Wayside shrine (Haßlach near Kronach)
The wayside shrine on the south side of the road bridge that crosses federal highway 85 near Haßlach near Kronach over the Haßlach river is a protected small monument that was originally donated in 1731.
The wayside shrine made of sandstone consists of a concave-convex profiled base with the incompletely preserved inscription "... zu Haßlach 1731", a tapering pillar shaft and a four-sided attachment with a retracted round arch crowned by a ball. The picture niches on the two main sides of the essay show depictions of the coronation of Mary and the crucifixion of Christ . Below the figure of Christ, another figure is shown holding a weapon. This assistant figure may be a soldier, forester or hunter; it most likely points to the reason for the erection of the monument, which has not been passed down.
On the two narrow sides of the essay there are depictions of St. John Nepomuk and the Glosberg Mother of God ; A statue of the Virgin Mary in the neighboring pilgrimage site is said to have cried bloody tears several times four years before the shrine was erected.
The wayside shrine was knocked over when the road bridge was rebuilt around 1970, whereby the base and top were damaged and the original pier shaft was completely destroyed. After a restoration of the damaged parts and production of a new shaft by the Kronach sculptor Heinrich Schreiber, the small monument was re-erected on May 11, 1974.
literature
- Roland Graf: Marter simply knocked over carelessly. inFranken.de, August 7, 2015, accessed on February 18, 2019 .
- Roland Graf, Willi Schreiber: Martern - Kreuzstein - Steinkreuz . Ed .: Working group for home care (= Heimatkundliches Jahrbuch des Landkreis Kronach . Volume 1/1974 ).
- Denis André Chevalley: Upper Franconia . Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (= Monuments in Bavaria . Volume IV ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52395-3 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 18.5 ″ N , 11 ° 17 ′ 48 ″ E