Bird's Cross (Reiterswiesen)

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Bird's Cross in Reiterswiesen , Bad Kissingen .

The bird's cross is a land monument in Reiterswiesen , a district of Bad Kissingen , the major district town of the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen . It belongs to the Bad Kissingen architectural monuments and is registered under the number D-6-72-114-243 in the Bavarian monument list .

history

The “bird's cross” known in the population is located near the Höhenstraße in the “Hoffeldäcker” corridor.

The cross on a pedestal is made of sandstone . The base is 130 centimeters high and bears the inscription "It is done" on the front. In addition to the inscription, the base bears the date "1887" on the back.

The trunk of the cross is about 3.50 meters high. The life-size body attached to it is made of artificial stone. It comes from a restoration and was probably designed according to the original body.

literature

  • Elisabeth Keller: Die Flurdenkmale im Landkreis Bad Kissingen , Volume 1, self-published by the Landkreis Bad Kissingen, 1978, p. 154f.
  • Denis André Chevalley, Stefan Gerlach: City of Bad Kissingen (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VI.75 / 2 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-87490-577-2 , p. 34 f .

Web links

Commons : Bird's Cross  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 16.22 "  N , 10 ° 5 ′ 39.62"  E