Stone fisherman

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The Stone Fisherman is a monument made of chlorite slate on Benediktinerplatz in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee . The creation of the life-size statue in 1606 is attributed to the sculptor Martin Paccobello.

Stone fisherman

Until 1962 the stone statue stood in a niche on the west side of Heiliggeistplatz, the square in front of the Heiligengeistkirche . At this place, near the Lendhafen and yet protected by the city wall, a fish market took place until 1925. The memorial then stood in the courtyard for many years until it was moved to Benediktinerplatz in 1988, where Klagenfurt's central weekly market has been taking place since the Second World War. The head of the statue was replaced with a copy in the 19th century, and in 1998 it was fully restored. It is a listed building .

The year 1606 and the following text are engraved in the base of the statue:

As long as I want to stay there -
pis mier my feet and khrebs.

A legend tells of a Wörthersee fisherman who offered his goods on the market. The fisherman swore to a woman who doubted the correctness of the display on his scales: “I shall turn to stone if I weighed incorrectly!” This wicked statement was fulfilled on the spot, the fisherman turned to stone and in front of the market people waiting for his redemption today.

In fact, the erection of the statue in 1606 was a measure ordered by the Klagenfurt magistrate, which was intended to admonish the fishmongers to sell their goods exclusively on the market itself and not at greatly reduced prices on the way between the Lendhafen and the market, which is strictly prohibited was.

literature

  • Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 399
  • Siegfried Hartwagner: Klagenfurt City (= Austrian Art Monograph , Volume X). Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg, p. 167. (Reprinted 1994, without ISBN)
  • Franz Pehr: Carinthian legends . Klagenfurt 1913, p. 14

Web links

Commons : Steinerner Fischer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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Coordinates: 46 ° 37 ′ 22 ″  N , 14 ° 18 ′ 21.5 ″  E