Wayside shrine

A wayside shrine is a religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway, sometimes in a settlement or at a crossroads, but often in the middle of an empty stretch of country road, or at the top of a hill or mountain.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway
  • Also known as: “capitelli votivi”, “edicola viaria”, “edicola votiva”, “edicoletta”, “edicoletta votiva”, “Heiligenstock”, “Helgenstöckli”, “kapelletje”, “kaplica przydrożna”, “Kreuz”, “kuoplyčelė”, “marginetta”, “Marter”, “Marterl”, “Materla”, “Materle”, “Peto de animas”, “pilone votivo”, “santella”, “Schutzengelkapelle”, “tribulina”, “veldkapel”, “wayside shrine”, “wegkapel”, “Wegstock”, “Wegstock Kreuz”, “Бильдшток”, “капліца прыдарожная”, “каплічка”, “придорожное святилище”, “Часовенный столб”, and “ビルトシュトック”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kaplaneikirche Niederthai and Narrenkogel.

Church
Photo: Anton-kurt, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
is a church, which is situated 1 km southwest of Wayside shrine.

Peak
Photo: Fuchs Robert, CC BY 3.0.
is a peak.

Office
Photo: Anton-kurt, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
is an office, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Wayside shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Niederthai and Farst.

Village
Photo: Haneburger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Hamlet
Photo: Haeferl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km northwest of Wayside shrine.

Village
Photo: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 5 km west of Wayside shrine.

Wayside shrine

Latitude
47.1342° or 47° 8′ 3″ north
Longitude
10.97793° or 10° 58′ 41″ east
Open location code
8FVG4XMH+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1332948333
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­chapel
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q3395121
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Wayside shrine” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “прыдарожная капліца”
  • Chinese: “路邊神龕”
  • Czech: “drobná sakrální památka”
  • Czech: “Drobná sakrální památka”
  • Dutch: “wegkant-schrijn”
  • Esperanto: “Vojranda kruco”
  • Esperanto: “vojranda sanktejeto”
  • French: “oratoire de chemin”
  • French: “Oratoire de chemin”
  • Galician: “peto de ánimas”
  • German: “Bildstock”
  • Greek: “Εικονοστάσιο στη άκρη του δρόμου”
  • Greek: “Εικονοστάσιο στην άκρη του δρόμου”
  • Hungarian: “út menti kápolna”
  • Indonesian: “Tempat suci pinggir jalan”
  • Italian: “capitello votivo”
  • Italian: “Capitello votivo”
  • Japanese: “道端の祠”
  • Latvian: “ceļmalas kapela”
  • Lithuanian: “koplytėlė”
  • Lithuanian: “Koplytėlė”
  • Macedonian: “крајпатно светиче”
  • Polish: “kapliczka przydrożna”
  • Portuguese: “nicho”
  • Portuguese: “Nicho”
  • Russian: “придорожная часовня”
  • Samogitian: “kuoplīčelė”
  • Samogitian: “Kuoplīčelė”
  • Slovenian: “znamenje”
  • Slovenian: “Znamenje”
  • Spanish: “peto de ánimas”
  • Spanish: “Peto de ánimas”
  • Turkish: “yolüstü tapınak”
  • Ukrainian: “придорожня капличка”
  • Upper Sorbian: “modlerski stołp”
  • Venetian: “Capiteło”
  • Vietnamese: “Đền thánh dọc đường”

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