Border cross of the Vogts zu Waldorf

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Border cross of Bailiff Peter Huisch

The border cross of the bailiff to Waldorf (also Scheid Cross) from the 16th - 17th century was Peter Huisch (also called Heusch), Vogt Waldorf build. It marked the border between the two splendors of that time, Hemmerich and Rösberg .

history

Dingstuhl Waldorf

As with neighboring administrative districts, for example the area of ​​the Dingstuhl Alfter , Waldorf was also part of the Electorate of Cologne . Around the end of the 14th century, Waldorf is said to have become the administrative seat of this new communal form, which also included the jurisdiction of lay judges as a thing chair. In the Dingstuhl Waldorf, the previously dominant village Hemmerich, Kardorf (possibly the Dinghof ) and Üllekoven came together next to Waldorf . The time of the foundation of the cross as well as the person of the bailiff, a court owner from Kardorf and at that time owner of the office for the Waldorfer Dingstuhl, could the Bornheimer Stock book from 1580 to 1640 and the Waldorf Dingstuhl protocols.

Machining and material

During the production of the inscription, the stonemason repeatedly left letters of the words close together and in some places consonants missing, so that the necessary spaces in the sentence structure first had to be found. In addition, the stone material - trachyte obtained from the Drachenfels - is criss-crossed with many misleading inclusions of syenite , which made the writing difficult to read. Quartz trachyte was used as the material of the medieval stone cross, as was the case by stone masons in Roman times . The edges of the cross beams were processed (defused) and the front received a rustic Christ body carved out of stone . On the back there is an inscription - considered significant by experts - which many homeland friends tried in vain to unravel for a long time. The reasons were to be found in the way the stonemason worked, but also in the nature of the material used.

Lettering, and translation

The stonemason inscribed the reverse of the cross with the words:

"PIER HVISCH VOGH ZV WALDORF. SCHEIDSTIN / THE TWO GLORIES I HEMMERICH I VND ROSBE I RGH "

"Peter Huisch, Vogt zu Waldorf, Scheidstein of the two glories Hemmerich and Rösberg"

The border cross is one of the protected cultural assets of the city of Bornheim. It is one of the numerous and culturally and historically relevant buildings and was given monument number 95.

literature

  • Norbert Zerlett, Landmarks in Field and Forest. In: Brühler Heimatblätter. No. 2/1978, p. 35.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Norbert Zerlett: Boundary stones in field and forest. Border cross 11.
  2. ^ History of Hemmerich. Retrieved January 5, 2016 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 52.8 "  N , 6 ° 55 ′ 21.8"  E