Hochkreuz Kleinenbroich

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Hochkreuz
Hochkreuz

The Hochkreuz Kleinenbroich is located in the Kleinenbroich district in Korschenbroich in the Rhine district of Neuss in North Rhine-Westphalia , Raitz-von-Frentz-Strasse.

The Hochkreuz was built in 1705 and entered under no. 150 on November 28, 1988 in the list of architectural monuments in Korschenbroich .

architecture

The high cross (formerly: Patriarch's Cross) from 1705 was erected by Franz Winand I. Raitz von Frentz. The sandstone plinth bears the following inscription: "Perillustris et generosus dominus Franciscus Winandus liber baron Raitz de Frentze ex Schlenderhan dominus in Kleinenbroich ad majorem The gloriam me erexit 1705". There is a niche above the inscription and a curved hood above . The cross with double arms (two transverse bars) is located on this hood. Above the inscription you can see the Raitz von Frentz coat of arms , in which you can find a pig in the upper left corner. The monument is important for human history and especially that of the village of Kleinenbroich. There are artistic and ethnological reasons for preservation.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 26.3 "  N , 6 ° 34 ′ 28.5"  E