Schmerber Cross

The Schmerber Cross , also called Schmerbern Cross , is a votive cross in the 10th Viennese district of Favoriten , Oberlaa district . It stands on the Laaer Berg in the Oberlaa spa park at the fork in the route from Favoritenstrasse to Oberlaa and Unterlaa , in the area known as the “Filmstadt”. The object is entered in the digital cultural property directory of the City of Vienna ( list entry ).

History and construction

According to legend, the Oberlaa farmer Franz Köppler is said to have escaped a lightning strike in 1772 and to have erected this pillar in gratitude. It was probably named after the vineyard "Schmerbern" .

The Schmerber Cross is a wooden post on a four-sided stone base, held by iron straps, with a lantern and a cast iron crucifix on which Christ is depicted as a child. The inscription reads: "Schmerber-Kreuz Erected by Mr. F. Köppler for happy rescue" . A wheel cross can be seen on the iron band , a flower container, also made of iron, is mounted under the inscription board. The wooden post has a curved sheet metal roof as weather protection.

Folklore

Every year on April 25th, the St. Mark's procession takes place, during which people pray for a good wine harvest. This procession leads from the Oberlaa parish church over An der Kuhtrift to the Schmerber Cross, on to the Red Cross , to the Pietà chapel and back to the parish church in Oberlaa.

literature

Emil Schneeweis: On the religious folklore of the southern outskirts of Vienna: The wayside shrines, crosses and pillars of the Oberlaa and Unterlaa as well as Rothneusiedl. in: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde , Volume XXV , self-published by the Verein für Volkskunde, Vienna 1971, p. 305 (picture), p. 312 (text). [1] .
Werner Schubert : Favorites. Verlag Bezirksmuseum Favoriten , 1992; Pp. 172-173.

Web links

Commons : Schmerber-Kreuz - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Schubert suspects that Franz Köppler was a lard dealer (Schmerber) and that the name comes from this ( Schmer = old name for lard , fat)

↑ On the Kuhtrift = street name in Favoriten, named since June 9, 1987 after the name of this area at the time, on the southwestern edge of today's Oberlaa spa park

^ Schubert: Favorites. Verlag Bezirksmuseum Favoriten , 1992; P. 34

48.14968 16.406014Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 58.8 ″ N , 16 ° 24 ′ 21.7 ″ E

[1] Schubert suspects that Franz Köppler was a lard dealer (Schmerber) and that the name comes from this ( Schmer = old name for lard , fat)

[2] On the Kuhtrift = street name in Favoriten, named since June 9, 1987 after the name of this area at the time, on the southwestern edge of today's Oberlaa spa park

[3] Schubert: Favorites. Verlag Bezirksmuseum Favoriten , 1992; P. 34