Atonement Cross Berndorf (Eifel)

Atonement cross in Berndorf

The atonement cross (also known as the indulgence cross ) in Berndorf , a local community in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate , was erected at the end of the 16th century. The wayside cross south of the village on the way to Wiesbaum is a protected cultural monument .

The approximately 2.90 meter high atonement cross made of sandstone with a niche was erected for Count Schleiden's rentmaster Selert, who was murdered here in the forest .

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 Bookshop Interbook, Trier 1983, ISBN 3-88915-005-5 ), p. 569.

Web links

• Entry on indulgence cross (Berndorf) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 0.8 ″  N , 6 ° 41 ′ 36.2 ″  E