List of crossroads and wayside shrines in Aachen-Mitte

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

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Location	Dating	Description / inscription	image
Altstraße, district Aachen-Forst ( location )	1863	Cholera cross with body, metal on a stone foundation; Memory of the Aachen cholera epidemics in Aachen and Burtscheid in 1831/32, 1849 and 1866, donated by the August Sträter family
Eberburgweg ( location )	unknown	Stone cross with corpus on a high base in private property. Former cemetery cross
Eselsweg, district Lintert ( location )	2008	Stone cross as a court cross , donated by Hildegard and Willy Plum; Blackboard inscription: “Show us the way that will bring us to our goal. 2008. Hildegard & Willy Plum "
Eupener Strasse ( location )	19th century	Memorial cross , granite, inscription: “On July 4, 1859, Kaspar Josef Bosch died here at the age of 39. Pray for the soul. "
Eupener Strasse, corner of Heidweg ( location )	unknown	Ornate metal cross with a curved roof arch, set up in a wrought iron fence
Grauenhofer Weg, Hitfeld district ( location )	unknown	Basalt cross , in the center gold-colored applied the symbol heart with anchor and cross for "Faith - Love - Hope"
Hasselholzerweg ( location )	unknown	Metal cross on a stone base with a small body; Inscription: "Your death is our life."
Hitfelder Straße, Hitfeld district ( location )	unknown	Richly decorated metal cross on a stone base with a small body. Inscription: “O all of you who pass by: Pay attention on the road and see whether a pain is equal to my pain. (Klgl 1,12) “- sixth pain of the seven sorrows of Mary
Hörnhang, district Hörn ( location )	unknown	Wayside shrine with a brick gable roof with the figure of St. Sebastian, the parish patron of St. Sebastian on the Horn.
Im Brockenfeld, corner of Maria-Theresia-Allee ( location )	unknown	Dark wooden cross with a large body
Jakobsplatz ( location )	1893	Romanizing representation of the Calvary from the sculptor workshop Wilhelm Pohl and Carl Esser . First stop on the North Rhine Way of St. James No. 1 from Aachen Cathedral to Santiago de Compostela . Monument protection .
Karlshöher Hochweg, Aachen Forest ( location )	unknown	Heavily weathered basalt cross with applied horseshoe motif at the intersection
Karlshöher Talweg, Preusweg car park, Aachener Wald ( location )	unknown	Pilgrimage and St. James' Way to the pilgrimage site of Moresnet-Chapelle ; Large wooden cross with a large body as well as a gable roof and curved back wall. Inscription on the base: "quo vadis"
Körnerstraße, corner of Lütticher Straße ( location )	17th century	Mordkreuz , not on the original site, was moved to the wall of the Jewish cemetery when the road was expanded . Inscription currently illegible, according to the tradition of the Aachen History Association (German translation): “Pray to God for the soul of the honorable Mr. David Henri Legrand, who was murdered here in 1679 on October 29th. May he rest in peace, Amen. "
Krämerstrasse am Granusturm ( location )	Original 1754; Duplicate, 20th century	The originally baroque cross was donated by the mayor's servant Johannes Janssen († 1780) and had to be exchanged for a younger cross in the Gothic style.
Kreuzerdriesch, Hitfeld district ( location )	unknown	Small wooden cross with body and gable roof; attached to the tree
Kreuzerdriesch, Hitfeld district ( location )	unknown	Basalt cross, inscription illegible
Kronenberg, corner of Gemmenicher Weg, district Hanbruch ( location )	unknown	Metal cross on a round red metal base with a red body
Lindenplatz ( location )	unknown	Large station cross on a raised stone base with a life-size body; to the side figures of Mary and Joseph on a small stone base. The whole arrangement on a wide granite base as well as with a rear wall and curved roof porch also made of stone. Crucifixion group for protection against vandalism under glass.
Lintertweg, district Lintert ( location )	1977	Wooden pilgrim cross with a small body in front of the St. Joseph Chapel. Inscription: “MCMLXXXVII In memory of the pilgrims of the parish St. Katharina zu Aachen to the grave of St. Matthias in Trier. 1977 "
Moresneter Weg, corner of Karlshöher Hochweg, Aachener Wald ( location )	unknown	Pilgrimage and St. James' Way to the pilgrimage site of Moresnet-Chapelle ; Red wooden cross with a light gable roof; small cross with a small body placed on the intersection of the main cross
Moresneter Weg, north of the Siegfried Line , Aachen Forest ( location )	1958	Pilgrimage and St. James' Way to the pilgrimage site of Moresnet-Chapelle; Wooden cross as well as gable roof and back wall. Small cross with a small body placed on the intersection of the main cross. Inscription: “My Jesus Mercy, Mary prayed for our dead, for all the fallen and dying. In the name of the Aachen pilgrims 1958 "
Moresneter Weg, Westwall, Aachen Forest ( location )	2015	Pilgrimage and St. James' Way to the pilgrimage site of Moresnet-Chapelle; Narrow wooden memorial cross with a small body as well as gable roof and back wall. Inscription: "In gratitude for 70 years of peace in Europe 1945 - 2015. Since 1863 people from Aachen and the surrounding area have made a pilgrimage to Moresnet every Wednesday to the Mother of God, the" Christian helper ", only interrupted by the two world wars."
Moresneter Weg, Belgian border , Aachen forest ( location )	1969	Pilgrimage and St. James' Way to the pilgrimage site of Moresnet-Chapelle; Rounded stone cross , two-tone, on a stepped base. Small cross with a small body placed on the intersection of the main cross. Inscription: “My Jesus Mercy. Donated by the Aachen pilgrims in 1969 "
Muffeter Weg ( location )	unknown	Gothic stone column made of bricks with built-in cross niche
North of the Brückchenweg car park, Aachen Forest , ( location )	unknown	Stone Murder Cross with Engraving; According to popular tradition, Laura Klinkenberg fell victim to an emergency breeding crime. However, 22 years later, her killer confessed to the act as robbery in a Dutch prison. Inscription: "Pray for the soul of Laura Klinkenberg from Walhorn, 16 years old who was found murdered here on May 14th, 2008"
Pommerotterweg, corner of Eupener Straße ( location )	unknown	Wooden cross with a gable roof. Inscription: "Jesus lives."
Revierweg, near "Seven Ways", Aachen Forest , ( location )	unknown	Murder cross , stone with engraving: Inscription: “My Jesus Mercy - Pray for the soul of Johann Greber who was murdered here. Born November 4, 1882, died April 21, 1922 "
Ronheider Berg, corner of Lütticher Straße ( location )	unknown	Slim metal cross without body
I. Rote-Haag-Weg ( location )	unknown	Wooden cross with body and gable roof
Seal, forest behind the forester's house ( location )	unknown	Wooden cross without body with gable roof
Trierer Strasse ( location )	unknown	Narrow, dark metal cross with a white body on a stone base. Inscription: "JHS"
Weißhausstraße, corner of Eupener Straße ( location )	unknown	Wooden cross with body and gable roof
Wirichsbongardstrasse ( location )	1989	Crucifixion group Henger Herrjotts Fott . Reproduction by Bonifatius Stirnberg of a first version from 1897, removed in 1941, which in turn replaced an old mission cross from 1792.
Zeise 1 district of Burtscheid ( location )	unknown	Memorial cross made of a wooden cross with a gable roof on a rectangular granite base. Life-size brown glazed body. Inscription: “Lord we remember all dead, especially our bomb victims 1939-1945; BGV 1876 "

Web links

Commons : Wayside crosses in Aachen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Crosses - hallmarks of a traditional Catholic landscape , online contribution by the Aachen History Association
• God will find along the way in. Kirchenzeitung No 13/2020 of 24 March 2020
• Map of the way crosses Horbach / Hörn / Laurensberg / Richterich , selection on cross-chaching from St. Peter

Proof of payment

1. ↑ Extract from the list of small monuments of the city of Aachen (pdf)