Annakreuz (Kirchhausen)

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The Anna Cross (2012)

The Anna Cross is a memorial at the intersection of the Hipfelhof, Leingarten and Kirchhausen markings on a hill west of the Rotbach with "sophisticated sculptural design in baroque forms". The listed square sandstone column is 3.20 meters high. Not far from the Annakreuz is the Annalinde .

description

It consists of a high, profiled base and a medallion-like relief. The relief shows Saint Anna with Mary as a child and as a caption: S. Anna, Mater B. V. Maria (in German: St. Anna, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary ). The relief shows a tree on the right and a burning chapel with a red tiled roof and bell tower on the left. The relief is crowned by a clover leaf shape with a cross relief. The year 1782 or 1787 can be read below.

Ignaz Pfau wrote in 1844 that in the first year after the St. Annakapelle was destroyed, "some pious citizens of Kirchhausen had a twelve-shoe high pillar of sandstone built, which was renovated in 1782 and which is still standing".

In July 2013, the original, which was in poor condition, was replaced at the site next to the Annalinde with a copy made by a stonemason from Heilbronn sandstone from the Wartberg .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fekete, p. 208
  2. ↑ Mayer, p. 21
  3. ↑ Ignaz Pfau: History of the Württemberg village of Kirchhausen with a historical description of the new church and castle there . Heilbronn 1844 , p. 36
  4. ↑ Manfred Stockburger: Faith carved in stone . In: Heilbronn voice . July 29, 2013 ( from Stimme.de [accessed July 30, 2013]).

literature

  • Rudolf Mayer: Sankt Annenkreuz - The Annalinde. In: Ortskartell Kirchhausen (publisher): 25 years of the Heilbronn-Kirchhausen district: 12th large castle festival; Kirchhausen July 4 to 6, 1997 , Heilbronn 1997, pp. 21-23.
  • Julius Fekete , Simon Haag, Adelheid Hanke, Daniela Naumann: Heilbronn district . (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Baden-Württemberg, Volume I.5.). Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1988-3 , pp. 208 .

Web links

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Coordinates: 49 ° 10 '19.13 "  N , 9 ° 7' 47.59"  O