A foundation has been recently established whose aim is to raise funds necessary to reconstruct the statue of Our Lady, the Patroness and Protector of the town and the castle, named after Her Marienburg, thus restoring the glory of the eastern façade of the castle after its destruction in 1945. We intend to revive the last missing and, at the same time, most splendid feature of the castle which reveals itself to those arriving from the east and raising their eyes looking up to see the tall ogival and still vacant recess in the façade of the castle Church of Our Lady, waiting for over sixty years for the return of its Patroness.

The eight-metre statue standing in the deep recess, its height exceeding both neighbouring windows of the church, glimmering in the sun rays with a sumptuous array of colours of a medieval mosaic, reminded one of a precious gem. Bound indivisibly with architecture, embedded. as it were in the façade of the High Castle, that monumental figure of Madonna has always been connected with the history of Malbork. For centuries, the serene figure of Our Lady gazing in the distance, with a crown and sceptre standing high above, in what seems almost celestial setting, appeared to travellers as a heavenly sign. Dramatically thrown down this majestic pedestal the statue collapsed in January 1945 along with the church walls, and has yet not been raised from ruin although a few decades have lapsed.

Let us restore the ineffaceable symbol of Malbork Castle to its due place. May the monumental statue of Mater Dei, the mother of God, once again cast its calm and caring glance at all those arriving to the castle from what is now an empty and barren recess. Should our idea appeal to your sensitivity, reverence for history and its monuments, sense of beauty as well as to memory of the. past for the sake of a better future of us all, please contact our foundation. We sincerely trust that thanks to our joined efforts we will be able to succeed in the realization of this noble aim.