Salzburger Monument, (sculpture).

Salzburger Monument, (sculpture).

Thuswaldner, Anton, sculptor.

Salzburger Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Sept. 5, 1994.

Sculpture: green Tavern serpentine.

Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. x 5 ft.

(On front of sculpture:) WEIL MAN IHNEN IHR GOTTESLAND VERWAHRTE,/MUSSTEN SIE IHRE HEIMAT VERLASSEN./DENIED THEIR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, THEY/WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMELAND./HANS KATSCHTHALER, GOVERNOR, STATE OF SALZBURG,/DEDICATED TO THE GEORGIA SALZBURGER SOCIETY, 1993

Tall green serpentine marker. On the front face of the stone is a bas-relief carving based on a 1732 etching entitled "Marsch Der Salzburger Emigranten". The relief depicts five figures dressed in traditional Tyrolean costume. The figures are walking in a group; the center figure holds an open book. The figure on the far right holds his cap in his hands. The back and sides of the marker are left as unfinished stone. The base for the sculpture is buried underground. The sculpture sits on a low berm in a park.

History -- United States -- Georgia

Ethnic -- Austrian

Dress -- Ethnic -- Austrian Dress

Religion -- Lutheran

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Savannah

Administered by City of Savannah, Savannah Park & Tree Commission, 2600 Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401

Located Emmet Park, Bay Street between Abercorn Street & Lincoln Street Ramp, Savannah, Georgia

The sculpture was a gift from the state of Salzburg (Austria) to the Georgia Salzburger Society. The sculpture commemorates the Salzburger Lutherans who were expelled from the area of Salzburg in 1731 because of their religious faith and emigrated to the colony of Georgia in 1734. The relief sculpture is based on an etching entitled "Marsch Der Salzburger Emigranten", which was published in Angelike Marsch's "Die Salzburger Emigration in Bilden" IAS files contain copies of related correspondence, City of Savannah committee and council recommendations, and artist's preliminary sketches. IAS files contain copies of articles from Savannah Morning News, Oct. 29 and Nov. 9, 1993; and Aug. 8, Sept. 6 and 7, 1994.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1995.

Savannah Morning News, Sept. 6, 1994.

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