Ritterstein (Hemmingen)
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The so-called Ritterstein is a cross stone in the Alt-Hemmingen district of the city of Hemmingen in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony .
history
The original origin and meaning of the knight's stone are not known.
Since 1898, the cross stone had served as a stepping plate in front of the entrance to a residential building near the chapel. As part of a new paving of the courtyard in 1976, the stone was recovered following a tip from the owner and thus saved from destruction.
The designation of the Hemminger Kreuzstein as a knight's stone has been in use since 1976.
At the beginning of the 21st century, the knight's stone stood on a concrete foundation in the southwest corner of the chapel. As the photos show, the front of the stone pointed roughly to the south. Since 2014 at the latest, the knight's stone , like the Hemminger stone cross , has stood behind the chapel on the area east of the building.
The entire chapel property in the historic village center of Hemmingen is listed . Preserved cross stones are rare in the Hanover region or the former Hanover district . Therefore the knight's stone is also protected.
The knight's stone became known to the public as the last of a total of eight cross stones or stone crosses standing in the city of Hemmingen at the beginning of the 21st century . The others are the stone cross standing like the knight's stone behind the Hemmingen chapel , the sieve maker stone in Harkenbleck and the 5 stones in Hiddestorf .
description
The cross stone made of sandstone has a height of 108 cm, a width of 80 cm and is 17 cm thick.
The craftsmanship of the footless cross stone, which is damaged in its upper area, is of poor quality. The stone shows clear traces of weathering .
On the front and back, the stone shows a longitudinally oriented re- cross in bas-relief . To the left and right of this, an equal-armed, thick-beamed cross can be seen at the base of the shaft . The knight's stone has a through hole in the intersection of the Wiederkreuz. On the front of the stone there is an incised drawing on the lower trunk of the ruminant cross, reminiscent of a dagger .
See also
Web links
literature
- Hans-Herbert Möller (ed.), Werner Müller, Günther EH Baumann (co-author): Cross stones and stone crosses in Lower Saxony, Bremen and Hamburg. Existing and lost legal monuments and memorial stones (= research on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony , vol. 5), in the series Lower Saxony State Administration Office - Publications of the Institute for Monument Preservation , Hameln: Niemeyer, ISBN 978-3-87585-105-2 and ISBN 3-87585 -105-6 , 1988, No. 3624.20
- Werner Müller: The "Ritterstein" from Hemmingen in Heimatland , magazine of the Heimatbund Lower Saxony , vol. 4/1985, p. 119
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g B: in: Hemmingen. www.kreuzstein.eu, 2006, accessed on November 17, 2019 (source: W. Müller-EH Baumann, Kreuzstzeine and Steinkreuze in Lower Saxony, Bremen and Hamburg, 1988, pp. 91-92 and 1978d, p. 225).
- ↑ a b c d e f Gunter Marx: Hemmingen (I). www.suehnekreuz.de, accessed on November 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Jens Schade: Walks in the Leineaue: Mysterious cross stones in Alt-Hemmingen. www.myheimat.de, June 13, 2012, accessed on November 17, 2019 .
- ↑ cf. the map in: Hans-Herbert Möller (Ed.), Henner Hannig (Ed.): District of Hanover. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony , Volume 13.1.) Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden, 1988, ISBN 3-528-06207-X , p. 115.
- ^ Gehrden-Northen Hans-Herbert Möller (ed.), Henner Hannig (arrangement): District of Hanover. (= Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony , Volume 13.1.) Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden, 1988, ISBN 3-528-06207-X , p. 211.
- ↑ a b Jens Schade: Mysterious cross stones come from the Middle Ages. www.myheimat.de, September 30, 2013, accessed on November 17, 2019 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 14.5 " N , 9 ° 44 ′ 58.3" E