Jesulein (infant Jesus) from Saalfelden

Women who wish for children, expectant mothers who prayed for a safe birth, parents who pray for their sick children - these are the people who have always asked the Jesulein for protection and help. In the upper sacristy of the Saalfelden parish church, a figure of Jesus was found which, in terms of its type, is reminiscent of the Prague Jesulein, which had been venerated in the Carmelite church in Prague since 1639. The Saalfeldner Jesulein was created as recently as the second half of the 19th century.