Wayside shrine (Kronach, Festungsstrasse)
The shrine in front of the prison on the western side of the fortress Street in the Upper Franconian town of Kronach is under monument protection standing small monument , which was originally created for the most part in the 17th or 18th century. The fragments of the wayside shrine made of sandstone were found in a piece of land on the east side of the fortress road and - supplemented by the missing components - rebuilt in June 1974 at their current location.
The structure of the small monument follows the Ionic order : A round shaft rises above a volute base , the end of which is formed by a capital also decorated with two volutes . A rectangular tower with retracted arched gables rests on the capital . There are reliefs in the four picture niches of the essay : the north side shows the coronation of Mary , the south side a trefoil cross , on the two narrow sides the Saints Anthony of Padua and Peter are depicted.
literature
- 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 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′ 36.6 ″ N , 11 ° 19 ′ 35.1 ″ E