{"id":590,"date":"2024-01-04T12:23:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T11:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geyer-genealogie.fr\/?p=590"},"modified":"2024-09-29T20:01:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T18:01:13","slug":"un-temoignage-hors-du-commun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geyer-genealogie.com\/uk\/index.php\/2024\/01\/04\/un-temoignage-hors-du-commun\/","title":{"rendered":"An extraordinary testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-kenta-blocks-paragraph kb-paragraph kb-paragraph-b798e2aa\"><p class=\"\">Our ancestors left many traces of their existence. First and foremost, of course, are civil and parish records, which enable us to situate them geographically and in time. Then come other sources, some richer in information, such as censuses and especially notarial deeds.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kenta-blocks-paragraph kb-paragraph kb-paragraph-a6e0ed2b\"><p class=\"\">More rarely, we can find photos or objects that belonged to them. The testimony presented here is extraordinary in its nature and message. It concerns a calvary erected at the request of a couple, Laurent Krieger and Catherine Bagl\u00e9, in the countryside of Huttendorf, a small village in the Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, France.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kenta-blocks-image kb-image kb-image-1f40a90c\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geyer-genealogie.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/calvaire-Krieger-Bagle-entier.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kenta-blocks-paragraph kb-paragraph kb-paragraph-ef5be055\"><p class=\"\">The black plaque at the foot has inscriptions in German.\u00a0:<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kenta-blocks-image kb-image kb-image-a5e43e2e\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geyer-genealogie.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/calvaire-Krieger-Bagle-detail.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kenta-blocks-paragraph kb-paragraph kb-paragraph-9719202a\"><p class=\"\">The top section is a quotation from the Bible. The middle section is an invitation to prayer, and the bottom section names the people behind the monument. Here is the transcription in contemporary German, and a translation in English.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kenta-blocks-paragraph kb-paragraph kb-paragraph-1ce7d73c\"><p class=\"\">                                  <strong>Top section<\/strong><br><strong><strong>Transcription<\/strong> <\/strong><br>Laset uns auf Jesus dem Stifter und <br>Vollender unsers Glaubens hinsehen<br>Es an die Hebr\u00a0: Kap\u00a0:12 V. 2<br><br>               <strong>Middle section<\/strong><br><strong>Transcription<\/strong> <br>Wer hier 5 Vater unser 5 Ave<br>Maria, und den Glauben betet<br>erlangt einen Ablasz von 40 Tag.<br>                 1857<br><br>                         <strong><strong>B<strong>ottom<\/strong><\/strong> section<\/strong><br><strong>Transcription<\/strong> <br>Dieses Kreutz hat Errichten lasen<br>Lorenz Krieger und Chatharina Bagle,<br>                 Von H\u00fcttendorff<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kenta-blocks-paragraph kb-paragraph kb-paragraph-d9906c1c\"><p class=\"\"><br><strong>Translation<\/strong><br>Let us look to Jesus the founder and<br>perfecter of our faith<br>Letter to the Hebrews Chapter 12 verse 2<br><br><br><strong>Translation<\/strong><br>Whoever here prays 5 Our Fathers 5 Hail<br>Mary, and the faith<br>obtains an indulgence of 40 days.<br>            1857<br><br><br><strong>Translation<\/strong><br>This cross was erected by <br>Laurent Krieger et Catherine Bagle,<br>            From H\u00fcttendorff <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kenta-blocks-paragraph kb-paragraph kb-paragraph-b2b2e043\"><p class=\"\">This calvary tells us a great deal about this couple. It&#8217;s clear from the monument and the inscriptions that religion was an important part of their lives. What&#8217;s more, its construction and erection was a costly affair that only a wealthy couple could afford. Finally, it&#8217;s highly likely that this couple owned the land on which this construction was built, which means they owned land in the village. <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-transparent-header":"default","prose-style":"enable","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genealogy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>An extraordinary testimony - Geyer G\u00e9n\u00e9alogie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geyer-genealogie.com\/uk\/index.php\/2024\/01\/04\/un-temoignage-hors-du-commun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An extraordinary testimony - 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