Trinity Column Jedlersdorfer Strasse
The Trinity Column is a baroque memorial column made of sand-lime stone on the Marchfeld Canal at the intersection of Jedlersdorfer Strasse and Tulzergasse in the 21st Viennese district of Floridsdorf .
history
The column was erected in 1776 as a crossroads column.
description
A square base with a crest cartouche on the front rises above the two-tiered pedestal . There is an inscription on the back. A short, slightly bulbous round column rises above the base. This is crowned by a typical mercy seat representation. God the Father is enthroned on a cloud throne and holds a crucifix with both hands between his knees. A pigeon is shown below.
inscription
The year "1776" is on the base. The inscription on the back is no longer legible today. According to Kapner / Westerhoff it is: "The Most Holy Trinity for praise ... / Anno 1776 ..."
literature
- Manfred Wehdorn u. a .: Free sculpture in Vienna. 1451-1918 . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-422-06781-3 , pp. 254 .
- Felix Czeike: XXI. Floridsdorf. Vol. 21 of the Vienna District Culture Guide . Vienna 1983, p. 29 .
- Gerhardt Kapner: Free sculpture in Vienna (Wiener Schriften, H. 31) . Vienna 1970, p. 100 .
- Wolfgang Westerhoff: wayside shrines in Vienna . Vienna, St. Pölten 1993, p. 41 .
- Federal Monuments Office (editor): DEHIO-HANDBUCH. The art monuments of Austria: Vienna, X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District, XXI. B . Schroll, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-7031-0693-X , p. 647 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 17 ′ 25.6 ″ N , 16 ° 24 ′ 40.3 ″ E