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Klemens Maria Hofbauer

Clement Mary Hofbauer

Taßwitz [Tasovice nad Dyjí] 1751 - Wien 1820
Moravian hermit and later a priest of the Redemptorist congregation
(Wikipedia)

Virgil Rainer & Oskar Thiede
1913 (copy 1958)

Description

Stone half-figure. In 1913 unveiled in bronze, destroyed in World War II, re-erected in stone in 1958.

Inscription(s)

der heilige
KLEMENS MARIA HOFBAUER
wirkte an dieser kirche
1808 - 1813

Saint
Klemens Maria Hofbauer
worked at this church
1808-1813

Signature

v. rainer 1913
reproduziert o. thiede 1958

Sculptors

Virgil Rainer (Matrei in Osttirol 1871 - Innsbruck 1948), Austrian sculptor, worked from 1921-1925 in the United States (Chicago) (Wikipedia)
Oskar Thiede (Wien 1879 - Wien 1961), Austrian sculptor (Wikipedia – Wien Geschichte Wiki).

Sources & Information

Wien Geschichte Wiki, Hofbauerdenkmal.
Wien.at, Wien Kulturgut.

Locatie (N 48°12'34" - E 16°21'51") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: atwi141; Photograph: 14 September 2016
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