Trinity Column

In the middle of the Main Square, one of Austria's most attractive closed squares, there stands the 20 m high Baroque Trinity Column (completed in 1723). Carved in white marble by Sebastian Stumpfegger according to a model from Antono Beduzzi, the column bears three inscriptions. These announce the dedication of the column to the Holy Trinity by the guilds, the Emperor and the people of Linz in gratitude for deliverance from the dangers of war (1704), fire (1712) and plague (1713). The column is flanked by the patron saints Sebastian, Florian and Carlo Borromeo.

Inscriptions (Latin) :

DEO
OPTIMO, MAXIMO,
BONORUM AUSPICI,
UNI IN ESSENTIA,
IN PERSONIS TRINO,
SANCTO, FORTI, IMMORTALI,
PATRIAE, INCOLARUM, CIVIUM,
AEDIUM
LIBERATORI, SERVATORI. 

MAGNAE COELORUM DOMINAE
INTEMERATAE MATRI VIRGINI
MARIAE,
SINE LABE CONCEPTAE,
ORANTI MULTUM PRO POPULO
ET UNIVERSA CIVITATE
DIVIS SOSPITALIBUS
SEBASTIANO, FLORIANO,
CAROLO. 

PERENNE HOC MUNUMENTUM
OB PESTEM, IGNES; BELLA
AMOTA, SOPITA,
SUB GLORIOSO IMPERIO
CAROLI VI. CAESARIS
SEMPER AUGUSTI,
POSUERUNT
INCLYTI STATUS PROVINCIAE,
SENATUS POPULUSQUE LINCENSIS
M.D.C.C.XXIII