Johannes-Nepomuk-Statue (Kronach, Andreas-Limmer-Straße)
The Johannes-Nepomuk statue on Andreas-Limmer-Straße in the Upper Franconian town of Kronach is a representation of Saint Johannes Nepomuk .
The sandstone statue , which is now a listed building, was erected in 1713, around 16 years before the canonization of the Bohemian priest in 1729 . It is one of the oldest free-figure representations in Franconia . Originally, the statue was on the southwest side of a bridge that crossed the Mühlbach between the buildings at Andreas-Limmer-Strasse 14 and 16, a branch of the Kronach that now flows through the urban area underground. On the occasion of the piping of the Mühlbach in the 1960s, it was moved around 60 meters to its current location on the northwest side of the Kaulanger Bridge over the Kronach.
In 2013 the Nepomuk statue, which was damaged by the weather, was restored with funds made available by its owner and the city of Kronach. The two inscriptions on the base were also made clearly legible again. The inscription in Latin on the front facing the street contains the year of construction of the statue in the form of a chronogram , the inscription consisting of initials on the back refers to the builder Conrad Fischer and the then ruling mayor of the city, Johann Andreas Stöcklein. It also contains the year of construction 1713.
Inscription on the north side of the base
The statue in June 2011
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- Roland Graf: wayside crosses - picture trees - memorial stones . Ed .: Working group for home care (= Heimatkundliches Jahrbuch des Landkreis Kronach . Volume 7/1979 ).
- Nepomuk statue stands rock solid . In: Neue Presse Coburg , local edition Kronach . July 20, 2013, p. 10 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′ 25 " N , 11 ° 19 ′ 46.4" E