Atonement Cross (Wiesbaum)
The atonement cross (also known as the indulgence cross ) in Wiesbaum , a local community in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate , was erected in 1650. The wayside cross on Hauptstraße, at the corner of Üxheimer Straße, is a protected cultural monument .
description
The approximately 3.70 meter high atonement cross made of sandstone was erected for Johann Oswald Mohr von Wald, who was murdered on October 17, 1650.
The inscription reads: “EHEU! CECIDIT HIC PRAENOBILIS ET ILLUSTRIS D.JOES OS-WALDUS MOHR A WALDT, DOMINUS DE ST. PETERS-WALDT ET REICHSPERG QUEM MILITUM MANUS CIR-CUM VENIENS AETATE FLO-RIDUM ET INSONTEM VIO-LENTER PROSTRAVIT 17. OC-TOBRIS Aø 1650. CUIUS ANI-MA IN SANCTA PACE RE-QUIESQUATAMEN. "
(Translation: Here fell the noble and honorable Herr Johann Oswald Mohr von Wald, Herr von Sankt Peterswald and Reichsberg, whom the soldier's hand, wandering around in the blooming youth, struck down on October 17, 1650. His soul rest in holy peace. Amen.)
The inscription MOHR VOM WALDE on the left and SCHILLING VON LAHNSTEIN as well as the parental alliance coat of arms of the Mohr von Wald and the Schilling von Lahnstein can be seen on the short widened bracket . Above is the sculpture of the crucified Savior, surrounded by Mary Magdalene and Mary . As a reminder, the following is engraved on the stone slab: "HODIE MIHI - CRAS TIBI" (Today me - tomorrow you).
The killed
Johann Oswald Mohr von Wald came from the ancient Rhenish knight family of Mohr von Wald, he was the son of Paul Dietrich Mohr von Wald, bailiff of Echternach and his wife Anna Catharina nee. Schilling from Lahnstein .
Lothar Friedrich Mohr von Wald (1659–1713), the son of his cousin, was cathedral chapter in Speyer ; his epitaph with the family coat of arms is in the cathedral there .
literature
- Ernst Wackenroder (editor): The art monuments of the Daun district. (= Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz , Volume 12, Section III), L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1928 (Unchanged reprint: Academic Bookstore Interbook, Trier 1983, ISBN 3-88915-005-5 ), p. 801.
Web links
- Entry on cross for Johann Oswald Mohr von Wald (Wiesbaum) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Coat of arms website for the Mohr von Wald family (far right)
- ^ Johann Friedrich Schannat : Eiflia illustrata or geographical and historical description of the Eifel , Volume 2, p. 96, 1844; Digital view
- ^ Family genealogical website
Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 29.8 " N , 6 ° 40 ′ 13.8" E