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Zwillbrock
(Stadt Vreden)
Kr. Borken
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Zwillbrocker straße
(Barockkirche St. Franziskus)

Maria Immaculata und Sankt Johannes von Nepomuk

Saint Mary Immaculate Conception and Saint John of Nepomuk

Johann Adolf Sasse
18th century

Zwillbrock / Maria Immaculata und Sankt Johannes von Nepomuk

Description

Two statues on both sides of the entrance path to the Church of St. Francis:

St. Mary Immaculate Conception with her hands on her chest, and standing on a globe with crescent moon and serpent
(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)

Annotation

The statues are restored in 2000 by Thomas Lehmkuhl.

Zwillbrock / Maria Immaculata und St. Johannes von Nepomuk

Sculptor

Johann Adolf Sasse, German sculptor in Coesfeld, flourishing between 1690 and 1755.

Sources & Information

Die Barockkirche St. Franziskus in Vreden-Zwillbrock, Kirchenführung.

Locatie (N 52°3'13" - E 6°41'27") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw182; Photograph: 17 April 2011
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