Peace cross
Peace Cross ( Switzerland : Peace Cross) refers generally far outside built-up areas on a hill or a hill built cross monuments . On the one hand they are clearly visible, on the other hand they are an attractive destination for a hike, a pilgrimage or a pilgrimage, from which a wide view of the surroundings is possible.
In the countries of the Axis Powers of the Second World War , especially in Germany, these peace crosses were set up in many places in the 1950s. Most of them are kept very simple, but sometimes also stylized. The material ranges from untreated wooden planks to steel girders and reinforced concrete .
Significant peace crosses in Germany:
- Aachen Peace Cross, created in Krefeld in 1947, with a thorn-crowned Christ face by Anton Wendling . Today is looked after by the Pax Christi movement
- Bühler Peace Cross , near Bühl , designed by Ludwig Barth
- Peace cross on the Maimont secondary summit (491 m) near Petersbächel
- Peace cross on the Ockenheimer Hörnchen , Ockenheim , from 1952
- Peace Cross near Dremmen , North Rhine-Westphalia from 1947
- Willicher Peace Cross in Willich , North Rhine-Westphalia from 1947
- Immunity or Freedom Cross in Hochelten at the former Reichsstift and St. Vitus Church in Hochelten
- Peace Cross on Rheinstrasse, Marpingen , Saarland for 50 years of peace in Germany from 1995
in Austria :
- Peace Cross near Kemeten , Burgenland
- Peace Cross in Purkersdorf , Lower Austria
in Switzerland:
- Peace cross in Deinikon near Baar , Canton Zug commemorates the freedom fighter Ulrich Zwingli († 1531)
in the Czech Republic :
- Weathered peace cross near the village of Křenovice on Pratzeberg in memory of the Battle of Austerlitz
See also
Literature (selection)
- August Brecher: "There is salvation in the cross": the history of the Aachen Peace Cross. Einhard-Verlag, Aachen 1992. ISBN 3-920284-65-8 .