güns by the withdrawing Ottoman main army. Another indication that the column is related to the Turkish wars can be seen in the similarity with the Graz Marian column , which was erected after the battle of Mogersdorf . The depiction of the Mother of God with one leg on a crescent moon is a symbol of her support in the victory over the Ottomans .
On February 2, 1817, a fire in Pinkafeld claimed twelve lives. The Marian column was also badly damaged. As a result, the second of February was declared a day of penance and prayer by the municipality . For this reason, Countess Franziska Batthyány had the column, popularly known as the women's column, renovated. The countess, who courted numerous artists from the so-called Hofbauer circle in Batthyány Castle , had Zacharias Werner put the following inscription on the Marian column:
"To praise immaculately received ones highly - Silencing outer, inner flames raging, - Give favor to all who trust you, - What is destroyed, help us rebuild!"
In 1860 the Batthyány family had the Marian Column renovated again. The Pinkafelder painter Johann Rohrer was commissioned to gild the statue of the Virgin Mary. The column itself was raised by around one meter, the four corner stones made of Schildbacher sandstone were connected with a chain border, and a text reminding of the restoration was attached.
In the 19th century, the column was the focus of processions on the occasion of the Sacred Heart Festival , in which up to 30 priests, including the bishop of the responsible diocese of Steinamanger and several thousand people took part.
Due to traffic, the Mariensäule was moved westwards to the Hotel Fuith in 1938. More than forty years later, a private initiative led to the renovation of the column and the statue of the Virgin Mary, which were newly gilded. The city passage was redesigned at the end of the 1980s. The Marian column was moved to the east, to the current location.
The last renovation in 2014 was financed by the Eisenstadt diocese , the Federal Monuments Office , the Burgenland cultural department , the Pinkafeld municipality and the population through donations.
The column is still an integral part of processions on church holidays such as Easter or Corpus Christi and the Sacred Heart Festival.
description
The three-tiered base contains the inscription written by Zacharias Werner and texts that recall the renovation in 1860. The coat of arms of the Batthyány family is attached to the south side of the base. The column rises above the last plinth and is closed by a Corinthian capital with angel heads. The gilded statue of the Virgin Mary made of gray sandstone stands on the capital. One foot of the statue rests on a crescent moon. The Blessed Mother holds the baby Jesus on her left arm, while her right hand holds a scepter . The statue of the Virgin Mary wears a pumpkin crown on its head, which is surrounded by a wreath of stars.
The Batthyánys family coat of arms shows in its center a pelican sitting in its nest, which scratches its own breast with its beak and feeds its young with the dripping blood. This representation is a symbol of the togetherness of the Batthyány family. The lower part of the coat of arms contains a double-tailed lion that grows out of waves and has a scimitar in its throat. This lion represents the protector of the family. The upper part of the coat of arms is a gold-plated, nine-pointed crown. These nine points are a reference to the nine Hungarian counties in which the Batthyány family ruled.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Pinkafeld city walk : Mariensäule , website www.pinkafeld-online.at, accessed on February 24, 2018
- ^ Josef Karl Homma, Harald Prickler and Johann Seedoch: History of the city of Pinkafeld . Self-published by the municipality of Pinkafeld, Pinkafeld 1987, p. 29 .
- ↑ a b Josef Karl Homma, Harald Prickler and Johann Seedoch: History of the City of Pinkafeld . Self-published by the municipality of Pinkafeld, Pinkafeld 1987, p. 241 .
- ↑ a b Josef Karl Homma, Harald Prickler and Johann Seedoch: History of the City of Pinkafeld . Self-published by the municipality of Pinkafeld, Pinkafeld 1987, p. 62 .
- ↑ Josef Karl Homma, Harald Prickler and Johann Seedoch: History of the City of Pinkafeld , page 62
- ↑ Stadinfo Pinkafeld, November 2014 edition, page 2
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Coordinates: 47 ° 22 ′ 17.5 ″ N , 16 ° 7 ′ 21.6 ″ E