Plague Column (Mödling)
The plague column in Mödling , Lower Austria, is a trinity column that was erected in 1714.
The plague column, which stands on Freiheitsplatz in the center of the city, was erected to thank you for the extinction of the epidemic, from which 90 people died in 1713. It is made from Zogelsdorf and St. Margarethen sand-lime bricks and the bottom section of the column is made from Mannersdorf limestone. The inscription plates are made of Carrara marble . The uniform appearance is created by painting ( lime sponges with the addition of silicone resin ). The halo of the Trinity is gilded.
The column was probably created by a sculptor from Eisenstadt. On May 21, 1714 was by Emperor Charles VI. the foundation stone was laid and blessed by the Bishop of Nitra Laszlo Adam Count von Erdődy .
Depicted directly on the column are the Virgin Mary, at the four corner points Saint Sebastian with arrows, Rochus with his dog, who helped many plague sufferers, Karl and Franz Xaver , and Saint Rosalia lying in a niche on the west side .
In 1909 the column was so badly damaged in a storm that the entire central part fell to the ground. To protect against possible damage, the plague column was walled in during World War II in 1943 and exposed again in 1947.
In 2007 the listed column was completely renovated and dismantled into around 500 individual parts. On October 19, 2008, after the Restoration, she was blessed again.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mödling: history, houses, people, subtitles: things worth seeing and knowing from the past and present; Municipality of Mödling 2010 ( online )
- ^ Gilding by Hermann Staudinger ; Retrieved November 14, 2010
- ↑ The Trinity Column from Mödling on the parish of St. Othmar; Retrieved November 14, 2010
Coordinates: 48 ° 5 ′ 9.2 ″ N , 16 ° 17 ′ 4.2 ″ E