While the construction site was being cleared, the figure of Christ was sawed down by police officers in the early morning of January 7, 1986, accompanied by a police chaplain …

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March 23, 2024

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During the initial occupation of the construction site in December 1985, Stefan Preisl, a visual artist from Burglengenfeld, created a figure of Christ out of wood in three days of work and in the bitter cold and nailed it by the hands and feet to a ten-meter-high spruce cross, which was erected with the help of numerous helpers . On December 31, 1985, the sculpture was finally consecrated during the New Year's Eve party in the first hut village.

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November 28, 2019

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From December 26 to 29, 1985, the wood sculptor Stefan Preisl from Burglengenfelder made a 1.60 m Christ statue on a ten-meter-high spruce cross, which was set up in the …

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