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Sankt Johannes von Nepomuk

Saint 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)

1953

Drensteinfurt /  Sankt Johannes von Nepomuk   Drensteinfurt /  Sankt Johannes von Nepomuk

Description

Sandstone statue of Saint John of Nepomuk in a bridge.

Inscription(s)

Pons statuaque
destructi
AD. MCMXLIV
Deo auxiliante
restituti
AD. MCMLXIII
+
Sancte
Johanne Nepomucene
ora pro nobis
Bridge and statue
destroyed
in 1944
With God's help
replaced
in 1953
+
St.
John of Nepomuk
pray for us

Drensteinfurt - Sankt Johannes von Nepomuk

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Locatie (N 51°47'57" - E 7°44'27") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw341; Photograph: 7 April 2014
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