Hochkreuz Konrad-Adenauer-Park

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The cross

The Hochkreuz Konrad-Adenauer-Park is located in Düren in North Rhine-Westphalia in the local park .

The cross, which was erected in the second half of the 19th century, is located in Konrad-Adenauer-Park in the city center on Kölnstrasse opposite the Protestant cemetery . The park was the central cemetery until the beginning of the 20th century.

The approx. 5 m high neo-Gothic sandstone cross stands on an octagonal base stepped with four steps. On top of it stands a cross pillar with an almost life-size, stone body.

The building is registered under No. 1/059 in the list of monuments of the city of Düren.

Individual evidence

  1. Herbert and Heike Pawliczek Kussinger-Stankovic: Monuments directory of Düren 1993. In: Dürener Geschichtsblätter. No. 82, Düren 1993, ISSN  0416-4180

Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 14.4 "  N , 6 ° 28 ′ 57.2"  E