Marian column (Bozen)

Marian column with Goethe School in the background

Moses at the Marian column

The Marian column is a monument in Bozen by the sculptor Andreas Kompatscher . It is located in the Marienpark in front of the Goethe School .

The Marian Column was erected in 1909 in memory of the cholera epidemic that decimated the Bolzano population in 1836; According to the inscription, 216 of the 1191 people who suffered from “Asian cholera” died. It is a column with a Corinthian capital . On it the statue of Our Lady . Various biblical figures are arranged around the Marian column, such as the prophet Moses with the tablets of the law .

The Marian Column was listed as a historical monument in 2009 and underwent extensive restoration in 2019.

Web links

Commons : Mariensäule  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monument protection for the Marian column in front of the Goethe School in Bozen ( Memento from February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on Südtirol Online
• Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office

Coordinates: 46 ° 30 ′ 5.42 "  N , 11 ° 21 ′ 16.24"  E