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"Great is the power of memory that dwells in places." (from Cicero)

Iron saw

This iron saw with turned handle is a sign of hardship amongst some Gröden wood carvers before the First World War. It was used for felling trees to get wood for their products. These wood carvers could not afford to purchase wood with their earnings, and around 2000 trees were 'stolen' each year from local forests in the 1870s and 1880s.

The Costamula trunk

Trunks for storing the bride's trousseau before the wedding were also common in Gröden well into the 20th century. This unusual wedding trunk is made with arolla pine on the outside and spruce wood on the inside, while on the front there are two large rosette shapes with a sun motif. The year 1566 indicates the year of manufacture or the wedding, the letters I and T show the initials of the owner.

Augustine the wanderer

Josef Senoner de Roch from Wolkenstein (born 1886) created this wooden sculpture of a vagabond before moving to Vienna, where he attended the Academy of Fine Arts. Senoner had already made wooden toys with his father and later learned to carve wood, amongst other things, at zu Domur workshop. One of the most able sculptors in Gröden, Senoner fell in the First World War. 

Winged altar with nativity motifs

This crib in the shape of a 2.3-metre-high and 1.8-metre-wide winged altar was made in 1947 by Luis Insam from St. Ulrich for his family. The altar, reminiscent of neo-Gothic style, is carved from Swiss pine and is unvarnished. It depicts the three kings on their journey to Bethlehem, the shepherds' adoration and, on its wings, there are reliefs showing the nativity story, for which the artist deploys a rural farm setting.

Christ of Sëurasas

The original summit cross at Sëurasas with the life-size figure of Christ comes from the young sculptors Vinzenz Peristi and Baptist Walpoth. It was fashioned out of Swiss pine in 1932 on that very spot on the mountain. The dramatic depiction of Jesus' emaciated body and anguished face is remarkable. Peristi fell during the Second World War, while Walpoth had already been killed in a hunting accident. There has been a replica in the place of the original since 1959.

Saint Barbara

The wooden sculpture of Saint Barbara, patron saint of miners and railway workers, was carved by Johann Baptist Moroder in 1914. It was originally located in a specially designed niche above the former railway tunnel behind St. Ulrich parish church. The original is now in Museum Gherdëina, and a bronze copy is located near the old locomotive in Bahnhofstraße in St. Ulrich.

Saint Ulrich

The carved, brightly painted, and partially gilded wooden sculpture of St. Ulrich stood in the old parish church at the cemetery. It is a late work by a sculptor from the Vinazer school and depicts St Ulrich, the patron saint, wearing a mitre and bishop's vestments, holding a staff, as well as a fish resting on the Book of Gospels. Ulrich was the Bishop of Augsburg around the year 1000. His veneration was brought to Gröden by the medieval lords of the manor.