Wayside Shrine near Strub
On Perneckerstrasse, on the rock face at the narrow part of the road, near Sulzback Ravine (also known as Strub)
On Perneckerstrasse, on the rock face at the narrow part of the road, near Sulzback Ravine (also known as Strub)
According to residents of Perneck, the reason for the shrine’s construction was a murder attempt around 1898. Josef St. tried to kill a pig dealer who owed him money.
Some people have also tried to commit suicide here by throwing themselves into the Sulzbach Ravine. Miraculously - take a look down into the ravine from the footbridge - some of them survived.
A few years ago, the shrine was restored.
The carefully crafted baroque-style box, with a curved gable and now gold-plated cross, is set into a second, slightly larger box made simply of boards with a “parapet”. In the box, there is an old print of the Virgin Mary.