List of Johannes Nepomuk representations in the Gmünd district

Johannes Nepomuk , canonized in 1729, is the third most frequently depicted saint in Austria after Maria and Joseph . There are depictions of Johannes Nepomuk at numerous locations in the Lower Austrian district of Gmünd .

Only after Bohemia , but before its beatification or canonization, did the veneration of Johannes Nepomuk begin in Lower Austria , which is documented in the form of statues and pictures. Measured against the large number of plastic and pictorial representations, the number of churches consecrated to Johannes Nepomuk in the Gmünd district is negligible.

Locations

photo		object	Location	Artist	Construction year	description
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Eberweis			On the occasion of the construction of the bridge over the Braunaubach in Eberweis, a statue of John was erected. It is one of several casts of a statue of the saint in Budweis.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Eggern			A chapel was built near the bridge over the Romaubach in Eggern in 1991 and, after its restoration, a wooden statue of Johannes Nepomuk was placed in it. This was originally located in a chapel at the Pengern estate, which was also demolished in 1991.
		Painting Johannes Nepomuk	Ice yarn			In the collegiate pen Eisgarn there are oil paintings of the torture and the fall of the bridge by Johannes Nepomuk from the 18th century.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Ice yarn		1729	A statue of John Nepomuk from 1729 stands by the Eisgarn Bridge.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Gmuend		1905	In the parish church of St. Stephan (Gmünd) there is a statue of Johannes Nepomuk from 1905.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Gmuend			In Gmünd there is a statue of Johannes Nepomuk at the Johannesbrücke over the Lainsitz . Originally it stood on a wooden bridge. When this was replaced by a steel bridge in 1884, the statue was moved to the so-called Bodensdorfermühle.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Gopprechts			On the altar of the local chapel of Gopprechts stands a carved figure of Johannes Nepomuk from the first half of the 18th century.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Großpertholz	Ernst Sigismund Hacklberg-Landau	1715	On the Trinity Column by Großpertholz there is a depiction of Johannes Nepomuk.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Großpertholz			On the old municipal road to Steinbach there is a statue of Johannes Nepomuk near the former kindergarten.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Großpertholz coordinates are missing! Help.			On the main square of Großpertholz by the palace garden there is a statue of Johannes Nepomuk from the 18th century.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Großschönau			On the left side of the nave of the parish church of Großschönau is a polychrome sculpture of Johannes Nepomuk from the second or third quarter of the 18th century.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Großschönau		1784	On the market square of Großschönau there is a statue of Johannes Nepomuk with the chronogram 1784.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Harbach			There is a Johannes Nepomuk chapel in Harbach.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Heidenreichstein			At the bridge over the Romaubach in the course of Schremser Straße in Heidenreichstein there is a chapel built around 1900 with a statue of Johannes Nepomuk from the second half of the 18th century. The statue stood on the opposite side by the Hofwehr pond until 1891.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Heidenreichstein			In a niche chapel on Schremser Straße in Heidenreichstein there is a statue of Johannes Nepomuk.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Heinrichs at Weitra			In the parish church of Heinrichs bei Weitra there is a carved figure of Johannes Nepomuk on the side altar.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Heinrichs at Weitra			The Johannes Nepomuk statue on the bridge of Heinrichs bei Weitra is a cast of a statue of the saint in Budweis.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Hirschbach			At the southern end of Hirschbach, by the bridge in Kirchberger Strasse, there is a statue of Johannes Nepomuk from the 18th century.
		Johannes Johannes Nepomuk	Hirschbach			On the road from Hirschbach to Kirchberg am Walde there is a chapel consecrated to Johannes Nepomuk and dated 1734.
		Johannes Johannes Nepomuk	Höhenberg		1780	Opposite the parish church of Höhenberg, in a chapel consecrated to Johannes Nepomuk with an inclined gable from 1878, a statue of Johannes Nepomuk stands on a classical pedestal .
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Hörmanns near Litschau			At the bridge in Hörmanns near Litschau there is a statue of Johannes Nepomuk from the second quarter or the middle of the 18th century.
		Gable figure of Johannes Nepomuk	Hoheneich		1882	On the west facade of the parish and pilgrimage church of Hoheneich is a representation of Johannes Nepomuk from 1882 as a gable figure.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Karlstift			There is a statue of John Nepomuk in the parish church of Karlstift .
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Karlstift			In Karlstift there is a modern depiction of Johannes Nepomuk.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Kirchberg am Walde			In the choir niche of the Kirchberg am Walde parish church there is a stucco figure of Johannes Nepomuk from the first half of the 18th century.
		Altarpiece Johannes Nepomuk	Kirchberg am Walde			On the side altar of the castle church of Kirchberg am Walde there is a depiction of Johannes Nepomuk from the second quarter of the 18th century as an altarpiece by Johann Georg Schmidt .
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Kirchberg am Walde		1766	There is a statue of Johannes Nepomuk from 1766 on the driveway to the castle in Kirchberg am Walde .
		Image Johannes Nepomuk	Kleineibenstein			In the local chapel, built in 1913 and consecrated to the saint, there is a depiction of Johannes Nepomuk from the first half of the 18th century as an altarpiece.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Kleinpertholz			In Kleinpertholz there is a Johannes Nepomuk chapel with a statue of the saint.
		Painting Johannes Nepomuk	Long black		1864	On the left side altar in the transept of the Langschwarza parish church there is an altar painting by Johannes Nepomuk from 1864.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Litschau		1900	On the high altar of the Litschau parish church there is a statue of Johannes Nepomuk from 1900 on the upper left and a polychrome figure from the second half of the 18th century on the central gallery arch .
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Litschau		1737	A statue of Johannes Nepomuk from the year 1737 stands on an extended pillar of the gate bridge over the Reissbach near the city wall of Litschau. It was originally located in Schönau near Litschau and was transferred here.
		Johannes Johannes Nepomuk	Mühlbach			The local chapel of Mühlbach, built in 1965, is dedicated to St. John Nepomuk.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Pyhrabruck coordinates are missing! Help.			The Johannes Nepomuk statue by the Pyhrabruck bridge is a cast of a statue of the saint in Ceske Budejovice.
		Stained glass window Johannes Nepomuk	Reingers			In the nave of the parish church of Reingers there is a glass window with a depiction of Johannes Nepomuk from 1912.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Reingers			Next to the pulpit of the parish church of Reingers is a carved wooden statue of Johannes Nepomuk. It was donated by displaced persons.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Reinprechts			In the local chapel of Reinprechts there is a figure of Johannes Nepomuk from the 18th century.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Saint Martin			In the parish church of St. Martin in the Waldviertel there is a depiction of Johannes Nepomuk from the mid-18th century as a side figure.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Saint Wolfgang			In Sankt Wolfgang there is a statue of Johannes Nepomuk from the middle of the 18th century.
		Image Johannes Nepomuk	Saint Wolfgang			On the road from Weitra to St. Wolfgang is a hallway chapel with a picture of Johannes Nepomuk - signed MH 1905.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Saint Wolfgang			On the right side of the nave of the parish church of St. Wolfgang bei Weitra is a sculpture of Johannes Nepomuk.
		Sculpture Johannes Nepomuk	Schönau near Litschau		1994	On the banks of the Reissbach in Schönau there is a granite stone on which the contours of Johannes Nepomuk made of iron are attached. Originally, the Johannes Nepomuk statue was located here, which today stands in Litschau on the bridge over the Reissbach.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Schrems		1737	At the bridge over the Braunaubach in Schrems there is a statue of Johannes Nepomuk from the year 1737. Due to damage, the statue was restored by the vocational school for stonemasons, which had been located in the neighboring Schrems Castle since 1951.
		Image Johannes Nepomuk	Schrems			On the Wackelsteinweg between Amaliendorf and Schrems there is a wayside shrine with a picture of St. Johannes Nepomuk. Presumably the wayside shrine was erected by Baron von Ossy on the occasion of the rescue of a faithful forester during a hurricane in 1844.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Schrems			On the right wall of the nave of the parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Schrems there is a statue of Johannes Nepomuk.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	hospital			At the entrance to Spital bei Weitra there is a statue of Johannes Nepomuk.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Steinbach			In the local chapel of Steinbach there is a statue of Johannes Nepomuk from the 18th century on a console.
		Relief John Nepomuk	Unserfrau-Altweitra			In the parish and pilgrimage church of Unserfrau-Altweitra there is a pedestal on the right side altar with a gilded relief of Johannes Nepomuk from the first half of the 18th century.
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Waldenstein			In the parish church of Waldenstein there is a carved wooden figure of Johannes Nepomuk from the third quarter of the 18th century.
		Image Johannes Nepomuk	White nails	Johann Georg Schmidt		On the right side altar of the parish church Weißenalbern there is a portrait of Johann Georg Schmidt depicting the martyrdom of Johannes Nepomuk from the second quarter of the 18th century and on the right nave wall there is a sculpture of the saint from the 18th century.
		Painting Johannes Nepomuk	Weitra	Josef Kessler	1875	In the baptistery in the right aisle of the Weitra parish church there is an altar painting by Johannes Nepomuk by Josef Kessler in 1875 .
		Statue of Johannes Nepomuk	Weitra	Friedrich Wilhelm Stillen	1724	In front of the upper town gate of Weitra there is a statue of Johannes Nepomuk created by Friedrich Wilhelm Stillen in 1724.

See also

• List of Johannes Nepomuk representations in Burgenland
• List of depictions of Johannes Nepomuk in Vienna

literature

• Brigitte Faßbinder-Brückler, Theodor Brückler: JN Johannes von Nepomuk - His time - His life - His cult , Verlag Stadtmuseum Alte Hofmühle Hollabrunn, Hollabrunn 2001, ISBN 3-901693-01-9
• Agnes Rudda: In the footsteps of Johannes von Nepomuk in the Waldviertel, self-published by Agnes Rudda, Heidenreichstein, ISBN 3-9500724-1-1
• DEHIO Lower Austria - north of the Danube ISBN 3-7031-0652-2 (1990)

Web links

Commons : Johannes Nepomuk representations in the Gmünd district  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The world-famous Czech: Johannes Nepomuk was canonized 280 years ago
• The "bridge saint" Johannes v. Nepomuk (PDF file; 3.1 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.gaweinstal.at/system/web/zusatzseite.aspx?menuonr=218494674&detailonr=183131466
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} Agnes Rudda: In the footsteps of Johannes von Nepomuk in the Waldviertel, self-published by Agnes Rudda, Heidenreichstein, ISBN 3-9500724-1-1
3. ↑ http://lainsitz.prinzeps.com/bilder/gmuend_breitensee/149_4960.jpg Photography
4. ↑ http://lainsitz.prinzeps.com/lainsitz/lainsitz2/gmuend_breitensee.htm The winter wonder of Gmünd

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