Adelheidstrasse 26 (Quedlinburg)

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Adelheidstrasse 26
Stone cross
southern property fence with stone cross

The house Adelheidstraße 26 is a listed villa in the city of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt .

Architecture and history

The villa was built as a corner building at the confluence of Mauerstrasse and Adelheidstrasse as a retreat for the farmer Eduard Dietrich . The building, designed in the neo-renaissance style, was erected in 1889 and the architect was Max Bösenberg . The clinker brick facade is structured by cornices and classically designed window frames. On the side of the building there is a risalit in which the entrance is located. The risalit is emphasized by a magnificently designed aedicula portal . Above the entrance there is a stairwell window designed in the style of the Roman late Renaissance. There is a stand bay at the corner of the building facing the street .

The elaborately crafted enclosure is also under monument protection . In the local register of monuments , the villa is listed as a historical building under registration number 094 46365 .

During the GDR era , the address of the property was Clara-Zetkin-Straße 26 .

Stone cross

A medieval stone cross is inserted in the south side of the enclosure facing Amelungstrasse. Originally the cross was on the road leading to Wedderstedt at the junction to Hoym . The parcel at the fork in the road was named an'n Krieze or op'n Krieze . At least in 1861 the cross was still there. The field on which the cross was located belonged to the farmer Eduard Dietrich , who then gave up farming around 1890 and retired. He then had the cross inserted into the enclosure of the villa built as his retirement home.

The cross is designed as a Latin cross with parallel edges. It is 1.18 meters high and 76 centimeters wide, the depth is unknown. The cross protrudes about five centimeters from the property wall facing the street. The right edge of the shaft is chamfered. In the 1980s, scratches were described on the face side. It was assumed that they were caused by traffic damage, as the area in front of the cross was used as a parking lot . Further damage occurred later. The lower half of the shaft is today (as of 2016), as far as it protruded from the wall, broken off.

There are legends about the original location of the cross, according to which a rider without a head, a white maiden and a sow guarding a treasure are supposed to haunt there. However, there is no apparent relation between the legends and the cross itself or the reason for its erection.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walter Saal, Stone Crosses and Cross Stones in the Halle District , Ed .: State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale) 1989, ISBN 3-910010-01-6 , page 30
  2. ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , Magdeburg.pdf, page 2130 f.
  3. ^ Walter Saal, Stone Crosses and Cross Stones in the Halle District , Ed .: State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale) 1989, ISBN 3-910010-01-6 , page 30

Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 17 "  N , 11 ° 9 ′ 14.5"  E