Ave Maria Grotto

Final resting place for Brother Joseph, who created the art that is known as Ave Maria Grotto.This is a cemetery of only monks in residence at St. Bernard Abbey. Ave Maria Grotto, in Cullman, Alabama, is a landscaped, 4-acre park in an old quarry on the grounds of St. Bernard Abbey, providing a garden setting for 125 miniature reproductions of some of the most famous religious structures of the world. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on February 24, 1976, and to the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 1984. The stone and concrete models are the work of Brother Joseph Zoettl, a Benedictine monk of St. Bernard's Abbey, who devoted some 50 years to the project, the last three decades (1932 to 1961) almost without interruption. They incorporate discarded building supplies, bricks, marbles, tiles, pipes, sea shells, marbles, plastic animals, costume jewellery, toilet bowl floats and cold cream jars. Born in 1878 in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Brother Joseph was maimed in an accident that left him slightly hunched due to cervical kyphosis. He immigrated to the United States as a teenager, settling in northern Alabama. Soon afterward he began studying at the newly founded Benedictine monastery of St. Bernard, where he took his vows in 1897. Br. Joseph was not allowed to be ordained as a priest, due to the rule of the period that stated any man with a distracting disability could not be ordained a priest. He ran the monastery’s power plant and was, even by a monk's standards, a withdrawn, quiet man. Brother Joseph rarely left Alabama, where he died in 1961.
Final resting place for Brother Joseph, who created the art that is known as Ave Maria Grotto.This is a cemetery of only monks in residence at St. Bernard Abbey. Ave Maria Grotto, in Cullman, Alabama, is a landscaped, 4-acre park in an old quarry on the grounds of St. Bernard Abbey, providing a garden setting for 125 miniature reproductions of some of the most famous religious structures of the world. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on February 24, 1976, and to the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 1984. The stone and concrete models are the work of Brother Joseph Zoettl, a Benedictine monk of St. Bernard's Abbey, who devoted some 50 years to the project, the last three decades (1932 to 1961) almost without interruption. They incorporate discarded building supplies, bricks, marbles, tiles, pipes, sea shells, marbles, plastic animals, costume jewellery, toilet bowl floats and cold cream jars. Born in 1878 in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Brother Joseph was maimed in an accident that left him slightly hunched due to cervical kyphosis. He immigrated to the United States as a teenager, settling in northern Alabama. Soon afterward he began studying at the newly founded Benedictine monastery of St. Bernard, where he took his vows in 1897. Br. Joseph was not allowed to be ordained as a priest, due to the rule of the period that stated any man with a distracting disability could not be ordained a priest. He ran the monastery’s power plant and was, even by a monk's standards, a withdrawn, quiet man. Brother Joseph rarely left Alabama, where he died in 1961.

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Hurricane Creek Park

Hurricane Creek Park, eine grüne Oase in Falkville, lädt zu einem entspannten Spaziergang inmitten der Natur ein. Schlender am See entlang oder erkunde die Wasserfälle in der Gegend.

Hurricane Creek Park
This 270 ft covered bridge was built in 1921 and the only remaining bridge of it's kind in Cullman County. It was used mainly by farmers. It spans the Crooked Creek, site of Civil War Skirmishes under Nathan Bedford Forrest. Many relics have been found around this creek and can be viewed at the museum just down the road. This bridge is open to foot traffic and also offers picnic areas and walking trails. An old water mill is located on the property too. #roadtrip

Clarkson Covered Bridge

Geschichte gehört zu einem Besuch in Cullman einfach dazu. Ein Besuch von Clarkson Covered Bridge bringt dir die Vergangenheit des Ortes näher. Mach einen Spaziergang am See, während du in der Gegend bist.

Clarkson Covered Bridge
Smith Lake Park

Smith Lake Park

Smith Lake Park, eine grüne Oase in Trimble, lädt zu einem entspannten Spaziergang inmitten der Natur ein. Mach einen Spaziergang am See, während du in der Gegend bist.

Smith Lake Park

Larkwood Falls

Werde eins mit der Natur und erkunde die reizvolle Umgebung von Larkwood Falls während deines Urlaubs in Cullman. Mach einen Spaziergang am See, während du in der Gegend bist.

Larkwood Falls

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church

Nachdem du Sacred Heart of Jesus Church einen Besuch abgestattet hast, solltest du auch die weiteren Sehenswürdigkeiten und Aktivitäten in Cullman nicht außer Acht lassen. Mach einen Spaziergang am See, während du in der Gegend bist.

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church

Cullman County Museum

In Cullman lohnt sich immer auch ein Besuch von Cullman County Museum, um dort eine Weile die Ausstellungen zu entdecken. Mach einen Spaziergang am See, während du in der Gegend bist.

Cullman County Museum

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