Pfeddersheimer miraculous image
The Pfeddersheim miraculous image is an embroidered depiction of the Madonna in Worms-Pfeddersheim , which is venerated as a miraculous image .
The picture
It is a silk embroidered depiction of St. Mary from the 17th century, similar to the miraculous images of Luxemburg and Kevelaer , with a flowing coat and the baby Jesus on her arm. The fabric picture, about the size of a postcard, comes from the village of Elmpt in North Rhine-Westphalia , is slightly blackened and faded in color with age. In 1927 it was re-framed on a decorative background, labeled "Maria Schutz" and framed. Since then it has been hanging for worship in the Catholic parish church of the Assumption of Mary , Worms-Pfeddersheim.
history
The baroque representation of Mary originally belonged to Martin Pollmanns and his wife Sophie geb. Brewers. It was located on a farm in Elmpt in 1869 and was cherished by the owners as a family heirloom. They always prayed the morning and evening prayers together in front of it. On White Sunday 1869, the farm estate burned down completely. After about 14 days, the silk picture was found completely undamaged in the rubble, although the fire had destroyed the frame and the protective glass. After this noticeable event, the rescued Madonna was venerated as an image of grace in the family environment.
In 1927 Wilhelm Schwenz († 1932) officiated as a Catholic pastor in Pfeddersheim, diocese of Mainz . He came from the Lower Rhine and received the picture as a gift through private contacts from Elmpt (today a district of Niederkrüchten ). At the donation, the local pastor Wilms drew up a document on January 27, 1927, which records the history of the miraculous image and is co-signed by the witness Johann Mertens, who was there himself when it was found undamaged in the rubble.
Pastor Schwenz had the representation of Mary given to him newly framed and framed. Here she came across an artfully embroidered background, which a sister from the convent of the English Misses in Worms made. With the permission of the responsible Bishop of Mainz, Ludwig Maria Hugo (1871-1935), the Madonna was allowed to be hung up in the Pfeddersheim parish church from May 1927 and privately venerated under the title “Maria Schutz zu Pfeddersheim” .