Johannes-Nepomuk-Statue, Kronach

The statue of St. John Nepomuk in Andreas-Limmer-Strasse in the Upper Franconian town of Kronach is a representation of St. John Nepomuk.

The sandstone statue, which is now a protected monument, was erected in 1713, about 16 years before the canonization of the Bohemian priest in 1729. It is thus one of the oldest free-figure representations in Franconia. Originally, the statue was located on the southwest side of a bridge that crossed the Mühlbach, a branch of the Kronach River that runs between the buildings at Andreas-Limmer-Strasse 14 and 16 and now flows underground through the city. On the occasion of the piping of the Mühlbach in the 1960s, it was moved by about 60 meters to its current location on the northwest side of the Kaulangerbrücke bridge over the Kronach.

In 2013, the statue of Nepomuk, which had been damaged by the weather, was restored with funds provided by its owner and the city of Kronach. In the process, the two inscriptions on the pedestal were also made clearly legible again. The inscription in Latin on the front side facing the street contains the year of construction of the statue in the form of a chronogram, the inscription on the back side consisting of initials refers to the master builder Conrad Fischer and the mayor of the city at that time, Johann Andreas Stöcklein. The year of construction is 1713.