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5. Feb. 2017 · Allein zwischen 1820 und 1870 wanderten siebeneinhalb Millionen Deutsche in die USA aus – auch der bayerische Benediktinermönch Joseph Zoettl. Ihn führte das Schicksal nach Cullman in...
Ave Maria Grotto, in Cullman, Alabama, is a landscaped, 4-acre (16,000 m 2) 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.
- January 19, 1984
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- February 24, 1976
- St. Bernard Abbey, Cullman, Alabama
The Ave Maria Grotto is home to the fruitful labor of Brother Joseph Zoettl, OSB. Br. Joseph was a Benedictine monk of St. Bernard Abbey. Originally from Landschutt, Bavaria-Germany, a young Br. Joseph found himself headed to America to pursue monastic life at Alabama's only Benedictine Abbey.
Joseph Zoettl (born Michael Zoettl January 24, 1878 in Landshut, Bavaria; died October 15, 1961 in Cullman) was a Benedictine monk and the creator of the Ave Maria Grotto at St Bernard's Abbey in Cullman. Zoettl, the son of a Bavarian brewer, was enfeebled by heart palpitations and a Europe-wide flu epidemic in 1891.
28. Sept. 2009 · Brother Joseph Zoettl was born on January 24, 1878, with a difficult life ahead of him. Hunchbacked and poor, he was only 14 when he signed up to join the St. Bernard Abbey hoping to escape his...
Ave Maria Grotto Brother Joseph Zoettl (1878-1961) Used with the permission of the photographer, Cameron Crawford. Status. Extant. Address. 1599-1689 St Bernard Dr SE, Cullman, Alabama, 35055, United States. Built. 1932-1958. Visiting Information. The Grotto remains operated by St. Bernard Abbey and is open to the public. View All Images.
22. Nov. 2013 · He almost burned to death. He was injured, permanently, in an accident that left him a hunchback. Zoettl arrived in America, at Ellis Island, in 1892. He immediately went to St. Bernard’s Abbey in Cullman, about as far from Bavaria and Catholicism as you can go.
