List of small monuments in Weißkirchen in Steiermark
The list of small monuments in Weißkirchen shows the small monuments with religious reference (Marterl, wayside chapels and wayside crosses) of the community Weißkirchen in the Styrian district of Murtal .
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St. Anthony's Cross |
Judenburgerstrasse, in front of the sports field location |
The Antoniuskreuz is on Judenburgerstrasse outside the sports field. The time when this old cross was erected can no longer be determined. In the eighties a renovation took place, the Antonius fresco comes from the artist Rudolf Kotnik from Marburg.
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Nepomuk statue |
Hauptplatz 1 location |
Owner: the Gratzl family.
Stands in a niche in the house at Hauptplatz 1. In the past, Johannes Nepomuk, also known as the “bridge saint”, stood in the garden of this house near the bridge over the Penkenbach. The Penkenbach flowed openly through the market until it was covered (where the main square of Weißkirchen is today) in 1950 and caused numerous flood disasters to the residents.
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Perfler wayside shrine |
Webereistraße 8 location |
Owner: Family Perfler
The so-called "Turkish cross" is at the vlg. Kreuzbauer (Perfler). It certainly dates from the Turkish era and marks the point where the old sandy path to the Weitmühle (today Kufner textile factory) branches off from Obdacherstraße.
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Cross on the sports field |
Judenburgerstrasse location |
There are no documents about this simple wayside cross that stands on Judenburgerstrasse in front of the Weißkirchen sports field. It was last renovated in 1990 by the market town of Weißkirchen.
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Cell cross |
Exit Weißkirchen, Zellerkreuzstrasse location |
The Zellerkreuz stands at the exit of Weißkirchen in the direction of Gaberl under a 600 year old linden tree, which is a natural monument. The cross itself, which is actually called the “Mariazeller Cross” and was the starting point for the pilgrimages of the people of Weißkirchen to Mariazell for centuries, is likely to be around 400 to 500 years old. In 1989 a thorough renovation took place. The three stone sculptures (Zellermutter, St. Elisabeth and St. Walpurga) were made by the academic sculptor Alfred Schlosser .
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Wintersberger Tomb ObjectID : 90767 |
Judenburgerstrasse location |
The cemetery chapel, the Wintersberger tomb, stands prominently on the western front of the front Weißkirchen cemetery. She is the St. Aloisius and is used as a priest burial place.
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Wayside shrine cemetery |
Judenburgerstrasse location |
Wayside shrine at the cemetery. At that point in the rear, newer part of the cemetery stands this wayside shrine, which was erected in the seventies in place of the old, large cemetery cross.
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Maxlan cross |
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It originally stood at the end of the Way of the Cross from Weißkirchen to Maxlan near the church there. It was installed under Pastor Jakob Krasser (1956–1965) on the north side of the Weisskirchen old church.
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Franziskuskreuz im Pfarrhof ObjectID : 57817 |
Zeltwegerstraße 5 location |
Erected in 1985 by the academic sculptor Alfred Schlosser , who also created many graves and the local cemetery. It is in the garden of the Weißkirchen rectory.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Texts and images from: The small world of faith, signs of faith in the Obdach and Weißkirchen region . By Josef Steinberger and Gerhard Freiaßner