List of crossroads and wayside shrines in the Holzlar district of Bonn
The following list contains the wayside crosses, grave crosses and wayside shrines that have been identified in the area of the Bonn district of Holzlar in the Beuel district .
image | designation | location | description | inscription | construction time | Monument number |
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more pictures | Gielgenstrasse / Buschgarten map |
The stone grave cross was erected in 1738 and is now on the corner of Gielgenstrasse and Buschgarten. | [Back:] ANNO / 1738 DEN / 12 DECEMBER / DIE ER / SAME FRAV B / GERTTRUT / NOLTEN GG | 1738 | ||
more pictures | Gielgenstrasse / Am Wolfsbach map |
The wayside cross was erected in 1896 and is now in a private garden on the corner of Gielgenstrasse and Am Wolfsbach. | Erected in honor of bitter suffering & Death of our Savior Jesus Christ | 1896 | ||
more pictures | Gielgenstrasse 17 map |
The grave cross is at Gielgenstraße 17 at the end of the entrance to the back house. | ||||
more pictures | Gielgenstrasse 18 map |
The grave cross from 1740 is at Gielgenstraße 18 at a property entrance. | 1740 | |||
more pictures | Hauptstraße / Primelweg Map: current location |
The grave crosses were erected between 1658 and 1808 on the corner of Hauptstrasse and Primelweg; Today they are in the Protestant cemetery in Holzlar. | 1658-1808 | |||
more pictures | Hauptstrasse / Am Weinstock map |
The cross in the form of a grave monument is a war memorial. It stood on the corner of Hauptstrasse and Am Weinstock until about 2017 (dismantled due to residential construction). The memorial was moved to the Holzlar cemetery in 2019. | ||||
more pictures | Boomskröks | Christ-Koenig-Strasse 15 map |
The wayside cross called Boomskröks was once one of the seven (later eight) crosses of the Holzlar footfalls. It was built in 1816 on the corner of Hauptstrasse and Mühlenweg. The cross was repositioned several times and last stood on the corner of Heideweg and Hauptstraße, where it was badly destroyed in a traffic accident. The remains were recovered by the Holzlar bachelors and given to the church. | 1816 | A 3230 | |
more pictures | Globe cross | Müldorfer Straße / Holzlarer Bach map | Globe cross (wooden cross by Wilhelm Zinzius), Müldorfer Straße / Mühlenbach, inaugurated November 27, 1994, replacement for the no longer existing footfall cross "op de burbank" (its location was at the corner of Müldorfer Straße / Finkenweg). | Lord strengthen in us the willingness to be there for one another / Holzlar 1994 | 1994 | |
more pictures | Et Licherz Kröks | Hauptstraße / Paul-Langen-Straße map |
The wayside cross called Et Licherz Kröks was once one of the seven (later eight) crosses of the Holzlar footfalls. The first cross with this name was erected in 1600. Today's cross from 1930 is on the corner of Hauptstrasse and Paul-Langen-Strasse, on Siebenwegekreuz-Platz, donated by Pastor Heinrich Marten on the occasion of his 50th anniversary as a priest. | CHRIST OUR PEACE Et Licherz Kröks Holzlarer Fußfälle 1600-1930-1981 | 1600 | |
Noah's Ark Cross | Paul-Langen-Strasse 7 map | Wooden cross, Noah's Ark Cross (Wilhelm Zinzius), inaugurated September 18, 1994 on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of Holzlar, replacement for the no longer existing foot drop cross "Et Petesch-kröks" | Let us handle everything that you have entrusted to us with care / 600 years of Holzlar 1994 | 1994 | ||
more pictures | Paul-Langen-Cross | Paul-Langen-Strasse / Am Weinstock map |
Wilhelm Zinzius's wooden wayside cross stands at the corner of Paul-Langen-Strasse and Am Weinstock, donated by Hiltigund Langen in memory of her father Paul Langen, a teacher in Holzlar, arrested by the Gestapo on December 17, 1943, and on March 16, 1945 died in Siegburg prison. Replacement for the foot drop cross "Et Härlings-kröks" that was lost at the end of the 19th century. | NONE MAKES THIS WORLD I FREW | ||
more pictures | Oikumene Cross | Holzlarer Strasse / Paul-Langen-Strasse map |
Wilhelm Zinzius's wooden wayside cross is on the corner of Paul-Langen-Strasse and Holzlarer Strasse. Replacement for the no longer existing base cross "Et rude kröks'che" | OIKUMENE / Let us be on our way to you all our lives; Christians in Holzlar in 1994 | 1994 | |
more pictures | Et kröks op dem Konrads Gaden | Paul-Langen-Straße / Primelweg map |
The wooden wayside cross (one of the seven footfall crosses) built in 1722 stands today at the corner of Paul-Langen-Straße and Primelweg. It was renewed in 1961. | TEMPORARILY, O LORD JESVS CHRIST, DID DV AM CREVZ, IS VNS SVENDERN MERCY AMEN ANNO 1722; Ernevert 1961 | 1722/1961 | |
more pictures | Et kröks op dem Halfesgaden | Heideweg / Paul-Langen-Straße map |
The wayside cross (eighth, additional footfall cross), a former grave cross, was erected after 1736 in the second half of the 18th century and is now on Paul-Langen-Straße and Heideweg. Reconstruction of the unrestorable cross damaged by a traffic accident by Markus Sandner, rebuilt in July 2017 | 1733 WILHELM BECKER 1736 GIRDRAVT PVSCH BEEN ELEVT A M G Z EHRE GIRDRAVT SCHMITZ WTM R 1842 THE 21st ABRIL | 1733/1736/2017 | A 3144 |
more pictures | Roleberstrasse / Giersbergstrasse map |
The wayside cross was erected in 1914 and is now on the corner of Roleberstrasse and Giersbergstrasse. The cross in the form of a grave monument was erected as a war memorial. | Erected in honor of the bitter suffering and death of our Lord Jesus Christ in the village of Roleber in 1914 | 1914 | ||
Roleberstrasse 25 map |
Iron wayside cross, restored in 2002 by Werner Wierich, former location at Roleberstrasse 47. | |||||
more pictures | Roleberstrasse 5a map |
The wayside cross was erected in the 18th century and is today in front of the house at Roleberstrasse 5. | 18th century | A 3868 | ||
more pictures | Siebengebirgsstraße and Ungartenstraße map |
The grave cross now stands next to the mourning hall of the cemetery. It was originally in the cemetery in Stieldorf. |
Web links
Commons : Road crosses and grave crosses in the Holzlar district of Bonn - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Commitment of the Citizens' Association - Memorial now hangs on the Holzlarer Friedhof In: General-Anzeiger , April 25, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
Wayside shrines and wayside crosses in the city of Bonn , (second updated edition March 1989)
wayside crosses and wayside shrines in the area of the city of Beuel , (1968 edition)
Monument and History Association Bonn - wayside crosses . Website of the Monument and History Association Bonn rrh . Retrieved on August 25, 2017.
Heinrich Marten: The Holzlarer and Kohlkauler footfalls . Schmitt, Siegburg 1956 (35 pages).