Statues - Hither & Thither

St. Florian
(d. c. 304), commander of the imperial army in the Roman province of Noricum, responsible for organizing firefighting brigades. Martyred because is did not want to sacrifice to Roman gods. He is usually depicted as a Roman officer pouring water from a pitcher over a fire (Wikipedia).

St. Sebastian
(died c. 288), martyr, killed during the Roman emperor Diocletian's persecution of Christians (Wikipedia).

St. Roch
(14th century), saint from Montpellier, he is specially invoked against the plague. (Wikipedia).

St. Johannes von Nepomuk / St. John of Nepomuk
(Nepomuk c. 1345 - Praha 1393), confessor of the queen of Bohemia, refused to divulge the secrets of the confessional. At the behest of King Wenceslaus of Bohemia he was thrown from the Charles Bridge in Prague and drowned. John of Nepomuk is patron saint of bridges (Wikipedia)

mariensäule / pestsäule

1738 errichtet auf dem Platz vor dem Rathaus im Auftrag des Rates zu Kapfenberg als Erinnerung
an die Errettung vor der Pest, Säule mit Statuen geschaffen vom Grazer Barockbildhauer Johann Matthias Leitner
und dem Steinmetz Andreas Zeller
1947 aus verkehrstechnischen Gründen am Hauptplatz abgetragen
1968-1972 hier bei der Stadtpfarrkirche St. Oswald originalgetreu in Kopie aus Kunststein wieder aufgestellt,
stark beschädigte Originale aus Aflenzer Kalksandstein verschollen
Figuren von links nach rechts:
Hl. Florian - Schutzpatron gegen Feuer
Hl. Sebastian - Schutzpatron der Sterbenden
Hl. Rochus - Schutzpatron gegen die Pest
Hl. Johannes Nepomuk - Schutzpatron gegen Überschwemmungen
Oben in der Mitte: Maria, die Gottesmutter mit dem Jesukind

Marian Column / Plague Column

1738: erected on the square in front of the town hall on behalf of the council of Kapfenberg as a memory
to the salvation from the plague, column with statues created by the Graz baroque sculptor Johann Matthias Leitner
and the stonemason Andreas Zeller
1947: for traffic reasons removed from the main place
1968-1972: here at the parish church St. Oswald faithfully reproduced from artificial stone,
heavily damaged originals from Aflenz sandstone missing
Figures from left to right:
St. Florian - patron saint against fire
St. Sebastian - patron saint of the dying
St. Rochus - patron saint against the plague
St. John Nepomuk - patron saint against flooding
Up in the middle: Mary, the mother of God with the Child Jesus