Coesfeld Cross (Münster)
The Coesfeld Cross in the Westphalian city of Münster is a Christian cross in the western part of the city, where the important traffic junction named after him in road traffic and in the inner-city bus network has developed in the immediate vicinity . This consists of two large crossings that are about 200 m apart in an east-west direction.
traffic
The western intersection serves as a distributor to the Central Clinic , the institutes in the Natural Science Center of the Westphalian Wilhelms University , the University of Applied Sciences and in the direction of the districts of Gievenbeck and Roxel and the municipality of Havixbeck, which belongs to the Coesfeld district . This is where Corrensstrasse , Einsteinstrasse , Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse and Von-Esmarch-Strasse meet - clockwise from the north .
Via the eastern intersection, the connection to the main traffic ring around the city center will be realized, which merges from Orléans-Ring into Rishon-Le-Zion-Ring and meets Einsteinstraße. The Domagkstraße passes under the transportation hub in north-south direction.
In addition to the main train station and Ludgeriplatz , the Coesfelder Kreuz bus stop is an important transfer point in local public transport. Numerous city and regional bus routes allow you to change to the western districts and surrounding communities or to the city center of Münster. A multi-storey car park in this convenient location turns the bus stop into a park-and-ride station. If the capacity of the near-center parking at major events such as the end or at the Christmas markets are not sufficient, special buses are often used.
Surroundings
The Lukaskirche and numerous buildings of the Münster universities, especially those of the departments of mathematics and computer science, physics, chemistry and pharmacy, biology and geosciences, are located at Coesfelder Kreuz . The clinics of the university hospital are nearby, as is the technical college center of the FH . For this reason, the cafeteria on the Ring was built here .
history
In 1689, at the junction of the road to Gievenbeck from the country road to Coesfeld, a road cross was erected, which is similar to the Coesfeld fork cross from the 13th or 14th century. Donated by Caspar Stübbe , canon in Wildeshausen and vicar to St. Servatii in Münster, it was created by Johann Mauritz Gröninger according to local tradition . It was traditionally the starting point of the pilgrimage procession to the Coesfeld miraculous image.
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The medieval Coesfelder Weg began in two strands: in Deventer via Vreden , Stadtlohn , Gescher and from the Rhine Valley via Bredevoort , Winterswijk . Combined, the old country road led via Coesfeld, Darup , Nottuln , Schapdetten , Tilbeck and Roxel to Münster. The route ran roughly along Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse and Einsteinstrasse. Many places on the Coesfelder Weg were already known in Carolingian times and in the high Middle Ages regional parliaments were held on the Laerbrock between Schapdetten and Roxel, where the estates of the Münster monastery met.
The crucifix survived the Seven Years' War between 1756 and 1763 unscathed. Münster was besieged and conquered several times; Also immediately to the west of the Coesfelder Kreuz fork in the road was a larger redoubt proche Croix de Coesfeld fort , as it is called in a plan from 1763. In September 1759, relief for the French defenders of Münster came to the city twice - also here via Le grand Chemin pour Nottulen et Coesfeld . On November 20, 1759, Munster surrendered to the Allies.
In a fortification plan from 1760, the crucifix is shown in its characteristic fork shape under the name Coesfeldsch Creutz . On the other hand, the map excerpt for Mecklenbeck attached here shows the most common form of these road signs; in the eastern part of the same map (not disclosed here) a double cross is marked on the processional path in St. Mauritz.
After the road intersection known as Coesfelder Kreuz was expanded to a major intersection from 1975, the Coesfelder Kreuz road intersection was moved a few meters from the north to the south side of the streets to its location between Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse and Einsteinstrasse. For conservation reasons, the corpus is now a replica; the original body is in the Baumberger Sandstone Museum in Havixbeck.
Due to a relocation , the Coesfelder Kreuz crucifix lost its previous function at this important historical traffic junction. When he left the city, he looked at the passer- by and pointed out the distinctive fork in the road.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bronze plaque on the relocated Coesfeld Cross by the Association of Low German Minster ( page no longer available , search in web archives ),
- ↑ Alfred Pohlmann, Birgit Schulte: The pictures are useful to arouse devotion. A guide to the way painting and chapels in Münster, published by the city of Münster.
- ↑ Joseph Prince: Mimigernaford. 3. Edition. Aschendorff, Münster 1981.
- ^ Max Geisberg : The city of Münster . 41. Vol., 1st part of the series of architectural and art monuments of Westphalia. Aschendorff, Münster 1932, plate VII.
- ^ Max Geisberg: The city of Münster . 41. Vol., 1st part of the series of architectural and art monuments of Westphalia. Aschendorff, Münster 1932, plate VI.
- ^ Henry Lloyd: History of the Seven Years' War in Germany between the King of Prussia and the Empress Queen with her allies, third part. Unger, Berlin 1787, p. 371.
- ^ Verlag von AW Aschendorff Sohn, Münster 1760. Printed in Aegidius Huppertz: Münster in the Seven Years War. Coppenrath, Münster 1908.
- ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten of December 30, 1975, number 300, with illustration of the function at the original location.
Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 53.5 ″ N , 7 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E