Wayside Shrine at the Hohenzollern waterfall
North of Mount Jainzen, near Hohenzollerweg 7. The Hohenzollerweg forks off from the Jainzentalstrasse in the village of Jainzen and turns into a path leading directly to the waterfall
North of Mount Jainzen, near Hohenzollerweg 7. The Hohenzollerweg forks off from the Jainzentalstrasse in the village of Jainzen and turns into a path leading directly to the waterfall
The shrine is located right next to a much-visited sight of the Biedermeier period, the Hohenzollern waterfall. Probably in 1927, Princess Pauline of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (née von Biron, Princess of Courland and Sagan) donated a resting place.
This place, consisting of a table and a bench, was located exactly where the shrine is located now and could be reached by a footbridge over the stream. The shrine commemorates a tragic event: In the 1930s, Theresia S. from Jainzen threw herself down the rock face out of lovesickness.
The richly detailed, partially shingled wooden box with saddle roof on a chamfered wooden post is located directly on the rock face. The shrine is painted completely green. Inside the box, there is only an old print depicting Jesus and Mary
Magdalene(?). Its caption (“So take my hands and guide me”) is the beginning of a poem published in 1862.
