Cross stones (Schönwald)
The cross stones near Schönwald are legendary small monuments . The cross stones are among the listed architectural monuments of the town of Schönwald in the Upper Franconian district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains . All three stones are provided by the Schönwald home history working group with signs for better orientation and with explanatory information.
Kreuzstein am Pfaffenberg
The Kreuzstein at the top of the pass ( 50.20336 ° N, 12.07735 ° E ) between the Rabenberg and the Pfaffenberg is at the end of the residential area of the city. Street names like Am Kreuzstein indicate this, as does the Alte Rehauer Straße , which led via the Kleppermühle to Rehau .
The main stone, also known as the cross stone or, according to the legend, the Müller stone, consists of granite. On the front of the tapering main stone there is an incised re- cross . It stands on two semi-arches. Two circles start from the center of the cross. The arms of the cross again have cruciform endings. The areas between the arms underline the central cross motif with right-angled lines and a suggested circular arc. Two small characters are carved into the front under the crossbar of the main cross. A similar but much simpler drawing can be seen on the reverse. The stone is 1.20 meters high and 0.90 meters wide.
Kreuzstein am Pfaffenberg, back
Cross stones in Rauschenholz
The cross stones in Rauschenholz ( 50.20876 ° N, 12.08557 ° E ) are made of phyllite . They can be reached via a fork in the path from Schönwald to Sophienreuth . The stone with the cross is a copy of a stone that has been kept in the warehouse of the Fichtelgebirgsmuseum since 1968 .
Kreuzstein im Rauschenholz (copy), front side
Kreuzstein im Rauschenholz (copy), back
Another cross stone in Rauschenholz, front
Second stone, back
Legend and interpretations
The legend tells of two miller's apprentice , by the Green Auermühle for Fair dance after Pilgramsreuth were traveling. They were both in love with the same girl and on the way back they got into an argument and stabbed each other with knives. According to the legend, the scene of the crime is the main stone and the grave of the smaller stone in the Mühlbursche forest department , as murderers were not regularly buried in the cemetery. Accordingly, the main stone would be an atonement cross . Hans Wohlrab describes various versions and references to the legend that point to a hiking legend .
Other researchers, including Friedrich Wilhelm Singer , see in the cross stone a boundary stone of a former monastery property, whereby the Waldsassen monastery under Abbot Johannes III. seems most plausible because of the takeover of a farm from the Forsters in 1316. Other authors suspect the Benediktbeuern monastery or the Hof Hospital Foundation . The border between the dioceses of Bamberg and Regensburg is also nearby , as is an old settlement border . The stone cross researcher Hans Bucka has collected further interpretations, e.g. B. as a free space , as a thing place , as a menhir or a sign of Christianization .
Map with all coordinates: literature
- Michael Brix , Karl-Ludwig Lippert : Former district of Rehau and town of Selb . The art monuments of Bavaria , brief inventories, XXXIV. Band . German art publisher . Munich 1974. p. 78.
- Hans Bucka : Landmarks of the city of Selb and the district of Rehau . In: Mitteilungs-Blätter der Deutschen Steinkreuzforschung , Nuremberg 1969, issue 2/1969. Pp. 16-18.
- Working group for local history in the Rehau school district ( Oskar Heland and others): Between Eger and Regnitz - sagas and stories from the Rehau - Selb area . Selb / Schönwald 1973. p. 16f. (with a drawing by Hans-Georg Döberlein from Faßmannsreuth )
- Stone crosses and old memorial stones in the district court district of Selb . In: The narrator of the Selb and Egertal . Number 30, year 1950. p. 1f.
- Hans Wohlrab: Schönwalder Heimatbuch . Schönwald 1968. pp. 35-42.
Web links
- Entry at suehnekreuz.de (via navigation Bavaria - Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge - Schönwald)
- Paul Basler: Kreuzstein. In: The Fichtel Mountains. Retrieved April 5, 2020 (with picture of the cross stone).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wohlrab, p. 36f.