Plague Column on Sulzbacherstrasse

Towards the end of the 17th century, the Salzkammergut was repeatedly afflicted by the plague and other epidemics that were also simply referred to as plague. The year with the most victims was 1693. According to an unconfirmed tradition, the plague victims were buried in pits in the Sulzbach fields, because the cemetery of Bad Ischl could no longer hold the dead. It is unclear to what extent the “Plague Column” in Sulzbach is related to these burials and if the name “Plague Column” is historical. However, the shaft of this column is very similar to the one on Grazerstrasse, also called “Plague Column”, which means that it dates back to the same time. The column used to stand on a country road, but around 1900 it was relocated to its current location.

A cube-shaped wooden box, with a gable roof and clapboarded on three sides, rests on a stone pillar with chamfered edges. In the box, behind a glass door, there is, among other things, a statue of the Virgin Mary and a statue of St. Anthony.