Sieve stone
The Siebstein or Siebmacherstein is a cross stone in Harkenbleck , a district of Hemmingen in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony . The sieve stone, which was once known beyond the community, is one of the few remaining cross stones in the former district of Hanover and is a listed building .
history
The sieve stone is said to have been discovered in 1911 west of the village near what will later become federal highway 3 . The stone had been used to bridge a ditch there. The cross stone was set up on a solid base at the north-western exit of the town on the road to Wilkenburg "as tall as a man".
The local council of Harkenbleck decided on March 16, 1961 to include the sieve stone in the local coat of arms . Since it was incorporated into the municipality and later city of Hemmingen, this has served as the coat of arms of the Harkenbleck district. The heraldic left half of the coat of arms designed by Alfred Brecht has a silver disc cross on a red background.
For safety reasons, the stone cross was moved to the Harkenblecker School site in 1972 .
The building now serves as a day care center and village community center , part of the property is used by the local volunteer fire brigade , and the multi-purpose hall “Treff am Siebstein” is located in the rear . The sieve stone stands on a narrow strip of lawn on the northern edge of the property in front of the entrance to the multi-purpose hall.
description
The cross stone made of sandstone has a height of 105 cm and is 18 cm thick. Its width is 63 cm at the base and 53 cm at the top. The cross stone has the shape of a disc, already badly damaged at the edge, on a wide wedge-shaped shaft. The stone shows the same image on the front and back: an even-armed, irregularly worked cross stands raised on a deepened ground. The 7 cm wide cross bars merge seamlessly into the border. The lower cross bar is extended by about 12 cm beyond the circular area. On disc cross are Wetzrillen be seen. Pieces of the stone may once have been chopped off, ground and used as medicine.
legend
Legendary stories are now being spread about the sieve stone, whose existence was unknown until 1911 :
One night, a sieve maker staying in Harkenbleck is said to have tried to frighten the head maid of the community leader disguised as a ghost . This was sent with an important message on the way to the neighboring town of Pattensen . According to another version, she was on her way home from Hiddestorf to Harkenbleck that night . Undeterred, she struck down the supposed “ghost” with a stick that was carried along with the words “If you are from God, so late mick gahn you are from Duibel, because I am dangling”. The deceased was buried on the spot and the cross stone was set as a stone of atonement .
See also
Web links
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. 20
- 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. 3724.1
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Former municipality of Harkenbleck. in coat of arms . www.stadthemmingen.de, accessed on September 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Hans-Herbert Möller (ed.), Henner Hannig (arrangement): Landkreis Hannover. (= 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. 113.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Harkenbleck / OT von Hemmingen. www.suehnekreuz.de, accessed on September 9, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d Hemmingen. www.kreuzstein.eu, accessed on September 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Jens Schade: Walks in the Leineaue: A stone tells of the death of the sieve maker. www.myheimat.de, December 2, 2011, accessed on September 9, 2019 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 22.5 " N , 9 ° 45 ′ 57.1" E