Steinbach Madonna
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The Steinbach Madonna is Madonna - half figure in the city forest of the Lower Franconian health resort of Bad Kissingen . It belongs to the Bad Kissingen architectural monuments and is registered in the Bavarian Monument List under the number D-6-72-114-129 .
Geographical location
The Steinbach Madonna is located in the Bad Kissingen municipal forest between the Klaushof wildlife park and Luitpoldpark, between the Steinkuppel and Staffelsberg elevations on the driveway to the Ludwigsturm in a wooded area opposite the Ilgenhalle .
history
In 1926, the sculptor Balthasar Schmitt from Aschach (now part of Bad Bocklet ) created the Steinbach Madonna for the hotelier Carl Steinbach, the tenant of the town's hunting grounds, and his wife Amalie. When making it, Schmitt was guided by the house Madonna, which he had previously made for his parents' house in Aschach.
The Steinbach Madonna was attached to the picture oak near Ilgenwiese and Ilgenhalle. Originally, the sculpture was attached to a tree opposite today's picture oak, but it had to be felled in 1955. The Steinbach Madonna itself has since been replaced by a copy; the original is in the forestry office.
literature
- Elisabeth Keller: Die Flurdenkmale im Landkreis Bad Kissingen , Volume 1, self-published by the Landkreis Bad Kissingen, 1978, p. 71
- Werner Eberth : Balthasar Schmitt - A Franconian sculptor. Booklet accompanying the exhibition in Aschach Castle from April 28 to July 30, 1995, Theresienbrunnen-Verlag, Bad Kissingen 1995, p. 44
- Denis André Chevalley, Stefan Gerlach: City of Bad Kissingen (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VI.75 / 2 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-87490-577-2 , p. 112 f .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 12 '51.4 " N , 10 ° 3' 24.5" E