Hochkreuz (Hardt)
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The high cross Hardt is in the district Hardt in Mönchengladbach ( North Rhine-Westphalia ), Nikolausstraße 46th
The cross was built in 1863. It was entered under number N 014 on October 9, 1995 in the monuments list of the city of Mönchengladbach .
location
The high cross stands in a small avenue formed by linden trees in the Hardt cemetery, which opened in 1863.
architecture
It is a small cross on a high, polygonal base. Base plate made of basalt lava, above it an almost square base leading into a polygonal, pillar-like middle section with flat niches and neo-Gothic gable position . This serves as the basis for the high shaft cross with body and inscription panel . Floral decorations are set on the spandrels between the cross trunk and crossbar.
Inscribed dating by chronogram:
SanCta tVa CrVCe LIberastI nos DomMIne
(Lord, you have redeemed us through your holy cross.)
The capital letters 'C + V + C + V + C + L + I + I + D + M + I' result in the year 1863.
The object is worthy of protection as a historical monument for art, local and social history and as part of the original cemetery complex.
literature
- 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]).
swell
- List of monuments of the city of Mönchengladbach. (PDF; 234.24 kB) In: moenchengladbach.de. City of Mönchengladbach, July 4, 2011, accessed on June 2, 2012 .
- Käthe Limburg, Bernd Limburg: Monuments in the city of Mönchengladbach. In: on the way & at home - homepage of Käthe and Bernd Limburg. July 18, 2011, accessed February 27, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monuments list of the city of Mönchengladbach ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2014 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 ° 12 ′ 31.4 " N , 6 ° 20 ′ 28.6" E