Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Pestsäule
English translation:
plague monument
Added to glossary by
Johanna Timm, PhD
Jan 5, 2001 10:26
23 yrs ago
German term
Pestsäule
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Something found in St. Stephen's Cathedral (Vienna). Can anyone furnish the story? How would that be translated?
TIA
TIA
Proposed translations
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| 0 | plague monument |
Johanna Timm, PhD
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| 0 | pestilence column |
Matthew Harris
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| 0 | Plague Column |
Roy Fox
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Johanna Timm, PhD
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plague monument
Here is the story behind it. At the website below you find a photograph of the "Pestsäule" :l
Die Pestsäule stammt aus dem Jahr 1682. In der Nische des quadratischen Sockels liegt die Gestalt der
"Pestheiligen Rosalia", den kurzen Säulenschaft bekrönt die Dreifaltigkeitsgruppe. Die Säule wurde von
dankbaren Bürgern, die im Jahre 1680 von der Pest verschont wurden, gestiftet.
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Comment: "Thank you - the story was quite interesting!"
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Matthew Harris
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pestilence column
"pestilence-column" was the quote I found by using the terms <pestilence church architecture and Vienna>.
Hope you can find the story. It must be intriguing.
Hope you can find the story. It must be intriguing.
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Plague Column
You really are getting round Vienna, aren't you! The historical details given by other correspondents are of course correct, but please don't put the Pestsäule in the Cathedral. It's on the Graben, which gives on to St Stephen's Square.
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