Plague Column - Plague Column

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To a layman, this plague column may seem similar to most plague columns from other cities.

Around the Marian Column from the end of the 17th century. stands a sculpture of saints. In the niches of the four-sided plinth there are statues of st. Anna, sv. Felix, Vol. Roch and st. Antonín Paduánského. St. Vaclav, sv. St. Lawrence, st. Florian and St. John of Nepomuk. At the very top of the column stands the Virgin Mary Immaculata with a lily.

The Baroque plague column forms a beautiful dominant feature of Masaryk Square. The author of the sculptural group is unknown, but Jan Václav Haysler is being considered, who in 1726 created another Immaculate Žamberk on today's Jirásek Square. The client of the construction was the Melnický family. In the painting of the town of Žamberk from 1712, which is in the collections of the Municipal Museum Žamberk, this sculptural group is depicted, which means that the column had to be built before 1712. The figures of St. Florián (unusually left-handed, extinguished with his left hand), Václav, Jan Nepomucký, Vavřinec, Anna, Antonín Paduánský, Felix and Roch. At the top of a sandstone column stands a statue of the Virgin Mary Immaculate with a lily on a globe with a snake. The Baroque Plague Column is a magnificent landmark of Masaryk Square. The author of the sculpture is unknown, but Jan Václav Haysler was considered the one. In 1726 he created another Immaculata in Žamberk on today's Jirásek Square. The contracting authority was the Melnická family. This sculptural group is depicted in the picture of the town of Žamberk from 1712, which is in the collections of the Municipal Museum Žamberk, which means that the column had to be built before 1712. The figures of St. Florián (unusually left-handed, extinguish with his left hand), Václav, Jan Nepomucký, Vavřinec, Anna, Antonín Paduánský, Felix and Roch are depicted on the corners of the pedestal and in the niches. At the top of a sandstone column stands a statue of the Virgin Mary Immaculata with a lily on a globe with a snake.

The Baroque column from the beginning of the 18th century is a quality sculpture. On a pedestal with a balustrade stand eight saints, protectors against the plague. The top of the column is then decorated with a statue of the Immaculate Conception.

The Baroque sculpture on náměstí Míru near the town hall dates from 1719–20. It was built as a reminder of the great plague epidemic that hit Sumperk in the summer of 1714. The plague epidemic claimed more than 180 lives. The townspeople of Šumperk therefore decided to build a plague column on the square near the town hall as a thank you for ending the terrible disaster and at the same time as protection against a similar disaster. In the autumn of 1720, this work of the High Baroque was completed. The Šumperk Marian Column is built similarly to many other Marian columns in Moravia. Its stepped base begins in the plane of the base with a staircase rising to a massive rugged sandstone block with a cave (grotto), in which is located a statue of St. Rosalie. A balustrade was built around this block, decorated in the corners with statues of saints - St. Sebastian, St. Rocha, vol. Francis Xavier and St. Bruno, protectors against plague and other disasters. On the upper platform of the massive base with a grotto, there are other statues in each of the four corners, which should represent St. Joseph, St. Peter, Pope Gregory XII. and St. Jan Nepomucký. On the uppermost base, where the symbols of the "black death" are depicted, is a smooth column with a decorated head and a top statue of the Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception. In the past, the decoration was richer with statues of angels placed between the saints at the base and the balustrade. The sculptural works on the Marian Column in Šumperk are attributed to the Kladno sculptor and carver Michael Kossler.