Nagelsaule

Fundraiser

This amazing wooden column sits in the square adjacent to the cathedral. It's a form of fundraiser and was used to raise funds for German soldiers in WW1. People paid for a nail and it was then hamm...

Interesting WWI History

Located on the east side of the Mainz cathedral it was erected as a source of fund raising during WWI.

Unusual structure with interesting history - a WWI fundraiser.

That was an interesting discovery for us. A fundraiser structure from 1916 near the Cathedral somehow survived ( with the help of renovations) ! The seven-meter-high nail pillar and and three surrou...

Columna de Clavos de Mainz.

Es una columna que se erigió durante la Primera Guerra Mundial en Liebfrauenplatz frente al lado este de la Catedral de Mainz y se creó como parte de una campaña de donación y propaganda alemana. El ...

Гвоздевая колонна

На Liebfrauenplatz рядом с собором в 1916 году установлена семиметровая дубовая колонна в традиции "Военного гвоздя", окруженная каменными колоннами, увенчанными аллегориями: Милосердие, Храбрость, Ед...