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Landkreis Passau

Nixe Isa Statue at Jochenstein

Landkreis Passau

Nixe Isa Statue at Jochenstein

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Nixe Isa Statue at Jochenstein

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Location: Untergriesbach, Landkreis Passau, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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May 18, 2019

Cycling

Since the mermaid is a hybrid creature, Michael Lauss has chosen two materials: Firstly, the base of the sculpture was carved from a 1.50 meter wide, long and deep granite …

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October 22, 2024

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At the bottom of the Jochenstein, a rock rising high from the Danube waters, there once stood a magnificent fairytale castle. The lovely, golden-haired mermaid Isa, a sister of the Loreley of the Rhine, ruled this fairy-tale castle. In shimmering dresses, with a green reed wreath or a garland of colorful flowers in her hair, she appeared to the fishermen on bright moonlit nights. Even when thick fog made river travel dangerous, she showed herself to the fishermen as a warning. But woe to the unfortunate person who followed her seductive temptations or her wonderful singing, he was doomed forever.

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August 18, 2020

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The wood sculptor Edd Harrison from Wales modeled a total of four mermaid figures. Their locations are shortly after Passau near the Löwmühle to Jochenstein. According to legend, it is a sister of the Loreley, who either helped skipper from her castle on the journey or who succumbed to her temptations led to ruin.

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Elevation 330 m

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Location: Untergriesbach, Landkreis Passau, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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