Kreuzstein (Eltersdorf)
The Kreuzstein , also called Schwedenstein , is a late medieval stone cross in the Erlangen district of Eltersdorf . The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation lists it under monument number D-5-62-000-847.
Location
The stone cross is in the north of the Eltersdorf district in Kreuzsteinstrasse, which is named after him, across from house number 19a.
description
The cross is 196 cm high, maximum 114 cm wide and 35 cm deep. The shaft widens down from 40 to 85 cm. The obverse shows a bas-relief with a figure of Christ . The out Burgsandstein -made Kreuzenstein stands on a currently overgrown stone plate measuring 105 x 170 cm.
history
The meaning of the stone cross, which was probably made in the 15th century, is unknown. According to legend , it is reminiscent of a battle between mercenaries from the imperial city of Nuremberg and troops from the Brandenburg-Ansbach margraviate . In fact, the First (1449–1450) and Second Margrave War (1552–1554) took place in the region , during which Eltersdorf was also devastated and plundered. However, a direct relationship to the cross cannot be reliably established. The name Schwedenstein goes back to another legend according to which soldiers from the Swedish War (1630-1635) are buried there.
The current location of the stone cross does not correspond to the original location of the installation. Until a section of the federal motorway 3 was built at the end of the 1950s, it stood about 130 meters further north on the western edge of the road to Bruck .
literature
- Franz Zettler: The stone cross . The land monuments of the district of Erlangen. In: Mitteilungs-Blätter of the German Stone Cross Research . No. 1/2 , 1942, p. 13-14 .
Web links
- Information about the Kreuzstein in Eltersdorf at suehnekreuz.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of monuments for Erlangen (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
- ↑ Bavarian Monument Atlas (cartographic representation of the Bavarian architectural and ground monuments by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (BLfD) )
Coordinates: 49 ° 33 ′ 29.3 " N , 10 ° 59 ′ 15.3" E