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

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 Philomena

The plaster sculpture of St Philomena, with martyr's palm, whip, anchor, and arrows, was created by the sculptor Dominik Mahlknecht. Born in 1793 at Rainel farm in Überwasser, he emigrated to Paris at the age of 16, where he rose to the position of royal court sculptor. The original sculpture stands in the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois in Paris, with a second copy at the fountain square in St. Ulrich, which was copied from the original plaster model in Museum Gherdëina.

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.

Margaret of Antioch with dragon

The figure of St Margaret of Antioch with a dragon was probably created around 1700 by a sculptor from the Trebinger workshop. It would have featured as part of a small family altar in the parish church of St Christina. During the neoclassical period, the multicoloured, partially gilded wooden sculpture was painted white to give the impression of marble. Only during cleaning in the 1990s did its original appearance re-emerge.