Grave Cross at Kirchplatz 1 (Schmitter)
The grave cross at Kirchplatz 1 (Schmitter) is in Korschenbroich in the Rhine district of Neuss in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The cross was entered under no. 104 on May 26, 1987 in the list of architectural monuments in Korschenbroich .
architecture
The grave cross is a cross made of Liedberg sandstone 16 cm deep and 54 cm wide. On the front there is the inscription " IHS " at the top and a picture of a skull and crossbones at the bottom. The words "AMBROSIUS SCHMITTER" can still be recognized from the grave inscription. On the back there is the inscription IHS with a cross on it, below a heart with an arrow.
The cross is of artistic and ethnological importance and therefore worth preserving as a monument.
literature
- Käthe Limburg, Bernd Limburg: Monuments in the city of Korschenbroich. In: on the way & at home - homepage of Käthe and Bernd Limburg. July 18, 2011, accessed February 27, 2014 .
- Paul Clemen : The art monuments of the cities and districts of Gladbach and Krefeld (= The art monuments of the Rhine province . Third volume, No. IV ). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1893 ( digitized [accessed on June 2, 2012]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.
Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 26.3 " N , 6 ° 30 ′ 50.3" E