Short cross at Sperberslohe
The Kurzkreuz bei Sperberslohe is a historic stone cross north of Sperberslohe , a district of the Middle Franconian market Wendelstein in Bavaria.
location
The small monument is located about one kilometer north of Sperberslohe. It is there about 5 meters west of a cycle path on State Road 2225 between Wendelstein and Sperberslohe, on the edge of the forest.
description
It probably got its popular name Kurzkreuz from its small size, the geometric shape of which is reminiscent of an angel. The small cross is made of sandstone , has moderate signs of weathering and the dimensions 85 × 95 × 30 cm. There are large segment supports under the crossbeams. The shaft widens towards the bottom. The right arm is shortened. Incisions are no longer recognizable today (2020).
history
The stone cross is probably a typical accident cross or atonement cross .
Rudi Buchner, a stone cross researcher, noticed the following incised signs during his inventory around 1930: A ploughshare , half a wolf tang (possibly also a sword ) and arrowheads.
Nothing is known about the exact time, the reason for the installation and any legends. The cross is not entered on historical maps from around 1850.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Location, in: BayernAtlas , accessed on April 22, 2020
- ^ Roth district: Small monuments in the Roth district. Treasures of our hallways. Field crosses, boundary stones, wayside shrines, expiation crosses and much more, Roth 2016, ISBN 978-3-9815571-3-8 , p. 230
- ↑ Irmgard Prommersberger, registration list for small monuments in the district of Roth treasures of our corridors , ISBN 978-3-9815571-3-8
- ↑ Hillegeist, Hartwig - Bodendenkmäler im Wendelsteiner Raum, in: Schriftenreihe des Archivkreises, Issue No. 10, 2011, pp. 32–35
- ↑ Sperberslohe (I) at http://www.suehnekreuz.de , accessed on April 22, 2020
- ↑ First recording (1808-1864), in: BayernAtlas , accessed on April 22, 2020
Coordinates: 49 ° 20 ′ 10.9 ″ N , 11 ° 11 ′ 21 ″ E