High up on the fire wall of the protruding corner house on kruggasse towards the rebstock, there is a stone statue that is difficult to see from below, depicting a man who is about to handle a vine. The late painter carl theodor reiffenstein believes it is likely that the sculpture used to be at the former gate of the courtyard to the rebstock and was only later moved to the fire wall. He also mentions the legend that there used to be a garden on the site of the current courtyard, in which there was a vine so strong that a man could not grasp it, and from which the name "rebstock" probably comes. The illustration on this page shows the symbol, which was long misinterpreted, completely and correctly for the first time. Date: Deutsch: um 1897. Dimensions: reproduction: height: 16.4 cm (6.4 in); width: 11.3 cm (4.4 in), original: unknown. Medium: collotype print. Collection: Private collection Mylius.
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