The second hunger column in Mitterteich stands on the Schreiber Bridge. Four mice cling to the high stele, which bears an inscription above the year 1921. Above it, more mice nibble on ears of grain. A green lamp in the shape of a little house that glows at night completes the column. This column commemorates the famine of 1770 to 1772. Two rainy summers and a hailstorm destroyed the harvest and drove grain prices up tenfold. The hardship was great, and many people died.

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June 28, 2024

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The text on the pillar sounds almost like a nursery rhyme today, but it has a bitter background: "A fox came into our corn house. He caught the dog in our corn house. The fox caught the dog, the dog caught the cat, the cat caught the rat, the rat caught the mouse, the mouse caught the corn, everything is lost in our corn house." If you look around, you will find a fox, dog and cat as stone reliefs on the sides of the bridge.

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July 20, 2021

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Bridge with column and Kornehaus saying

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