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Marian Column

Marian Column

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Marian Column

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Location: Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

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2. Climbing rocks on the Taffa – Graselturm loop from Horn

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3. Graselturm – Taffa Valley loop from Horn

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Christine 🚶‍♀️ 📷 🌏

August 25, 2021

The Marian column was erected in 1679 east of the Georgskirche on the church square as a plague column.

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Intertrain

March 26, 2023

25.10.2016 - The Marian column on the busy church square in the shopping town of Horn commemorates the plague that claimed the lives of 200 people in Horn in 1679.

Source: meinbezirk.at/horn/c-lokales/damals-und-heute-mariensaeule-am-kirchenplatz_a2124890

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August 18, 2023

Marian column or plague column. It was erected in 1680 by the people of Horn in gratitude for their defense against the plague. The plague: "scourge of the angry deity".
Renovated in 1832 on the occasion of the cholera epidemic.
In 1866, another cholera epidemic occurred when the Prussian army passed through.
In 1928, the column was erected to commemorate those who died in World War I.
Built by master stonemason Josef Macho from Engelbrechts in 1680. Renovated in 1739, 1796 and 1834.
In 1963, it was dismantled and moved to its current location.

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Elevation 310 m

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Marian Column

1. Rosenburg Power Plant – Climbing rocks on the Taffa loop from Horn

2. Climbing rocks on the Taffa – Graselturm loop from Horn

3. Graselturm – Taffa Valley loop from Horn

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