Aid cross
The Hülfenskreuz is a Romanesque cross in the pilgrimage church of Christ the Redeemer on the Hülfensberg near Geismar in the Eichsfeld district in Thuringia .
history
The cross presumably dates from the 11th century, exact details of the origin are not known. According to legend, a knight brought it with him from the Holy Land . When it came to the Hülfensberg in the 14th century is also not exactly known. The cross quickly became a destination for pilgrims not only from the vicinity of the Hülfensberg, but also from northern Germany. With the pilgrimages to the Sankt Gehilfen , the name of the mountain, originally called Stuffenberg , also changed , in the 14th century Gehülfensberg became common, later shortened to Hülfensberg. In the 15th or 16th century, the cross was damaged by fire. After the cross had even been removed from the church in 1837, the damaged parts were restored and restored in the years after 1850.
literature
- Author collective: The Eichsfelder Gehülfe - The Romanesque miraculous image on the Hülfensberg. Mecke-Verlag Duderstadt 2011, 104 pages
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pilgrims make a pilgrimage to the Hülfensberg . Cordier publishing house, Heiligenstadt 1960
- ↑ Erhard Müller: The place names of the district of Heiligenstadt. Heilbad Heiligenstadt 1989, p. 26