Stone Cross (Hemmingen)

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The stone cross behind the Hemmingen chapel

The stone cross is a listed stone cross in the Alt-Hemmingen district of the city of Hemmingen in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony .

history

The original origin and meaning of the Hemminger stone cross are unknown. It has been standing by the Hemmingen chapel for a long time , but has been repositioned several times on the chapel property:

Before the Second World War , the stone cross stood as a curbstone at the southeast corner of the Hemmingen chapel. A photo probably taken in the early 1980s shows a stone cross on the northwest corner of the chapel. At the beginning of the 21st century, the stone cross stood on the western front of the chapel, as photos show, between the entrance door and the southwest corner. Since 2014 at the latest, the stone cross and the so-called knight's stone have stood east of the chapel on a narrow part of the property.

As one of the few stone crosses preserved in the region, the Hemminger Stone Cross is a listed building. A total of eight cross stones or stone crosses are known in the city of Hemmingen . Besides the two in Alt-Hemmingen there is the Siebmacherstein in Harkenbleck and the 5 stones in Hiddestorf .

description

The stone cross made of sandstone is about 113 cm high, 40 cm wide and 29 cm thick.

The stone cross, which looks like a stela, has a shaft that is slightly widened at the bottom in the shape of a wedge. The cross arms are unusually short. A 65 cm high Latin bar cross can be seen on the worn front . The rounded ends of his arms merge into the cross arms.

The stamped letters HE Mi and the year 171 [4?] Can be seen on one narrow side of the shaft .

See also

Web links

Commons : Steinkreuz (Hemmingen)  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Gunter Marx: Hemmingen (II). www.suehnekreuz.de, accessed on November 17, 2019 (Source: Werner Müller, Günther EH Baumann: Kreuzsteine ​​und Steinkreuze in Niedersachsen, Bremen and Hamburg , 1988, number 3624.21).
  2. ↑ a b c d e A in: Hemmingen. www.kreuzstein.eu, 2006, accessed on November 17, 2019 (Source: Werner Müller, Günther EH Baumann: Kreuzsteine ​​und Steinkreuze in Niedersachsen, Bremen and Hamburg , 1988, pp. 91-92 and 1978d, p. 225).
  3. ↑ a b Hans-Herbert Möller (ed.), Henner Hannig (arrangement): District of Hanover. (= 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. 214.
  4. ↑ Jens Schade: Mysterious cross stones come from the Middle Ages. www.myheimat.de, September 30, 2013, accessed October 30, 2019 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 14.5 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 58.6"  E