Marian column (Freising)
The Marian column is a red marble column crowned by a statue of Mary in the middle of Marienplatz , in the center of Freising's old town . The column is one of the most distinctive monuments in the historic old town. It was donated by Prince-Bishop Albrecht Sigismund in 1674 for the veneration of Mary as Patrona Bavariae . The Marian column on Marienplatz in Munich may have served as a model .
Similar to its counterpart there, the Freising Marian Column was built on a mighty, square marble base. A saint kneels at each of the four corners: the cathedral patrons Korbinian and Sigismund , as well as Francis Xavier and Francis of Assisi .
The following inscriptions were carved into the base.
On the south side:
Deodorant opt (imo). Max (imo).
Magnae Matri ac Virgini Dei parae,
orbis et vrbis Patronae,
Episcopatvs hvivs fvndatrici protectrici,
Mariae
cvivs potenti tvtela, episcopi, cives, svbditi,
a nongentis, et amplivs annis,
inter bellorvmti clades, et incitvia
conservati f etvere.
To the best and greatest god.
The great mother and virgin Theotokos,
protector of the world and the city,
founder and protector of this diocese,
Mary,
through whose powerful protection bishops, citizens and subjects have
been
preserved and saved
in war disasters and conflagrations for nine hundred and more years
.
On the north side:
Hanc statvam,
in perceptorvm beneficiorvm memoriam,
in constantis praesidii votvm,
in amoris perenne symbolvm,
gratvs svpplexqve posvit,
Albertvs Sigismvndvs
D. G. Frisigens. et Ratisponens. Episcopus,
utrivsqve Bavariae Dux etc.
Anno post Christvm nat. MDCLXXIV.
This column has
commemorating received benefits,
as a votive offering for constant protection,
the everlasting symbol of love
grateful and humble built
Albrecht Sigismund,
by the grace of God bishop of Freising and Regensburg,
both Duke of Bavaria, etc.,
in the year after Christ's birth in 1674
After the Pope's visit in 2006, a lettering reminding of the event was placed on the south side of the base .
literature
- Walter Brugger / Rudolf Goerge (eds.): 300 years of the Freising Marian Column 1674-1974. A commemorative publication. Freising 1974
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Translation based on StadtFreising, Stadtarchiv (ed.): The Freising Mariensäule . 2008 ( freising.de [PDF; 414 kB ; accessed on August 2, 2013]). PDF document; 414 kB ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 48 ° 24 ′ 3 " N , 11 ° 44 ′ 38" E