Johanneskreuz (Gürzenich)

The Johanneskreuz stands in the Gürzenich district of Düren in North Rhine-Westphalia on the corner of Gürzenicher Strasse and Valencienner Strasse .

The wayside cross is inscribed and dated to the year 1769.

The approximately two-meter-high restored wayside cross consists of a base and two-tiered cross pillars made of bluestone . The representation of St. John is worked out as a bas-relief . A newer cast iron body hangs on the cross.

The building is registered under No. 6/008 in the list of monuments of the city of Düren.

Individual evidence

^ Herbert Pawliczek: Directory of monuments of the city of Düren 1984. In: Dürener Geschichtsblätter. No. 76, Düren 1987, ISSN 0416-4180

50.796618 6.459703Coordinates: 50 ° 47 ′ 47.8 " N , 6 ° 27 ′ 34.9" E

[1] Herbert Pawliczek: Directory of monuments of the city of Düren 1984. In: Dürener Geschichtsblätter. No. 76, Düren 1987, ISSN 0416-4180