Christ the King's Monument (Mariaweiler)

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Christ the King Monument

The Christ the King's Monument is in the Mariaweiler district of Düren in North Rhine-Westphalia on Lommessemstrasse.

The memorial was built in 1932 based on a design by Franz Albermann (1877-1959) and symbolizes the conceptual circle of the Christ the King's Festival , which was introduced around the same time. The monument is an approximately 6 m high square pillar that is stepped on both sides at the top. The top forms the cross on the globe . In front of the pillar there is the larger than life representation of Christ in half relief . Christ wears a crown, a royal cloak and a scepter . It stands on a flat rectangular base with an inscription, which in turn rests on a high semicircular pedestal. The monument is made of black ceramic panels .

The building is registered under No. 9/003 in the list of monuments of the city of Düren.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City of Düren ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 4, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dueren.de
  2. ↑ Herbert and Heike Pawliczek Kussinger-Stankovic: Monuments directory of Düren 1993. In: Dürener Geschichtsblätter. No. 82, Düren 1993, ISSN  0416-4180

Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 39.2 "  N , 6 ° 26 ′ 44.8"  E