Imperial column
The Kaisersäule (originally called Franzens Pyramid ) is a stone pyramid in the municipality of Thaur in Tyrol .
description
The structure, visible from afar, is located on a shoulder below the Thaurer Zunterkopf at a viewpoint at 1700 m above sea level. A. and can only be reached on foot from Thaur or the Halltal . The 14 meter high pyramid is made of rubble stones and was originally whitewashed. On the west side there is a plaque commemorating the visit of Emperor Franz I , who "welcomed the people and the country again from this place in 1815". The column is a listed building .
history
After the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna , Emperor Franz I visited Tyrol, which had returned to Austria . After a big reception in the city of Hall , he visited the Haller Saline and the salt mine in Halltal on October 21, 1815. He was then taken to a vantage point from which he visited the scene of the Tyrolean struggle for freedom of 1809. In the following year a wooden pyramid was erected on this site, which was presumably whitewashed and provided with an inscription. In 1838/39 the pyramid was rebuilt from stones and inaugurated on September 28, 1839 by August Longin von Lobkowitz , President of the Imperial Court Chamber for Minting and Mining, who was in Hall on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone for the new brewhouse.
literature
- Franckenstein, Schmid-Pittl: stone column, Franzensmonument, imperial column. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved June 21, 2017 .
- The Kaisersäule celebrates its birthday. meinviertel.at from August 31, 2015, accessed on June 21, 2017
Web links
Individual evidence
- Jump to the Kaisersäule on the Nordkette , karwendel-urlaub.de, accessed on June 21, 2017
Coordinates: 47 ° 18 ′ 59.9 ″ N , 11 ° 27 ′ 52.5 ″ E