Hochkreuz (Venn)
The Hochkreuz Venn is located in the Venn district in Mönchengladbach ( North Rhine-Westphalia ), Mürrigerstrasse / Grottenweg.
The cross was built in 1885. It was entered under no. M 054 on January 7, 1997 in the monuments list of the city of Mönchengladbach .
location
The Hochkreuz stands on a triangular square formed by Mürrigerstrasse and Grottenweg, which is shaded by mighty trees (linden trees).
architecture
The gothic high cross stands on a two-tiered substructure and a mighty, multi-segmented base on a cross-shaped floor plan bearing the inscription: Erected in 1885 .
Via a small polygonal console that used to be used e.g. B. was used to place a monstrance during processions , the base leads into a flat neo-Gothic, lanceolate-shaped niche with the inscription:
My Jesus Mercy
The niche has a three-pass closure with a strong cornice . It is flanked on both sides by a polygonal pillar, which leads over a cornice into the base for two flanking sculptures, of which only the mourning Maria standing on the left has survived today. Johannes, who used to stand on the right, is missing. From the middle part of the niche, a high, simple cross structure grows from a strong polygonal base. The left arm of the corpus is missing.
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 ′ 9.5 ″ N , 6 ° 23 ′ 16.3 ″ E