List of crosses and wayside shrines in Aachen-Laurensberg

The list of wayside crosses and wayside shrines in Aachen-Laurensberg lists the field crosses, wayside crosses and wayside shrines with their respective personal history - as far as known - in the Laurensberg district without claiming to be exhaustive.

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Location	Dating	Description / inscription
Alte Vaalser Straße, corner of Im Mittelfeld, district Vaalserquartier ( location )50.768539 6.030107	unknown	White metal cross with body and small putti on the short base
Buchweg 2 ( location )50.765603 6.029761	1954	Wayside shrine donated by the parish of St. Konrad. The picture is a copy of a Marian painting by Luigi Crosio , based on the Madonna of Schoenstatt.
Buchweg 83, district Vaalserquartier ( location )50.761374 6.024481	before 1950	Large wooden memorial cross with a small body, gable roof and back wall. Erected before 1950 in memory of fallen pilots who crashed in the adjacent forest. The cross was damaged by vandalism in the 1980s and has been restored by neighbors.
Dal Driesschenweg, Orsbach district ( location ) 50.808713 5.981356	unknown	Red-brown metal cross with a black body, curved gable roof and curved rear wall
Dreiländerweg, district Vaalserquartier ( location )50.764656 6.035485	1959	Narrow and tall stone memorial cross made of bluestone on a square base, donated by Heinrich-Georg von Görschen (1922–1993) and Josef Krützen; The back of the cross is engraved with the year 1959 and the key from the von Goerschen family coat of arms . The cross was destroyed several times and erected again. Today's base is the former tombstone of the Wilhlem Flink family (1825–1899) and Anna Maria Flink nee. Reinkhardt (1832–1902)
Düserhofstraße 3, Orsbach district ( location )50.795426 5.99962	unknown	Small, short stone cross leaning against the wall of the courtyard, the inscription no longer exists
Düserhofstraße, corner of Kuhlweg, Orsbach district ( location )50.798726 5.9961	unknown	Narrow metal cross with a small, light-colored body
Finkenhag, Orsbach district ( location )50.803927 5.998643	unknown	Strong wooden cross without body, inscription: "le Christ souriant"
Forckenbeckstraße, district Vaalserquartier ( location )50.776379 6.049822	unknown	Rust-brown metal accident cross , stamped name: "Lutz"
Gemmenicher Weg, corner of Dreiländerweg, district of Vaalserquartier ( location )50.760162 6.032237	unknown	Strong, beam-like wooden cross with a small body, gable roof and diamond-like back wall with symbolic sun rays
Hohlweg, Orsbach district ( Lage )50.800387 6.004957	unknown	Dark metal cross with a large body. Inscription stone: "Oremus"
Karl-Friedrich-Strasse, corner of Hander Weg ( location )50.806036 6.053226	unknown	Ornate metal cross in Gothic style on a short base; small, light body in front of symbolic sun rays
Kuhlweg, Dutch border, Orsbach district ( Lage )50.7981 5.9749999	unknown	Narrow metal cross with a small body
Laurensberger Straße 78, corner of the Hufer footpath, Vetschau district ( location ) 50.81393 6.043022	unknown	Weathered stone cross on a base, without body or inscription
Laurensberger Straße 21, district Vetschau ( location )50.809693 6.044427	unknown	Narrow brown metal cross without a body on the former Wehrmacht bunker
Laurensberger Straße, Niersteiner Weg, Vetschau district ( location )50.807878 6.045171	unknown	High stone cross with rounded corners on a high, strong and stepped base made of different types of stone. Aufgestzter dark body, inscriptions: "My Jesus Mercy" and "Quo Vadis"
Laurentiusstraße, corner of Fitzberg ( location )50.801601 6.052395	unknown	High stone cross on a square high base. Metal body. Inscription: "My Jesus Mercy"
Laurentiusstraße, corner of An der Rast ( location )50.803493 6.056828	unknown	Stone cross on a high rectangular stepped base with a dark body.
Lemierser Berg district Lemiers ( location )50.792477 5.995505	1779	High wayside shrine made of basalt, erected with motifs comparable to those of the votive cross. Inscription: "Hac ne vade vis qvin dideeris ave Maria - As often as you walk the path, say hello, you Maria"
Müschpark , Soers district ( location ) 50.791167 6.081251	unknown	Brown wooden cross with body and gable roof, inscription: "INRI"
Müschpark, Soers district ( location )50.78955 6.08003	Mid 20th century	Memorial cross for two soldiers, black granite with white inscription: “This is where Güther Heimsath, Münster / Westpf., Born on October 19, 1944, died the heroic death. May 12, 1926, Hans Wild, Finsterwald, Oberbay., B. 7.7.1920 "
Neukellerweg, district Vaalserquartier ( location )50.76045 6.028529	unknown	Small brown wooden cross with body and gable roof with roof panels and curved back wall
Orsbacher Strasse, corner of Ochsenstock, Orsbach district ( location )50.800342 6.010794	2007	Dark accident cross with a yellowish body placed on a rectangular stone base. It commemorates Manfred Peters (born January 9, 1944), who had an accident here at the fork in the road on November 22, 2007.
Pannhauserweg ( location )50.800974 6.053877	unknown	Stone cross with a gold-colored body and surrounded by a curved metal frame, high square, multi-tiered base
Plateweg, Orsbach district ( location )50.810513 5.985685	unknown	Narrow, rust-colored metal cross with a body in front of symbolic rays of the sun and the inscription "INRI".
Rathausstrasse 42 ( location )50.799625 6.051637	18th or 19th century	Narrow metal cross with decorated corners without a body. It was originally owned by the medieval church of St. Maria Himmelfahrt in Jülich . It was recovered from the ruins of the city, which was completely destroyed in November 1944, and came to Aachen via detours into private hands
Rathausstrasse, corner of Pannhausstrasse 31 ( location )50.799037 6.053874	Late 19th century	Strong wooden processional cross with gable roof and large body
Rathausstrasse 45, corner of Orsbacher Strasse ( location )50.80067 6.049391	1881	Ocher-colored neo-Gothic stone cross with body, according to the translation of the inscription, donated by the landowner Edmund Feiter von Bergerhochkirchen on the occasion of the 30th wedding anniversary celebrated with his wife Maria, née Koch, in 1881
Rathausstrasse, corner of Roermonder Strasse ( location )50.797486 6.062681	unknown	Stone cross with a small multi-tiered base. Inscription: "My Jesus Mercy."
Roermonder Straße 417, corner Laurentiusstraße ( location )50.804111 6.060606	unknown	Small metal cross with a small body on a round, slender stone base
Schneebergweg, Gut Melaten ( location )50.779154 6.047412	2011	Memorial cross for Gut Melaten on behalf of the Melaten-Gesellschaft eV, donated by the Albert Heusch family and friends and sponsors. Inscription: "Erected on May 7, 2011 in memory of those buried here at the Melatenfriedhof in Aachen."
Schurzelter Straße, corner of Seffenter Berg, Seffent district ( location ) 50.789259 6.040259	unknown	Delicate ornate metal cross on a round granite base
Senserbachweg, Gut Gaßmühle, Lemiers district ( location )50.781839 6.00798	2010	Small metal cross on a granite base. Originally set up by participants in the 2010 hiking retreat on the Schneebergweg at the golf course, it had to be moved to its current location in the meantime and is now sponsored by the adjacent farm.
Senserbachweg, corner of Schneebergweg, Lemiers district ( location )50.78677 5.999848	unknown	Simple wooden cross with body and inscription: "INRI".
Steinbergweg, corner of Schneebergweg, district Kullenhof ( location )50.778851 6.038537	1990s	Large wooden cross with a light body and a decorated gable roof. This cross was destroyed by vandalism in the 1990s and the original wooden body was lost. Father Leo Disch from the St. Benediktusberg Abbey in Mamelis near Vaals made the new body. Inscription: "This cross comes from the Josephinum Monastery, the later Mariabrunn and Elisabeth Hospital. The original wooden body is dated to the year 1769".
Steppenbergallee, district Steppenberg ( location )50.768328 6.042919	1819	Accident cross made of bluestone , originally stood on a mountain path on the upper reaches of the Dorbach. Inscription: “IHS. This is where the soul of Johann King rests, who died on March 10, 1819 under a cart. Born 1783 "
Strüverweg, Soers district ( location )50.794209 6.084523	unknown	Dark wooden cross with a small body in a symbolic wreath of thorns
Vetschauer Berg, district Vetschau ( location )50.80565 6.04012	unknown	Replacement cross for a removed old wayside cross
Vetschauer Weg, corner of Karl-Friedrich-Straße, district Vetschau ( location )50.818945 6.042639	unknown	Small stone cross on a high curved base
Vetschauer Weg, corner of Laurensberger Strasse, Vetschau district ( location )50.818663 6.040552	unknown	High stone cross with a small body on a curved base