Christ the King wayside shrine (Ahorn-Berolzheim)

Christ the King shrine in Berolzheim

The Christkönig wayside shrine in Berolzheim , a district of the municipality of Ahorn in the Main-Tauber district in Baden-Württemberg , was built in 1915. The wayside shrine at Hauptstrasse 54 is a protected cultural monument .

description

The wayside shrine made of red sandstone consists of three parts: a base with an inscription from the Gospel of Matthew , a rectangular pillar with the inscription “See our King. 1915 "and a sculpture of Christ the King motif that Jesus with crown of thorns represents.

The wayside shrine takes on baroque shapes in its design of the inscription cartouches .

Text on the shaft:
See our King J 1915

Text on the base:
They fled in thorned Grone and put them on his main Math 27C 29V

Commons : Hauptstraße 54 (Ahorn-Berolzheim) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: Stuttgart district, Franconian and East Württemberg regional associations. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 .