Resurrection Column
The Resurrection Column , also known as the Savior's Column , from Perchtoldsdorf in Lower Austria is located on the Leonhardiberg, was built in the middle of the 18th century and is a listed building.
history
The 7.90 m high sacred image is a foundation of the wealthy Perchtoldsdorf resident and Viennese councilor Johannes Sebastian Deyl and was created in 1743 by an unknown baroque sculptor. In the course of a general renovation by approx. It was taken down in 2015 for 70,000 euros and, after restoration, placed a little further north on the hill plateau "Luisenruhe". The new blessing took place on August 28, 2016.
The Resurrection Column used to be part of the Leonhardiberg pilgrimage site, which was originally called the old vineyard . On the Leonhardiberg there was a pilgrimage church, which was closed in the course of the Josephine reforms and which was later removed. From the village a path ( Via Sacra ) led up to the church, which was decorated with statues of saints on both sides, and on the last part of the path there was the Resurrection Column on the left. From the pilgrimage site only the Leonhardi column , the cruciform chapel and the resurrection column, standing at the beginning of the Via Sacra, are preserved.
description
On a three-sided stepped pedestal with the hll. Maria , Martha and Maria Magdalena there is a column with free cloud structure as well as a sarcophagus and on the column a statue of the risen Christ.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Perchtoldsdorfer Rundschau 10-11.2016 ( online )
- ↑ Perchtoldsdorfer Rundschau 11.2008 ( online )
- ^ Dehio-Handbuch: Lower Austria, south of the Danube , part 2, p. 1655; Berger publishing house , Horn / Vienna 2003
Coordinates: 48 ° 7 '17.2 " N , 16 ° 15' 41.8" E