Statue of Saint Mary (Timișoara)
The statue of Saint Mary ( Romanian Statuia Sfânta Maria ) is a statue of the Virgin Mary in a chapel in the western Romanian city of Timișoara . It is located on the Piața Sfânta Maria named after her , next to the Reformed Church .
history
The monument stands on the place where, according to tradition, György Dózsa ( Romanian Gheorghe Doja ), the leader of the Hungarian peasant uprising of 1514, was executed. The peasant king was placed on a red-hot iron chair, and a crown was placed on him and a scepter was handed out, both also glowing red. His body was quartered and displayed in Hungarian cities. According to legend, during the execution, Jesuit monks were forced to sing religious songs, during which the face of the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared over Dózsa .
Originally, a statue of Mary was mounted on a pole at this point in memory of this apparition , which was replaced in 1837 with a larger wooden image of the saint. In 1865 a stone statue from Bavaria was erected at this point, which was replaced in 1877 by another statue donated by the poor school sisters Notre Dame . In 1906 the architect László Székely designed a chapel in the Romanesque style with six columns and a granite canopy. The set up there statue was in Belgium from the Apuan Alps derived Carrara marble made. The cost of this was 23,000 crowns .
According to more recent findings, however, the location of the monument is not the Doja's execution site; it is more likely that the latter found his death near the present-day Hotel Continental in the 1st district of Cetate .
description
The statue of the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus in her arm, made by the sculptor Georg Kiss, is 155 centimeters high, stands in the middle of a chapel-like arcade , which is partly made of sandstone and is supported by six columns made of black marble. The base and capitals of the columns are made of white marble. The chapel is surrounded by a stylish iron grille. The stone carving was done by Kornel Tunner , the construction work by Arthur Tunner .
On December 16, 1906, the inauguration of the Marian monument was carried out by Auxiliary Bishop Néméth József . Mayor Karl Telbisz , chief notary Josef Geml , the city architect László Székely and the sculptor Georg Kiss took part in the ceremony.
The back of the chapel is provided with an inscription in Hungarian, the translation of which reads: "Where György Dózsa suffered a terrible death, the pious people of the city of Timișoara present this monument to the patron saint, Saint Mary in 1906."
literature
- Richard Weber: The Marien- also Dosza-Monument in Timisoara , 2009
Web links
- Pictures on Panoramio : picture 1 • picture 2 • picture 3 • picture 4
- masuramedia.ro , Măsura, Boris Georgescu: Cartierul numit după Franz Iosif, din Timișoara , May 21, 2010, in Romanian
- welcometoromania.ro , Monumentul Sfintei Fecioare Maria , in Romanian
- timisoara.uvt.ro , Monumentul Sf. Maria , May 5, 2010, in Romanian
Coordinates: 45 ° 44 '53.9 " N , 21 ° 13' 7.8" E