Plague cemetery in Zell

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The plague cemetery in Zell has not been archived as the burial place of the plague dead in the Eisenberg community . According to old tradition, however, victims of the plague year 1635 found their final resting place here. The plague cemetery is on the left of the road from Zell to Schweingg .

Plague cemetery in Zell
Memorial stone
The crosses in the plague cemetery in Zell, on the right the grave cross of Anna Maria Reichart von Zell
Grave cross of the curate Georg Gom

history

A report on the origins of the pilgrimage at Maria Hilf in Speiden in the Miracle Book shows that in 1635 the riders of the Schlickische Regiment were in quarters. One or more had been afflicted with the annoying addiction or poest, which actually faded to death . This is the only source that proves that the plague was also rampant in the Eisenberg community and claimed victims.

The number of deaths from the plague is unknown, but there is an old report that the epidemic in the neighboring municipality of Pfronten killed 54.8% of the total population. This information is also more or less applicable to Eisenberg.

investment

The plague cemetery in Zell is almost square, 17 m long and 14.50 m wide. It is enclosed by a 50 cm thick sandstone wall. In its left, southwest wall, an original niche 45 cm wide and 55 cm high has been preserved. Their function is unknown. The niche on the opposite side was added in the same way during renovation work in 1987. At that time, some spruce trees had to be removed, which were sick and more and more destroyed the surrounding wall. Two benches invite the visitor to rest.

Crosses

None of the crosses that originally existed have survived. There are now four crosses on and in the plague cemetery:

  • On the outside of the northern wall, an old tombstone from the Zell cemetery was reused as a memorial stone in 1987. The inscription: "Remember the dead of the plague year 1635 RIP"
  • In the center of the plague cemetery is a stone-framed grave with a 2 m high cross and a crucifix . It is framed on both sides by a tombstone with a wrought-iron cross. Both grave monuments are certainly also from the parish cemetery.
  • The stone on the left bears (under the earth) the inscription:

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JULY 3,
1729 DIES
WOLEHR
WILL HER
ALDA GEORG GO [M]
BORN OF
RUEDRACZ
HOFFEN
RIP
Georg Gom, born February 21, 1676 in Ruderatshofen , was curate in Zell.

  • Its counterpart on the right-hand side bore the inscription that was no longer quite legible:

HIE LI ...
ANNA ............
According to an informant, the family name "Maria Reichartin" should be added to "Anna". According to the Seelbuch von Zell this should be Anna Maria Reichart (* in Sigratsbold , † July 14, 1855, oo April 24, 1809 with Joseph Moritz Nuschele “at the Nuschele”). The front side of the stone has flaked off as a plate. This piece was brought to the depot of the Eisenberg Castle Museum in 1987.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Zell parish archives, Miracle Book, 17th century
  2. ^ Maria Wolff: The pilgrimage Maria Hilf in Speiden . Approval work for the first state examination for teaching at primary schools, submitted to the Philosophical Faculty II of the University of Augsburg in 1983.
  3. ↑ Pfronten community archive A 203 (1628GK01)
  4. ↑ Ruderatshofen parish, baptismal records
  5. ^ Parish archive in Zell
  6. ^ Eisenberg Castle Museum , viewed on August 1, 2012

Literature and web links

Commons : Pestfriedhof Zell  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Konrad M. Müller: The "great dying" in the Allgäu . Heimatpflege Memmingen eV (ed.), 2006 ISSN  0539-2896 , pp. 76-78.

Coordinates: 47 ° 36 ′ 32.9 ″  N , 10 ° 34 ′ 44 ″  E