Pilgrimage Image

Museum Silent Night Museum Lamprechtshausen-Arnsdorf
Location Lamprechtshausen/Arnsdorf

Copperplate engraving representing “Saint Maria of Armsdorf”. View of the Pilgrimage Church with the Virgin Mary surrounded by angels. One angel carries the date “MCCCXX” - 1820. Next to the Church is a schoolhouse, recognisably that in which Gruber taught. The village of Arnsdorf was at this time a popular place of pilgrimage, the “Maria im Mösl” – literally “Maria in the Marsh” or “Moor” (the word “Mösl” is a diminutive form of the word “Moos”, which in Austrian German can mean “moor”, “marsh”, or “moss”).

Photo & Text: Hemma Ebner

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