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MartinsreiterSt Martin's RidersSavaria (Szombathely), 316 - Candes-Saint-Martin 397Bischof von Tours. Um seinen Namen ranken sich zahlreiche Legenden, und er ist zu einem der bekanntesten und wiedererkennbarsten christlichen Heiligen geworden. Bishop of Tours. Around his name much legendary material accrued and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints (Wikipedia) |
Willy Meller
1963 |
Slender column - originally the centrepiece of a fountain - topped by a sculpture of St. Martin shares his cloak with a beggar. Scenes from a St. Martin's procession with lantern-carrying children revolve in four bands around the column, accompanied by the words of the the first verse of the Rhineland St. Martin's song Dä hellige Zint Määten:
In standard German: "Der heilige Sankt Martin, das war ein guter Mann, der gab den Kindern Kerzen, und machte sie selber an; but butz wieder butz das war ein guter Mann" (The holy Saint Martin, that was a good man, he gave candles to children and lit them himself; buts, buts and buts again, that was a good man).
The complete text in a slightly different spelling of the Rhineland dialect can be found here: D'r hellije Zinter Mätes.
At the foot is the text: geplant u. gestiftet von herrn otto lindemann (planned and founded by Otto Lindemann).
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