Heiligenhaus am Kreuzberg
The Heiligenhaus Am Kreuzberg is a listed holy house in Nörvenich , Düren district . It is about 30 m from the street "Am Kreuzberg" under tall linden trees.
The chapel-like building was built around 1900. It encloses a penitential cross made in 1685 by the Nörvenich pastor Conradus Flocken as a magnificent Renaissance cross, which was restored in 1851. The cross was the 2nd station of the Seven Footfalls in Nörvenich.
The crucified Christ is depicted at a height of 5 m. The following inscription can be read at the foot of the cross:
| aXe sVb hoC po |
| nas et sVppLeX |
| nVMen aDores |
| Renewed by the pious mind of the parish |
| 1851 |
The translation of the Latin chronogram , which gives the year 1685, reads: Lay (your burden) under this axis (the cross), and humbly pray to the deity.
On the back it says:
| AVTHORE |
| CONR FLAKES |
| (P) AST ET DEC |
| (IN) NORVE |
| NOT |
| A 1685 |
After the responsible parish of St. Medardus experienced a decline in the middle of the 19th century, the pastor Matthias Tillmann had the cross rebuilt and a year later a people's mission was carried out by three priests to restore moral order . As part of a penance, he caused the population to design the area around the cross as it can still be seen today. A donation from the Vois couple around 1900 enabled the construction of today's Holy House, which includes the cross. Today the Nörvenich farmer von Laufenberg and the local history and history association of the municipality of Nörvenich eV take care of the maintenance of the area.
The cross was entered on March 20, 1985 in the monument list of the municipality of Nörvenich under No. 50.
Since the 1970s, the Heiligenhaus has deteriorated more and more. In 2003 the homeland and history association took on the monument. In 2010, after donations from the population, RWE and other institutions, it became possible to commission a specialist company with the renovation. In January 2011, the renovation work was declared successfully completed. On Palm Sunday 2011, took place after more than 30 years back procession held for the Holy House.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Matthieu Mausbach, NORBONIACUM - The story of Nörvenich , 1975
- ^ Karl Heinz Türk , Christian Small Monuments in Börde and Neffeltal , 1979, ISBN 3-7927-0490-0
Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 32.2 " N , 6 ° 39 ′ 3.3" E