Schwedenstein (Northen)

The Northener Schwedenstein

The so-called Schwedenstein is a cross stone in Northen , a district of Gehrden in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony . It is one of the few remaining cross stones in the former district of Hanover and is a listed building .

Location

The Schwedenstein stands on a green area

The Schwedenstein, behind it on the other side of the street the old cemetery

The Schwedenstein stands at the southern end of Northen on a small green area opposite the old cemetery of the village on Hannoversche Strasse , county road 230 from Lenthe to Everloh . Until 1830, the stone stood east of Northen on a dirt road towards Benther Berg next to a mighty old linden tree . Today's Benther-Berg-Weg was the Kirchweg from Northen to Ronnenberg before Northen was re-parish to Lenthe in 1892. In 1830, or when the link was made between 1850 and 1856, the stone was moved to the edge of the village. Here the stone stood on the left side of the ditch on the road to Lenthe near the Gasthaus Lampe, which was built in 1892, until it was moved to its current location when the district road was expanded. The green space next to the Schwedenstein with a birch tree was formerly part of the old Northen cemetery .

description

The back of the Swedish stone

The cross stone made of sandstone has a height of 113 cm, a width of 58 cm and is 25 cm thick. On the front side, the stone shows a Latin paw cross protruding 4 cm with a longitudinal bar of 63 cm and a cross bar length of 53 cm. The cross beams have a width of 12 cm in the intersection area, 26 cm at the base of the shaft and 17 cm at the other ends of the beam. The reverse shows a similar, but presumably less carved and heavily weathered cross. The upper edge of the stone is by Abwetzung sloping ceilings, possibly through medieval slashing and stabbing weapons . In previous years, the cross facing the street was highlighted by painting it with black paint.

Say

There are two legendary traditions about the Schwedenstein .

According to one, the stone marked the location of the old Northen Tieplatz at its location by the old linden tree until 1830. The location of the square in the middle of arable land speaks against this interpretation .

According to the other tradition, a wounded Danish , or popularly Swedish officer, died in 1625 after the Battle of Seelze at the original location of the Kreuzstein on Benther Berg. Hence the name Schwedenstein . This story, which is spread in a similar form to other cross stones, does not correctly explain the reasons for making the cross stone. Rather, as was customary until the 16th century, long before the Thirty Years' War , the stone may have been erected as an atonement stone or to commemorate a crime or a serious accident. The cross stone could have been converted into a soldiers' grave during the war.

See also

• Section "Northen" in the list of architectural monuments in Gehrden

Web links

Commons : Schwedenstein  - Collection of Images

literature

• Adolf Hoffmann: The medieval stone crosses, cross and memorial stones in Lower Saxony (= sources and representations on the history of Lower Saxony, vol. 42), Hildesheim; Leipzig: Lax, 1935, p. 22
• 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 3623.13

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Northen / OT von Gehrden. www.suehnekreuz.de, accessed on September 1, 2019 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} The Northener Schwedenstein. northen.gehrden.de, accessed on September 1, 2019 .  
4. ^ ^{A b} Friedrich Meier: Northen. Rainer Piesch (www.gehrdener-ansichten.de), accessed on September 1, 2019 .  
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Gehrden, OT Northen, Hanover region, at the exit to Everloh, green area. www.kreuzstein.eu, accessed on September 1, 2019 .  

Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 37.5 ″  N , 9 ° 36 ′ 33.6 ″  E