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Stopfenheim
(Stadt Ellingen)
Lkr. Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
Bayern

Ellinger Straße
(St. Augustinus Kirche)

Heiligenstatuen an der St. Augustinus Kirche

Saint Statues at St. Augustine's Church

Leonhard Meyer
1773-75

Stopfenheim / Heiligenstatuen an der St. Augustinus Kirche

Description

The front façade of the St. Augustin Church shows several sculptures.
In three niches on the ground floor are three statues in niches:

Stopfenheim - Heiligenstatuen an der St. Augustinus Kirche
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(left) St. Georg / St. George (ca. 275/281 - 303), Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. He is immortalized in the tale of Saint George and the Dragon (Wikipedia)
(center) Maria Immaculata.
(right)St. Elisabeth - St. Elizabeth of Thuringa (Bratislava 1207 - Marburg 1231), princess of the Kingdom of Hungary, Landgravine of Thuringia; built a hospital where she herself served the sick; symbol of Christian charity (Wikipedia).

On both sides of the roof are stone busts, and in the tower reliefs with the coat of arms of the lords of the regions, below that of the Freiherr von Lehrbach (1765-1787), the 'Komtur' of the Bailiwick of Franconia, and at the top those of Duke Carl Alexander of Lorraine, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1761-1780).

Stopfenheim - Heiligenstatuen an der St. Augustinus Kirche

Sculptor

Leonhard Meyer, German sculptor from Ellingen

Sources & Information

Pfarrei St. Augustinus Stopfenheim, Unsere Kirchen.

Locatie (N 49°4'17" - E 10°53'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: deby396; Photograph: 12 October 2014
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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