Alexius Cross
The Alexius Cross is a memorial to Duke Alexius Friedrich Christian von Anhalt-Bernburg near the district of Mägdesprung, which belongs to the town of Harzgerode in Saxony-Anhalt .
location
It is located in the Harz on the south side of the Selketal above the Selke, a little south of Mägdesprung. The hiking trail from Alexisbad to Mägdesprung leads past the cross that is prominently erected directly above the slope . The Mägdetrappe is located nearby . The cross is registered as a monument in the local register of monuments.
Design and history
The Latin cast iron cross was erected by Luise von Anhalt-Bernburg and her husband Friedrich von Prussia in 1837 for Luise's father, Duke Alexius Friedrich Christian von Anhalt-Bernburg, who died in 1834. At the foot of the cross there is the inscription Friedrich and Luise in memory of his father Alexius . Due to damage in the Second World War , the cross fell into the Selke Valley in 1945. The cross was rediscovered in connection with the Selke flood in 1994. After restoration work, it was put up again in 1995.
literature
- State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7.2: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Winfried Korf and Theo Gosselke: Quedlinburg district. Halle 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-072-3 , p. 166.
- Axel and Volker Mothes: Harzer Klippen- & Stiegenwelt, Volume I , Stiegenbuchverlag Halle (Saale) 2011, p. 13.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the cross on harzlife.de
- ↑ Axel and Volker Mothes: Harzer Klippen- & Stiegenwelt, Volume I , Stiegenbuchverlag Halle (Saale) 2011, p. 13
Coordinates: 51 ° 39 '59.9 " N , 11 ° 7' 58.4" E