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The stone cross in Stadeln, 2013
The stone cross and the Stadelner pine felled in August 2013, 2013

The stone cross in Stadeln is a historic stone cross in the Stadeln district of Fürth . The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation lists it under monument number D-5-63-000-1644.

Location

The stone cross stands in a green area at the intersection of Theodor-Heuss-Straße / Alfred-Nobel-Straße. Right next to the cross was the Stadelner Kiefer , which was a registered natural monument until August 2013 . The tree, which is over 200 years old, had to be felled due to rot damage .

description

The heavily mossy and weathered sandstone cross is about one meter high, a maximum of 46 cm wide and 35 cm deep.

history

Nothing is known about the meaning of the stone cross, which probably dates from the 16th century. As with most such crosses, it is believed to have been erected on the site of a calamity or as a stone of atonement for a murder . Documented another stone crosses and a were in stalls Ruhstein and a shrine mentioned. Today the stone cross on Theodor-Heuss-Straße is the only preserved land monument in the Fürth district.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of monuments for Erlangen (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
  2. ↑ Bavarian Monument Atlas (cartographic representation of the Bavarian architectural and ground monuments by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (BLfD) )
  3. ↑ Natural Monument Ordinance in the urban area of ​​Fürth  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.3 MB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.fuerth.de   , as of April 10, 2013
  4. ↑ Daniela Kramer: The end of a natural monument. August 30, 2013, accessed September 5, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Information on the stone cross in Stadeln at suehnekreuz.de . As of April 10, 2013
  6. ↑ Werner Sprung: The history of the community Stadeln . In: Association for local research Alt-Fürth (ed.): Fürther Heimatblätter . No. 1/1961 . Fürth 1961, p. 31-32 .

Web links

Commons : Steinkreuz (Stadeln)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 30  '30.1 " N , 10 ° 58' 52.1"  E