Grave Cross at Kirchplatz 1 (1672)

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Grave cross at the church
Grave cross at the church

The grave cross at Kirchplatz 1 (1672) is in Korschenbroich in the Rhine district of Neuss in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The cross was entered under No. 105 on June 1, 1987 in the list of architectural monuments in Korschenbroich .

architecture

The grave cross is a cross made of Liedberg sandstone 17 cm deep and 51 cm wide from the year 1672. On the front is the inscription "ANNO 1672 DEN 4th AUGUST ..." and the image of a skull with crossed bones . On the back there is the inscription "ANNO 1672 DEN 4 AUGUST ..." and the picture of a skull with crossed bones. On the back there is the inscription " IHS " with an attached cross, underneath the grave inscription of a second burial "ANNO 1691 DEN .... MAY ... IS ASLEEP. "

The cross is of artistic and ethnological importance and therefore worth preserving as a monument.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.korschenbroich.de

Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 26.3 "  N , 6 ° 30 ′ 50.3"  E