List of crossroads and wayside shrines in the Vilich district of Bonn

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The following list contains the crosses, grave crosses and wayside shrines that have been identified in the Bonn district of Vilich in the Beuel district .

image designation location description inscription construction time Monument number
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Adelheidisstrasse 8
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The 241 grave crosses are free-standing in front of or permanently installed in the Vilich cemetery wall. They date from 1590 and 1789. It is probably one of the largest collections in Germany.
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Adelheidisstrasse 8
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The trachyte cross is the main cross on the Vilich cemetery. 1858
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Mayor's cross or aldermen's cross Käsbergstrasse / Adelheidisstrasse
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The wayside cross was erected in 1663 and is now located on the corner of Adelheidisstrasse and Käsbergstrasse. The cross is known as the Schöffen or Schultheißenkruz (Scholtes = Schultheiss). GERHARD ADOLPH SCHEVATES SCHOLTES DEDERCH IACOBS BRAMERHALFEN JOANES BERGER CLEMENS REICHARTS ALL SCHOLTES OF THE COURT VILICH THE 21st MARTII ANNO 1663 1663 A 1971
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Adelheidisstrasse 8
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The wayside cross was erected in 1714 and is today at Adelheidisstraße 8 (St. Peter's Abbey Church). The cross used to stand on the property of the mayor a. D. Dr. Schmidt-Bleibtreu on Schillerstrasse. Above the niche (without shell) the date of foundation: ANNO 1714 OCTOBER 18. On the base: PETRVS - SCHEVASTES - DOMINY - ET - COLLEGY - HVIVS - VILICENSIS - PRAETOR - ET - CELLERARIVS - ET - MARIA - MAGDALENA - HECKERS - CONIVGES - ME - POSVERVNT; Translation: Peter Schevastes, mayor of the Vilich rule as well as treasurer of the Vilich monastery and Maria Magdalena Heckers, married couple, erected me in 1714 on October 18th 1741 A 833
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Adelheidisstrasse
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The Heiligenhäuschen is located on the corner of Adelheidisstraße and Am Mühlenberg. A saint's house has been located here since 1719, it was probably the 4th blessing station of the Sacred Heart procession from Vilich to Schwarz-Rheindorf. A 2067
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Plague cross Adelheidisstrasse 3
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The so-called plague cross from 1666 is now on the courtyard wall of the Mayor Stroof House . It originally comes from the cemetery in Küdinghoven and was recovered in 1950/1955 from the Küdinghoven dump below the Sonnenberg. ANNO 1666 DECEMBER 17 GERTRVD KEVFERS DIED 1666
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Pentecost cross At the Burgpark
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The wayside cross was erected in 1885 and is now located on the corner of Am Burgpark street and the connecting path to Schillerstraße. The cross called the Pentecost Cross used to stand on the grounds of the mayor a. D. Dr. Schmidt-Bleibtreu on Schillerstrasse. The original cross was destroyed by shelling during World War II. In the base: In memory of Gabriel Clemens Maria Pfingsten and the deceased of his family Erected in 1885; In the pedestal: O, flee in all your pains to Jesus' deeply pierced heart and in every happiness only flee back to his heart; In the earth plate: Aug. Dübbers, Bonn 1885 A 835
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Pfaffenpfädchenskreuz Gartenstrasse / Gerhardstrasse
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The wayside cross was erected in 1662 and is now located on the corner of Gartenstrasse and Gerhardstrasse. The cross used to stand on the so-called Pfaffenpfädchen and is therefore also called Pfaffenpfädchenskreuz. In the cross base: PW (Steinmetz initials); WIMARVS LVCAS STIFTSOPFERMAN ZV VIELICH VND MARGARETA VOLENPERGS EHLEVT HAPEN DISS CREVTZ ZVR HONOR GOD'S ACHIEVEMENT ANO 1662 NOVEMPR 1662 A 1912
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Gerhardstrasse / Michael-Piel-Strasse
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The Heiligenhäuschen was built by Siedlerring Neu Vilich in 1997 and is located on the corner of Gerhard- and Michael-Piel-Straße. Siedlerring Neu Vilich 1997
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Stiftsstraße / Am Ledenhof
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The wayside cross was built in 1638 and is now located on the corner of Stiftsstraße and Am Ledenhof. The cross is the oldest in the Beuel district. The inscription is handed down from 1931 because it has been completely destroyed by the weather in the meantime. ANNO (1638) APRIL 20 (HAT) HERMAN AMBERG VND HIS HAVSFRAW SET UP BY BEEL DIS CREVTS AVFGERICHT ZV DER EREN GOTTES 1638 A 1914
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Virgin Cross Stiftsstrasse 16
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The wayside cross was built in 1662 and is now located at Stiftsstrasse 16, next to the monastery business entrance. The Jungfernkreuz was moved to its current location in 1936, until then it was on the corner of Adelheidis and Schultheissstrasse. At this point in time the inscription, which has now completely disappeared, was only partially preserved. "noble and worldly ... and Hochheitt Vilich Abtissima and Mistress Crutz in honor of ano 1662" 1662 A 2021
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Schillerstraße / connecting route Schultheissstraße
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The wayside cross was erected in 1692 and is now located in Schillerstraße on the connecting path to Schultheissstraße. JOHANNES THEODORVS SCHEVASTES CANONICVS IN VILICH ME POSVIT ANNO 1692 APRIL 22nd (Johannes Theodor Schevastes, Canonicus in Vilich, erected me in 1692, April 22nd.) 1692 A 1888
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Schillerstrasse
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The wayside cross called Pastorskreuz was erected in 1679 and is now located in Schillerstraße at Wendehammer. JOHANNES VNCK ELBACH - PASTOR ET CANONICVS IN VYLICH ME POSVIT AO 1679 (Johannes Unckelbach, Pastor and Canonicus in Vilich, established me in 1679) 1679 A 1978

Web links

Commons : Road crosses and grave crosses in the Bonn district of Vilich  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : wayside shrines in the Bonn district of Beuel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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 August 25, 2017.