 The column was consecrated on 26 July 1706 by Prince-Bishop Kaspar Ignaz, Count of Künigl.It has been restored several times over the centuries.In 1958, mainly for conservation reasons, the figure of Mary was replaced by a replica and the original was loaned to the Abbey of St. Georgenberg-Fiecht, where it has been placed in a side chapel of the abbey church of Fiecht (near Schwaz) above Saint Mary's altar.