Prunner Cross

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Prunner Cross

The Prunner Cross is a niche chapel built in 1692 on the Zollfeld , Carinthia . Several Roman stones from the Roman provincial capital Virunum , on the northern edge of which the chapel stands, were walled in by the builder, Johann Dominikus Prunner , and thus preserved for posterity. Until the excavation and conservation of the amphitheater in the 1990s, the Prunner Cross was the only visible sign of the city of Virunum.

Location and interior

The chapel is located not far from the village of Zollfeld, around 200 m east of the main road. It is a niche chapel and was built in 1692 by Johann Dominikus Prunner. Prunner was secretary of the Carinthian estates and a private archaeologist. In the chapel niche there is a picture of St. Anthony, which is marked 1687 P. Haberl pinxit .

Roman stones

In the outside of the chapel there are a number of inscription and relief stones that date from the late Celtic period to the 19th century, most of them from the Roman period. However, Prunner was convinced that the ancient city bore the name Sala , from which Maria Saal should be derived. In the south wall of the chapel he had the following inscription engraved on a medallion stele : HIC LOCVS EST UBI SALA STETIT - PENETRARE VIATOR ( Here is the place where Sala stood, hiker, come in! ).

  • A stele with a niche portrait from the middle of the first century AD commemorates C. Iulius Censo and his wife Iulia Privata.
  • A grave inscription from around 200 AD commemorates T. Accius Marcus, whose wife Saturnina and their son Accius Maximus were soldiers of the intelligence corps of the 2nd Italian Legion .
  • Until recently, two early Christian pilaster capitals were the only indications of an early Christian church in Virunum.

  • Medallion with the inscription Prunners

  • Stele of C. Iulius Censo and Iulia Privata

  • ornament

  • 17th century inscription

In August 2020, the medallion with Prunner's inscription was stolen, and several other stones were damaged while trying to break them out. The medallion reappeared after a few days; the perpetrators had put it down nearby, probably due to the unexpectedly large amount of public reporting.

supporting documents

Web links

Commons : Prunnerkreuz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CSIR II / 2.123
  2. ↑ CIL 3, 4923
  3. ↑ CIL 3, 4830
  4. ↑ Heimo Dolenz , Robert Scholger, Erich Niessner: The early Christian church in the Municipium Claudium Virunum. In: Rudolfinum. Yearbook of the State Museum of Carinthia 2006. ISBN 978-3-900575-38-0 , pp. 83-93 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  5. ↑ Filed at Marterl: After theft: Ancient youths have reappeared. In: kleinezeitung.at. August 27, 2020, accessed on August 28, 2020 .

Coordinates: 46 ° 42 ′ 6.1 ″  N , 14 ° 21 ′ 52.6 ″  E