Way of the Cross (Großenbrach)
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The Way of the Cross in Großenbrach , a district of the Bavarian spa town Bad Bocklet in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen is one of the architectural monuments in Bad Bocklet and is registered in the Bavarian Monument List under number D-6-72-112-58 .
history
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The facility is located on the north-eastern outskirts of Großenbrach. At the 14th station, designed in the manner of a grotto, there is an inscription plaque, according to which the complex was inaugurated on August 21, 1910 by the local pastor Rützel. The remaining stations consist of relief panels on rectangular pedestals and each have a stylized roof and cross.
On October 18, 1925, the war memorial belonging to the complex was inaugurated for those who died in the First World War .
In 1945, next to the memorial, graves of his Second World War soldiers were created who died on April 8, 1945 on Stellberg and Mühlberg. Eleven other crosses commemorate soldiers from Großenbrach who perished in World War II.
In front of the Way of the Cross there is a St. Mary's Grotto on Wendelinusstraße, which, according to the inscription, was built by Kilian Hahn and built on June 29, 1908. The grotto is decorated with representations of St. Mary and praying women endowed; one of the praying women is St. Bernadette .
literature
- Elisabeth Keller: Die Flurdenkmale im Landkreis Bad Kissingen , Volume 1, self-published by the Landkreis Bad Kissingen, 1978, p. 169
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inscription on the back of the monument
- ^ Herbert Schultheis: Bad Bocklet - history of the districts of Aschach and Großenbrach (= Bad Neustädter contributions to the history and local history of Franconia, volume 6) . Bad Neustadt ad Saale 1996, pp. 142f.
Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′ 54.42 " N , 10 ° 4 ′ 15.85" E