List of crosses and wayside shrines in Aachen-Richterich
The list of wayside crosses and wayside shrines in Aachen-Richterich lists the field crosses, wayside crosses and wayside shrines with their respective personal history - as far as known - in the Richterich district without claiming to be exhaustive.
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Location | Dating | Description / inscription | image |
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Alter Heerler Weg, corner of Bocholtzer Weg / Laurensberger Strasse, district of Horbach ( location ) |
unknown | High stone cross with a small body on a multi-tiered base. Inscription: "There is salvation in the cross." | |
Banker Feldstrasse 2, corner of Horbacher Strasse ( location ) |
unknown | Stone cross on a square base. Blackboard inscription: "The sowing and harvesting should not stop" | |
Banker Feldstrasse 161, corner of Uersfeld, Uersfeld district ( location ) |
unknown | Small two-tone metal cross with a brown body on a granite base . Inscription: “Praise be to Jesus Christ. Forever Amen " | |
Bocholtzer Weg, corner of Avantisgelände , district of Horbach ( location ) |
unknown | Red metal cross with curved feet, with large white body, right on the landmark to Netherlands positioned | |
Bückenhofer Weg, district of Horbach ( location ) |
unknown | Granite cross with a small, dark body on a high base, inscription plate without inscription | |
Forsterheider Strasse, corner of Geuchter Weg, Forsterheide district ( location ) |
1898 | Memorial cross in memory of the Niessen couple, 1898 (inscription not completely legible) | |
Geuchter Feldweg 75, Forsterheide district ( Lage ) |
unknown | Dark wooden cross with a light body | |
Heyder Feldweg, district of Horbach ( location ) |
unknown | Stone cross without body and inscription | |
Horbacher Strasse ( location ) |
unknown | Round arched wayside shrine made of bricks with a figure of Mary and baby Jesus | |
Horbacher Straße 236, corner of Forsterheider Straße, Forsterheide district ( location ) |
1957 | Black granite cross with a light body on a black base, placed on a sandstone base, accessible via a five-step stone staircase made of natural stone. Inscription: "Christ vincit, Christ regnat, Christ imperat" | |
Horbacher Straße 368, corner of Fronrather Weg, district of Horbach ( location ) |
1954 | Red-brown stone cross with black body on a square high base. Inscription: "Erected in the Marian year 1954" and "My Jesus Mercy" | |
Lehnsherrenweg, corner of Bremenberg, district of Horbach ( location ) |
unknown | Stone cross with a small dark body on a high granite base. | |
Roermonder Strasse 506 ( location ) |
1818 | Yellowish accident cross, cross and inscription weathered. The external board text: “The inscription on the cross says that on August 18, 1818, Mr. Lambert Bragard von Membach had an accident here under a cart. Mr. Bragard came from Membach in the province of Liège and had gone to Aachen with his father and a load of wool and fabrics. On the way back, coal was then transported from a mine in Kohlscheid to Membach. The cross used to stand at a moat on the side of the road in front of the family house built in 1931, Roermonder Straße No. 508. " | |
Uersfeld 2, district of Uersfeld ( location ) |
1862 | Narrow metal cross with a small body on a high base in front of the Groß-Uersfeld estate . Inscription: "GH1862" | |
Vetschauer Weg, corner of Gierstraße ( location ) |
unknown | Stone cross on a square high base. No inscription recognizable |
Web links
Commons : Wayside crosses in Richterich - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Map of the way crosses Horbach / Hörn / Laurensberg / Richterich , selection on cross-chaching from St. Peter