Five-wound cross (Freiburg im Breisgau)
A special historical event is commemorated by five-wound crosses in the Stühlinger district of Freiburg and God's protection is requested in the Herdern district .
Stühlinger's five-wound cross
The cross of the five- wound cross type is made of wood with a dark varnish and is provided with 5 metal plaques depicting the wounds of Christ . The artist who created the cross is unknown. The image of the head is based on depictions of Veronica's handkerchief . Three other panels show the representation of the hands and feet nailed to the cross. Another plaque in the middle of the cross shows the Sacred Heart of Jesus . At the lower end of the cross hangs a plaque with an inscription under a skull and bones. It is backed with a rhombus with arabesques in striking gold on green, and it is covered.
The origin of the cross can be traced back to around 1816. There are also references to burials as early as 1680.
The reference to the years 1813–1814 is clear from the text on the lower panel:
“Thousands of sons of the German Fatherland rest around this cross. They died in the war years 1813–1814 as soldiers on the way in Freiburg and were buried here. Remember these poor souls in a devout Our Father. O 'Lord give you eternal rest. "
As part of the wars of liberation against Napoleon, Freiburg and its surroundings were a transit station and a collection point for Allied troops (mainly Austrians, Bavarians, Württembergians and Russians). It is estimated that more than 500,000 soldiers had to be supplied. As a result of the poor hygienic conditions, dysentery and typhus broke out among the soldiers . In order to prevent the further spread of the epidemic, burials were carried out in mass graves in the area of today's Metzgergrün and Gewann Eschholz. In memory of the victims at the time, the Adelhausen Monastery probably founded the cross in 1816.
The history of several relocations of the memorial to various locations in the Stühlinger began with the development of the area west of the new railway line Offenburg - Basel , which was built in 1845 . The cross was increasingly perceived as a nuisance. As a result of this, the idea arose from the cross, which at the time was probably on the property of the Brenzinger & Cie. found to be moved to the western choir wall of the new Sacred Heart Church . In 1907 the cross was even regarded as materially and artistically worthless . In 1908 there was a slight displacement of the cross. In 1920 it was restored at the expense of the entrepreneur Heinrich Brenzinger and, in 1925, after another Brenzinger foundation, it was given a concrete base. In the further time the local club Freiburg-Stühlinger took over the maintenance of the cross. In the 1950s, it was relocated to its current location at the entrance to the former district care facility, west of Eschholzstrasse.
Five-wound cross Herdern
Another five-wound cross with the inscription stands on Richard-Strauss-Strasse
"May your cruciferous blood and bitter death protect us in all need"
The design is the same as that in Eschholzstraße, although there is no design based on Veronika's handkerchief.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ute Scherb: We get the monuments we deserve. Freiburg monuments in the 19th and 20th centuries. Freiburg 2005, ISBN 3-923272-31-6 , p. 57.
- ^ Baden Architects and Engineers Association: Freiburg im Breisgau. The city and its buildings. Freiburg 1898, p. 410 .
- ↑ For example, the Pfarrkuratie , according to Ute trawl: We get the monuments that we deserve. Freiburg monuments in the 19th and 20th centuries . P. 60.
Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′ 45.5 ″ N , 7 ° 50 ′ 3.2 ″ E