Plague column Stockerau

This article describes the Trinity Column on Rathausplatz. For the Dreifaltigkeitssäule at the address Brodschildstraße 9, see Dreifaltigkeitssäule (Stockerau) . The plague column in Oberzögersdorf can be found under Plague column (Oberzögersdorf) .

Plague column in Stockerau

The plague column (also: Dreifaltigkeitssäule ) in the municipality of Stockerau in Lower Austria was built between 1713 and 1718. It stands on the Rathausplatz and is a listed building .

According to the document, the plague column was built by Johann Stanetti between 1713 and 1716 . The column dominates the town hall square due to its central location. It is surrounded by a balustrade and consists of a column that stands on a high, three-sided base. On the column are gilded reliefs with scenes from the life of Christ with Old Testament typological correspondences. At the edges the column is decorated with putti with stars. Statues of Saints Rochus , Sebastian and Koloman stand on pedestals . In between there are kneeling figures of Saints Francis of Assisi , Karl Borromeo and Rosalia . The top of the Trinity column forms a cloud obelisk carried by angel caryatids with Maria Immaculate and putti as well as a crowning Trinity group.

Web links

Commons : Dreifaltigkeitssäule in Stockerau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kulturdenkmale.at

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lower Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento of September 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF), ( CSV ( Memento of September 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )). Federal Monuments Office , as of June 9, 2017.

Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 4.8 ″  N , 16 ° 12 ′ 26.9 ″  E