Poppenbeck Cross
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The Poppenbeck Cross is a richly decorated, late Gothic stone cross from the late 15th century in the Poppenbeck peasantry near Havixbeck , Coesfeld district , in the Münsterland . It commemorates the death of the knight Swer (also called Sweder or Assuerus) von Bevern from the Havixbeck family .
description
The shaft cross made of Baumberger sandstone , around 4.30 meters high, is located a few meters off the road 581 from Havixbeck to Billerbeck . It is located on an old Via Regia (Königstrasse) that came from Coesfeld via Billerbeck and Havixbeck to Münster . It stands on a two-part stone base on which the now heavily weathered inscription
Antoni roof is alhier
walking Dodes Deceased
Swer Beveren
here
a sudden death on St. Anthony's
Day in 1487 ")
is to be read. The years 1734, 1853 and 1937 engraved in the base, some with the addition “Renovatum”, refer to renovations or renewals of the cross. A year 1563, which was also previously determined with a stonemason's mark, can no longer be identified today. An octagonal shaft rises above the base, which merges into the cross beams at the top, which in turn terminate in three leaves. In the diamond-shaped niche made up of cross arms and shaft, on one side of the cross is the weathered figure of St. James , patron saint of hikers, with his attributes of a shell on his hat, pilgrim's bottle and bag. A little deeper, on the upper shaft, the figure of a knight kneeling on a console can be seen on both sides, presumably representing Swer von Bevern. Underneath each a shield with a coat of arms, of which the east side shows three lions, the west side two zigzag bars. Both are attributed to the von Bevern family. The cross is surrounded by a galvanized metal mesh fence with an entrance gate on the west side.
history
According to tradition (inscription!), The cross is at the point where the knight Swer von Bevern is said to have died in 1487 on his way back from a Turkish campaign within sight of his residence, Haus Havixbeck . He had been badly wounded during the fighting alongside the emperor, had prayed for victory for the Christians and implored God to be allowed to see his homeland again. Around 1450 he had become lord of Haus Havixbeck through his marriage to Crissella von Schonebeck. In 1601, Haus Havixbeck came into the possession of the von Twickel family when Ermgard von Bevern brought it as a dowry to the marriage with Rudolph von Twickel. The von Twickel family, who still own the house, are responsible for the preservation of the cross to this day.
In contrast to many other land monuments, the Poppenbeck Cross has survived the turmoil of the Anabaptist movement , the wars of religion and the iconoclasm in its more than five hundred year history , as it was accepted as a place of worship as a cross without a corpus by all denominations.
The Poppenbeck cross is registered as a monument under number 20 in the Havixbeck list of monuments. It can be seen in stylized form on the logo of the friends' association of the Baumberger Sandstone Museum in Havixbeck .
Web links and sources
Individual evidence
- ↑ day of St. Anthony , January 17th
- ↑ Cf. Warendorfer Wegebilder and Hofkreuze: Historischer Blick
- ↑ See Walter Suwelack: Parish Letter St. Magnus Everswinkel / St. Agatha Alverskirchen 1-2012. (pdf) Focus on wayside crosses. January 2012, p. 11 , accessed September 17, 2014 .
- ↑ See the website of the Baumberger Sandstein Museum eV association
Coordinates: 51 ° 58 ′ 40.7 ″ N , 7 ° 23 ′ 24.5 ″ E