Help me please - i'm cracking up (again)

[wolf63]

I am posting this in Chatterbank because that is where the most traffic seems to be.

I am still fighting my way through a huge pile of postcards - http://www.theanswerb.../Question1163469.html - most are worth little or nothing, but a couple have been worth about £5. I think that the one in the link below is unusual but I am unable to decipher the word after "Parlenkirchen" which I think is " Josiphhichl" (I would have thought that it would be "Joseph" but it isn't. I have Googled and Googled and asked people who know some German and now I am back here - begging for help.

http://i151.photobuck...20STUFF/church001.jpg

I spent most of the week working through 45 postcards that someone purchased on a trip around holy places in Italy. That was fun!

[HowardKennitby]

I don't know if this has been suggested before - have you posted any of these pictures on sites like Tineye?

[wolf63]

No - haven't heard of it but I will go and have a look. Thanks

[Graham-W]

The closest image I can find is here, scroll down to 5th November hike.
The shrine is near Garmisch-Partenkirchen which ties in with your Parlenkirchen if the l is a t.
Can't figure out the second word though.
http://www.germanhike...uk/hike04/hike04.html

[wolf63]

Nope - nothing turned up. Thanks for the idea - I usually use Google to trace similarly looking pictures. But Tineye seems simpler.

Here is a better copy of the postcard

http://i151.photobuck...STUFF/church001-1.jpg

I'm going to be seeing postcards in my sleep. I will give them a rest for the night coz I am too tired.

[wolf63]

Graham - thanks, it looks similar. It gives me a starting point as to finding out what the cross thingy is called.

[Kerosene]

Try these links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partenkirchen

http://www.everycultu...pressive-Culture.html

Bavaria is well known for its Catholicism, and even in Northern Germany you also find similar sorts of shrines and displays of faith.

In this case I'd say it's definitely Catholic because of the crucifix and the fact that Partenkirchen is denoted at the bottom of the photo?

Hope that helps?

[wolf63]

Kerosene - it is the word next to Partenkirchen that I want to translate or find out what it means. It is unusual - "Josiphhichl" but the last letter could be a '1' or a capital 'i'.

[shaneystar2]

I showed this to Mr S ...even he doesn't know what it means apart from Partenkirchen . He says the Bavarians are a law unto themselves any way :)
It's a miracle shrine of some sort but where it actually is,is to be left .
We have lots of these sort of cards left to us in stuff inherited from my late ma in law .The old maiden aunts of Mr S hiked all over Bayern in their youth between the wars .I doubt it's worth very much to be honest .

[ABerrant]

A wayside cross (Marterl) was erected at Josefibichl, Partenkirchen in 1924 and has been renewed in 1939, 1965 and 2003.

http://www.kath-pfarr...s3=kreuze#josefibichl

[wolf63]

Shaney - to be honest if it only gets sold for a couple of pounds I will be pleased. We are an Oxfam Book and Music shop but get people donating used stamps and postcards. The stamps are bundled up and sold but the cards were being left to a side. I have brought them home with me as I have a much bigger work area and I can work when I want. If you ever want to donate the postcards this would be a good idea. http://i151.photobuck...T%20STUFF/wanted2.jpg

ABerrant - thanks. I was assuming that the correct name would have been printed on the card. I might actually find out where this ruddy cross is.

[shaneystar2]

Oh well done ABerrant..It was the Josiphhictl etc bit we couldn't make out .
Wolf ..when and if I ever get to the bottom of all my ma in laws stuff which resides from floor to ceiling in my spare room I'll give you a shout :))

[Kerosene]

http://www.microsoftt...Dkreuze%23josefibichl

The above is a - pretty poor - translation of ABerrant's link, and a more accurate translation - in a nutshell - would be:

"At this beautiful spot above Partenkirchen, there stood a small chapel until its demolition in 1803. The crucifix was then erected in 1924 at the site of the disused Sebastian graveyard and has been refurbished three times since (1939, 1965, 2003).
Every year, on Whit Monday, there is a service of celebration at the site."

[wolf63]

Kerosene - thanks for that information.

I probably don't need to know the information, but the fact that I couldn't trace the "J" word was annoying the hell out of me.

Thanks to everyone.

Susan (and her assistants Frankie and Princess Merlin - felines)