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...

The column of the Mainz Clavos.

Original Text

It was a column that was built during the First World War in Liebfrauenplatz in front of the eastern side of the Mainz Cathedral and was created as part of a German donation and propaganda campaign.

Nail column

Original Text

On Liebfrauenplatz next to the cathedral in 1916, a seven-meter oak column was installed in the "Military nail" tradition, surrounded by stone columns, crowned allegories: Mercy, Bravery, Ed ...