List of stone crosses and cross stones in the Elbe-Elster district

The list contains the stone crosses and cross stones in the Elbe-Elster district .

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The column names are self-explanatory. Dimensions are given in centimeters.

Stone crosses and cross stones

place	location	Art	shape	material	Alignment	height	width	Strength	Remarks	image
Arenzhain	in the northern part of the village; west of the road to Trebbus	Stone cross	Head and arms tapered towards the center	Sandstone	East-Northeast-West-Southwest	90	76	27	Arms resting on the floor; in memory of famine or plague
Boragk	on the eastern side of the fork in the road between Boragk and Altenau	Stone cross	Head tapered towards the middle, arms of equal length	gray sandstone	North-North-West-South-Southeast	63	70	30th	engraved year 1806 1955 moved to times of hunger a wandering beggar was killed and eaten here
Brottewitz	at the western exit of the village; across from an inn	Stone cross		gray sandstone		126	92	28	was eliminated in 1970 when the parking lot was cleaned up; newly erected copy not far from the transformer house
Burxdorf	at the north exit of the village, at the road junction to Mühlberg / Elbe	Stone cross	Head worn, straight shaft, arms on the underside tapered to the intersection, rounded	gray sandstone	West-Northwest-East-Southeast	55	68	20th
Elsterwerda	Location South of the village, on the road toPrösen		Head and southern arm visible, northern arm broken off, oval hole at the level of the upper arm base	gray sandstone	North-North-West-South-Southeast	57	62	23	Gotenkreuz von Elsterwerda Murder of a traveler by Postillon
Finsterwalde	on the south wall of St. Katharinenkirche in Nehesdorf	Stone cross	Shaft tapers towards the top, head and arms equally wide	granite	West East	114	76	19th
Friedersdorf	In the village at the fork in the road Brenitz - Zeckerin	Stone cross	Head, arms and shaft tapered towards the center	gray sandstone	North South	145	87	36	ten pans on the top of the old location in the forest at the Herzberg - Sonnewalde intersection
Gorden	in the village, south of the village street	Stone cross	Head and shaft tapering towards the middle, arms sloping slightly	gray sandstone	North South	112	79	30th	Date of implementation 1885 March 22nd engraved in the head several legends, including that the owner of the village Hans von Limpach was slain by the farmers or Gordender women killed the lords of Liebenwerda castle with flax strands
Great	in the corner between the road to Hirschfeld and the road to Plessa	Stone cross	Head, arms and shaft tapered towards the center	Quartzitic sandstone	North East South West	92	56	27	Cup on head, original location unknown
Kauxdorf	at the northern exit of the village, on the road to Bönitz	Stone cross	Head, arms and shaft tapered towards the center	Gray sandstone with hardened iron	North-North-West-South-Southeast	122	55	25th	West side with indistinct incisions
Crawling	at the exit to Riesa	Cross stone	Stone slab with a raised cross, arms tapered towards the intersection	gray sandstone		106	97	without
Martinskirchen	at the northern exit of the village in front of the war memorial	Stone cross	Head, arms and shaft tapered towards the center	gray sandstone	Northwest-Southeast	143	96	24	on the south-west side E. Thomas engraved on the head and south-east arm cup, presumably old location at the border ditch, later used as a bridge over the Kirchsteig, excavated in 1934 and placed on the site
Possibility	in the village, south of the street Bad Liebenwerda - Mühlberg / Elbe	Stone cross	Head tapered to the intersection, north-northeast arm missing	Sandstone	South-southwest-north-northeast	43	60	18th
Possibility	in the village, south of the Bad Liebenwerda - Mühlberg / Elbe road at the junction to Oschätze	Stone cross	Head and arms tapered towards the center	Sandstone	North South	46	59	21st
Münchhausen-Ossak	southwest of the place	Stone cross	Head, arms and shaft tapered towards the center	Red granite	North East South West	78	47	15th	northern arm is missing
Pahlsdorf	in place, western part of the Angers	Cross stone	Elongated boulder, loaf-shaped, incised cross, head and arms tapered towards the center, long shaft	Granite porphyry	East West	66	32	7.5	A sword is carved under the right cross arm. Old locations at the village pond and at the Mühlgraben. Swedish officer is said to have been slain in the Thirty Years War
Prießen	east of the former manor house	Stone cross	Stump and arms severed	gray sandstone	Northwest-Southeast	88	28 38	30th
Saxdorf	in place next to the church	Stone cross	Head, arms and shaft tapered towards the center	Sandstone	North-North-West-South-Southeast	75	87	20th	Original location in a clay pit on the Saxdorf- Kauxdorf road
Saxdorf	on the Saxdorf- Koßdorf road	Stone cross		Sandstone		48	34	26th	only a fragment of the head has survived, in the Bad Liebenwerda museum
Schönewalde	in the village, south of the village ditch	Stone cross	Head and shaft slightly tapered to the intersection	Sandstone	Northwest-Southeast	104	105	28	old locations at the church and north of the village moat
Sonnewalde	southern of the place; east of the road to Finsterwalde	Cross stone	Front flattened, back rounded , Latin cross of the same width, crossbar 21, height 35, width 7	Granite (boulder)	North South	without	42	without	to the right of the cross is a dagger or saber
Stechau	north of the village, on the eastern edge of the manor park	Stone cross	Head, arms and shaft tapered towards the center	granite	Northwest-Southeast	118	67	21 38	original location on the estate
Wahrenbrück	at the mill	Stone cross	Arms and shaft tapered to the intersection, fragments of head and northern arm are missing	Sandstone	North-North-West-South-Southeast	65	46	40

literature

• Dietrich Neuber, Günter Wetzel Stone crosses Cross stones inventory of the Cottbus district . Cottbus. 1982