Photos of this statue can also be found in instruction books here in America. Sculptors Joseph Wanke and Zinobius Kutzer are buried in a vault in front of the monument. Several religious statues stand at various points around this quiet, rural town. They left behind lives as weavers, gardeners, nurserymen and laborers. Marie has traced her ancestry in this village as far back as 1748.
Descendants still live on the same property today.
Personal Discoveries One ancestor, Katharina Nagl, was, according to an existing document, buried in June 1848 by the Reverend H. Heinrich, Knight of Spain, the Canon of Olmeutz. All photos in the European Quest Gallery are created by professional photographer, James A. Derheim, who has been capturing genealogists' ancestral towns on film since 1990. This is a site for the Federation of Eastern European Family Historical Societies.