Link cross

Example of a cross section

A link Cross is due to its design, a specific design of a high cross .

Elements of the articulated cross, which is usually made of stone, are (from top to bottom) the bar cross or crucifix , a cross base, a covering hood, in the middle part a niche for exposing figures or flowers, an intermediate plate as well as a plinth and base . Simpler variants of the articulated cross with fewer structural elements are called shaft cross or niche cross, while extended forms with the exposure of pictorial representations are known as shrines . Link crosses are often used as crossroads or floor crosses or occasionally on churches or cemeteries in predominantly Catholic regions such as. B. in the Rhineland to find.

Web links

Commons : Structural Crosses  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://gemeinden.erzbistum-koeln.de/seelsorgebereich_euskirchen_erftmuehlenbach/wegekreuze/ ( Memento from May 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Information and example sketches on the website of the pastoral care area Euskirchen-Erftmühlenbach in the diocese of Cologne