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Kornmarkt and Madonna Column, View of Heidelberg Castle

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Kornmarkt and Madonna Column, View of Heidelberg Castle

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Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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3. Himmelsleiter Heidelberg – Heidelberg Castle loop from Neckargemünd

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Peter 😎

January 13, 2020

From the 13th century, the Holy Spirit Hospital was located on the Kornmarkt. The outline of the former chapel of the hospital is identified by the paving on the square.

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octoberseventeen

February 7, 2021

The KORNMARKT-MADONNA is a fountain sculpture on the Kornmarkt in the old town of Heidelberg. Further names of the fountain are MARIENSÄULE and MUTTERGOTTESBRUNNEN.

In 1718 the statue created by Peter van den Branden was placed on a pedestal in the middle of the square. The background to this is the religious disputes between the mostly Reformed population in Heidelberg and the Catholic Elector Karl Philipp. The statue of Mary stands in the tradition of the specifically Catholic figures of Mary and saints and is to be seen as a measure of counter-Reformation propaganda, which in Heidelberg was promoted primarily by the Jesuits. For the Reformed Heidelberg population, this list was tantamount to a provocation.

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Franzl wandert 🥾

May 27, 2022

The Marian column offers a beautiful view of the castle.

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Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Kornmarkt and Madonna Column, View of Heidelberg Castle

1. View of Heidelberg Castle – Upper Philosopher's Path loop from Station Kornmarkt

2. Heidelberg Castle – Himmelsleiter Heidelberg loop from Heidelberg-Weststadt/Südstadt

3. Himmelsleiter Heidelberg – Heidelberg Castle loop from Neckargemünd

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