{"id":10872,"date":"2020-05-29T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T06:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/steinerne-zeugen-an-hausmauern-und-hecken\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T22:38:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:38:47","slug":"witnesses-made-of-stone-und-hecken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/en\/witnesses-made-of-stone-und-hecken\/","title":{"rendered":"Witnesses made of stone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Madonnenl\u00e4ndchen (literally: Madonna region) located around Buchen and Walld\u00fcrn is home to an exceptionally large number of wayside shrines. Felicitas Zemelka has archived about 1,700 of them\u2014 serving to draw up cultural history about the region. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Johannes Linck\u2019s first marriage remained childless for 15 years. The farmer tried again and married a certain Anna-Maria. When their first child died, he had a memorial erected in 1732: a wayside shrine made of the characteristic local sandstone. A stonemason chiselled the Walld\u00fcrn Gnadenbild scene into the light-red stone\u2014in reminiscence of a traditional story from the neighbouring town: In 1330, a priest spilled the consecrated wine from the chalice and the liquid formed a picture of crucified Jesus, eleven more heads and the crown of thorns. This occurrence associated many a couple\u2019s desire to have a number of children. For Johannes, it had the desired effect: He became the father of four children after he had the shrine erected.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10805\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-76.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10805\" class=\"wp-image-10805 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-76.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-76.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-76-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-76-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-76-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Felicitas Zemelka has reconstructed the story of the lucky father Johannes from old parish registers.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The cross is still there, in a court in Hollerbach, which is part of Buchen in the Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis municipality. Felicitas points at the relief with the eleven heads on it and deciphers the inscription. She laughs: \u201cNot everybody was familiar with contemporary spelling.\u201d Like many other stories, she has reconstructed the story of the lucky father Johannes from old parish registers. More than 1,700 wayside shrines throughout the Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis municipality have been registered by her. The area around Buchen is called \u2018Madonnenl\u00e4ndchen\u2019 (Madonna region) because of its large amount of pictures and statues of saints and crosses. They stand at waysides, crossroads and houses\u2014stone witnesses to faith and good and bad luck. Felicitas has filled the region\u2019s name with knowledge.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10802\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-73.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10802\" class=\"wp-image-10802 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-73.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-73.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-73-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-73-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-73-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The area around Buchen is called \u2018Madonnenl\u00e4ndchen\u2019 (Madonna region) because of its large amount of pictures and statues of saints and crosses.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Baden part of Franconia has a long Christian tradition. From the Church\u2019s perspective it belonged to the Catholic diocese of W\u00fcrzburg, but politically to the prince-archbishopric of Mainz, later to either Mainz or W\u00fcrzburg. Thus, secular power was wielded by clergy as well. There were also many places of pilgrimage for the veneration of the Virgin Mary in the W\u00fcrzburg region as well as the long tradition of Amorbach Abbey. \u201cReligious life has always been very present here,\u201d says Felicitas.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>However, her personal ties to the shrines are rather secular, even criminological: Robbery became frequent in the 1980s, heads of the shrines were increasingly removed. Felicitas and her husband just moved to the region then. She had passed the state examination to become a grammar-school teacher for mathematics and geography but the surplus of graduates had made it difficult to find a post. That time, the Verein Odenw\u00e4lder Bauernhaus (Odenwald farmhouse) club intended to create an inventory of the shrines in 1985. \u201cThey realized that something genuine to the region is being stolen.\u201d And Felicitas took care of the matter. Robbery stopped and the native of the Palatinate had found a task that would accompany her for decades.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFor me, they are cultural and religious history.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She drove from one shrine to the next, discovered inscriptions, took photos, researched in parish registers or the memory of locals. Existing lists didn\u2019t satisfy her. About half of the shrines had not even been included in any inventory. Some people find wayside shrines are old-fashioned, she says. \u201cFor me, they are cultural and religious history.\u201d In some cases, quite prominent history. Such as the statue of the Virgin Mary in the town centre of Buchen. Erected in 1754, the statue on the sandstone column was constructed to protect inhabitants from evil, probably from plague as well that caused great havoc in the region during the 17<sup>th<\/sup> century. The shrine became the symbol of the Madonna region. \u201cFor many locals, it is part of their identity,\u201d says Felicitas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10807\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-78.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10807\" class=\"wp-image-10807 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-78.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-78-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-78-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-78-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The statue of the Virgin Mary in the town centre of Buchen became the symbol of the Madonna region.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There are also figures of Christ and depictions of the Holy Family, reminiscent of times of need or tragedy. If you accompany Felicitas, you discover them even where they are usually overlooked: in green hedges or right in the middle of a house wall that was \u201cbuilt around\u201d the shrine later.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10822\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-93.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10822\" class=\"wp-image-10822 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-93.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-93.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-93-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-93-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-93-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you accompany Felicitas, you discover the shrines even where they are usually overlooked.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Felicitas is having a rest at the edge of a field above Oberneudorf. A crucifix towers into the blue sky. At the end of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, the extensive field behind it was scene for a tragic accident: During harvest, a father released the brake of a cart. It ran over his son, who died. The cross reminds of this fate. \u201cPassers-by are requested to say a prayer for the deceased,\u201d says Felicitas. At places where accidents happened, such memorials are an expression of asking for God\u2019s grace for the deceased. \u201cThe memorials remind us of the transience of earthly life as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-74.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10803 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-74.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-74.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-74-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-74-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-74-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Christian symbols may also be an expression of atonement, such as the massive stone cross on a hill on the outskirts of Hollerbach. \u201cThese shrines were part of judiciary tradition,\u201d Felicitas explains. They were erected in a time where there wasn\u2019t any court ruling as we know it today. If somebody killed an opponent in a dispute, he had to contribute to the victims\u2019 spiritual welfare by donating a stone cross, for example.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-121.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10850\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Felicitas is a website programmer today. She still exercises her former task as a folklorist as a hobby\u2014 which is a passion of hers. She doesn\u2019t even think of abandoning it. \u201cMy work consists of snapshots only\u2014researchers accumulate more knowledge every day.\u201d The wayside shrines appear like relics from the past, but there is lots of change indeed. Old memorials are restored or moved somewhere else, some of them disappear and new ones are created\u2014 even till today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10825\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-96.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10825\" class=\"wp-image-10825 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-96.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-96.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-96-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-96-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-96-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Felicitas still exercises her former task as a folklorist as a hobby\u2014 which is a passion of hers.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is a shrine from the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century, for example, located at the pilgrimage path between Buchen and Oberneudorf, of which only the shaft was left. The Holy Family\u2014Jesus positioned between Mary and Joseph\u2014were depicted on the head of the shrine, which fell victim to the robberies during the 80s. Then, a group of pilgrims going on regular pilgrimages from Ubstadt-Weiher to Walld\u00fcrn found the headless shrine annoying and commissioned the stone sculptor Elmar G\u00f6bel to create a new head, which also carries a homage to the group today. Felicitas approaches the shrine, pointing at the narrow side on the right, which shows the engraved contour of a group of people\u2014in recognition of the pilgrims.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-97.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10826\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-97.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-97.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-97-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-97-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-97-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the moment, the knowledge accumulated by Felicitas has only been saved on her computer. But she is preparing an exhibition to be presented at a variety of places throughout the region. She wants to guide hiking or cycle trippers on their tours towards such memorials. A book could emerge from the compilation\u2014above all things, however, a database already has. \u201cOne day, I\u2019ll be gone and I want clubs that maintain tradition or others interested in history to be able to access and expand upon this data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-109.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10838\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-109.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-109-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-109-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Julian-Beekmann-Fotografie-109-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Felicitas has no favourite memorial, by the way. At home, however, she has a very personal shrine. Her father made it. He had accompanied her many times when she started her tours to the memorials. He made a reproduction of one of them and gave it to her. It is in her garden now and is a memorial of family history.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.tourismus-bw.de\/Media\/Touren\/Bildstoecke-im-Blickpunkt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discover the \u2018Madonnenl\u00e4ndchen\u2019 (Madonna region)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Madonnenl\u00e4ndchen (literally: Madonna region) located around Buchen and Walld\u00fcrn is home to an exceptionally large number of wayside shrines. Felicitas Zemelka has archived about 1,700 of them\u2014 serving to draw up cultural history about the region. Johannes Linck\u2019s first marriage remained childless for 15 years. 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