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Olpe
Kr. Olpe
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Frankfurter Straße 6
(Martinuskirche)

Sankt Agatha

Saint Agatha of Sicily

(Catania, 231 - 251)
virgin martyress. She is one of seven women, who along with the Blessed Virgin Mary, are commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass
(Wikipedia) 		Josef Baron
1979

Olpe / Sankt Agatha   Olpe / Sankt Agatha

Description

Gilded bronze statue of Saint Agatha, town patroness, on a concrete column with four bronze reliefs. On these four panels Saint Agatha is asked for protection (1) against fire, because Olpe has burnt down several times. Most recently, the citizens experienced the horrors of the fire after bombing raids in the Second World War. Further protection (2) against hunger, (3) against water and (4) against flight, which had to suffer the refugees and displaced persons after the Second World War.

The statue replace a statue of 1965, which was stolen in 1973.

Olpe - Sankt Agatha
Stadtbrand / Town fire		 Olpe - Sankt Agatha
Hunger / Hunger
Olpe - Sankt Agatha
Wasserflut / Inundation		 Olpe - Sankt Agatha
Heimatvertriebenen / Expellees

Inscription(s)

heilige agatha
märtyrin im 3. jahrhundert
agatha-gelübte der olper
bürger im jahre 1665

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Locatie (N 51°1'45" - E 7°50'41") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw662; Photograph: 7 October 2018
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