Trill cross

The Trillerkreuz (other spelling: Triller-Kreuz ) is a wayside shrine at the intersection of Brünner Strasse and Trillergasse in Vienna's 21st district, Floridsdorf . The property is under monument protection .

history

The column, built before 1660, was originally free-standing and was later built into a house wall. It has only been free-standing since 1967.

description

The trill cross is a stone shrine in relief. Over a simple base is a square pillar with geometric motifs. The front side shows the " Veronica's handkerchief " and the tools of suffering . A tabernacle attachment is set off from the square pillar by a surrounding cornice . On the top of the tabernacle there are round arch fields, in which there are three relief representations. They show the “Crucifixion of Jesus”, “Christ on the Mount of Olives” and “Our Lady of Sorrows”. A donor's inscription can be read on the fourth page of the tabernacle. Above the top is a protruding cover plate. The wayside shrine is closed at the top by a one-armed metal cross.

inscription

In the tabernacle essay the following inscription can be read in the donor field: "HERR ANDREAS / TRILLER / RÖM: KAY / MAY: / SERVANT AND / HOFGANTRALOR / AND HIS PETE / HOUSEWIFE AS / MARIA AND ANNA / MARIA GOTT ZU / EHRN TISES GREITZ / MAKE LET" .

The following inscription is engraved on the cover plate: “HOW TO GO THROUGH TIME / COMES THE DEAD O PEOPLE THUE BUES; AND FORCE GOD / OUR HOPE IS TO GOD ”.

Individual evidence

^ Vienna - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from May 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 27, 2014 (PDF).

literature

Manfred Wehdorn u. a .: Free sculpture in Vienna. 1451-1918 . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-422-06781-3 , pp. 252 .
Felix Czeike: XXI. Floridsdorf. Vol. 21 of the Vienna District Culture Guide . Vienna 1983, p. 18 .
Gerhardt Kapner: Free sculpture in Vienna (Wiener Schriften, H. 31) . Vienna 1970, p. 130 .
Wolfgang Westerhoff: wayside shrines in Vienna . Vienna, St. Pölten 1993, p. 102 .
Federal Monuments Office (editor): DEHIO-HANDBUCH. The art monuments of Austria: Vienna, X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District, XXI. B . Schroll, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-7031-0693-X , p. 648 .

48.273104 16.406563Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 23.2 " N , 16 ° 24 ′ 23.6" E

[1] Vienna - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from May 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 27, 2014 (PDF).