List of wayside shrines in Neudenau

The wayside shrines in Neudenau in the Heilbronn district in northern Baden-Württemberg date from the 16th to 19th centuries and are located in and around the town. Several of the wayside shrines were reworked in 1883 by the Neudenau sculptor Debolt.

Wayside shrines

Location	Dating	height	description
Won Obere Au (Gartenstrasse 14)	undated, end of the 16th century	1.45 m	Weathered bas-relief of a crucifixion group on a square stone post with broken edges. Without characters.
Won brick house (Bergstrasse)	1631	2.45 m	Bas-relief of a crucifixion group in a Gothic-looking shield on a shaft that tapers upwards and is embedded in a flat, broad stone base. Inscription on the edge of the shield: THROUGH YOUR HOLY CREUTZ HAVE MERCY VNSER O HERR 1631 LUDWIG H [...] .
Northern exit (to the Jewish cemetery)	1670	2.60 m	Square stone post with broken edges and a protruding picture house, in which the crucifixion group was formerly colored as a bas-relief. Founder initials: TM .
In the local area on the road (across from the pharmacy)	1697	2.80 m	Deep niche with a Gothic donkey's back crowned by a baroque cross, held by a rectangular post on a raised base. In the picture niche there was originally a stone pieta, which is kept in the museum and has been replaced by a Madonna and Child in clay. Inscription on the base : HANS RAHM AND MAX OCHS 1697 .
Road to Waldmühlbach	1710	2.80 m	Baroque picture shield with a bas-relief crucifixion group on a bulbous round column with a simple capital. Initials in the picture plate: IVW 1710 , presumed donor: Johann Valentin Welk.
Won Unteres Büchel (near Hohen Baum)	1740	2.25 m	Square shaft, tapering towards the top, dated 1740, with a neo-Gothic top (high relief with crucifixion group) by the Neudenau sculptor Debolt from 1883.
At the brook path	1760	2.30 m	Slender shaft with a raised base, on it a roof-shaped beveled picture house with a deep niche, inside a wooden pieta. Base with initials 1760 RP A younger tin plate with a pompous prayer text is attached to the shaft.
On the Holzsteige (mountain road, playground)	1764	2.95 m	Slender, square shaft with a high and wide base, on top of which is a baroque picture house with a deep niche, inside a clay pietà behind an iron grating. Base with the inscription TO HONOR GOT VND HIS SAINTS HAT FRANTZ HARTMAN VUND SEINE HAVSFRAV ANA MARIA DISEN BILTSTOT AVFRIGTEN LASE 1754 in oval.
In the local area at the Lindenstaffel	1791	2.40 m	Round-bellied shaft on a high and wide base with the inscription THIS BILTSTOCK HAS BEEN ERECTED BY GEMEINE GUTDER in 1791. EBK in a late baroque leaf wreath . The original panel is missing and has been replaced by a crucifixion group by the Neudenau sculptor Debolt from 1883.
At the Gangolf Chapel	1794	2.80 m	Baroque bulbous plinth with the inscription IOHAN GEORIG NENINGER GUTDER 1794. AB. , then a shaft that tapers towards the top and ends with a capital. Baroque panel without relief, which was already variously painted.
Church relay in the suburbs	undated	2.70 m	Rectangular shaft on a low base, on it a baroque picture house with a deep niche, crowned by a very large stone cross with the inscription PRAISE JESUS CHRIST , renovated in 1901.
On the way to the Gangolf chapel	1840	0.60 m (base)	Wide base with inscription: In honor of the Mother of God this portrait was erected by Ehrsam Franziska Ochs von Neudenau in 1840 . Original structure is missing, replaced in 1883 by an octagonal column and statue of the Virgin Mary by the Neudenau sculptor Debolt.

literature

Heiner Heimberger: The wayside shrines from Neudenau an der Jagst . In: Neudenauer traditions . Heimatverein Neudenau, Neudenau 1979

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Wayside shrines in Neudenau also include some of those still missing here