Wayside shrine of the Fünfkirchen family
At the end of Sulzbachfelderstrasse, at the fork at Sulzbachfelderstrasse and Maria-Theresien-Weg, south of the new kindergarten
At the end of Sulzbachfelderstrasse, at the fork at Sulzbachfelderstrasse and Maria-Theresien-Weg, south of the new kindergarten
The shrine was probably erected around 1870 by Count Otto von Fünfkirchen as a monument to his wife. The remaining inscriptions were then apparently added by other family members.
Count Otto von Fünfkirchen (1800 – 1872), an honorary citizen of Ischl, owned the villa at Frauengasse 4 in Ischl for a short time. Until 1885, the family visited Ischl almost every year. Otto was an officer, a district president of Brixen, and a provincial president of Salzburg. He was also an honorary citizen of Salzburg.
The masterfully crafted shrine is made of red limestone (“Fludergraben marble"), and the profiled base is made of Karbach marble. The pillar and tabernacle are one piece topped by a stone cross (renewed in 2013). In the tabernacle, there is a painting of the Virgin Mary (an icon painting on a metal sheet) behind a honeycomb grille.
