Crossroads in Herrgottsacker
The wayside cross in Herrgottsacker on the outskirts of the small Palatinate town of Deidesheim is a field cross that is considered a cultural monument under the Monument Protection Act of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate .
The cross is north of Deidesheim and about 600 meters west of the German Wine Route in the hallway "Im Herrgottsacker". It is located at a crossroads from which you can climb a four-step staircase to the cross. The area immediately around the cross is framed by a metal fence. The cross, like the body, is made of yellow sandstone. It stands on a simple base and dates from around 1925.
The following inscription is inscribed on the base:
“NO ONE HAS A GREATER LOVE THAN THOSE WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
JOH. 15.13. "
The cross is 3.50 m, its base 1.50 m high. The body is 1.10 m long. Heinrich Weber and his wife Apollonia Schäffer had the cross set up for their son Jakob, who died in the First World War.
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Individual evidence
- ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Bad Dürkheim district. Mainz 2020, p. 26 (PDF; 5.1 MB; see: Crossroads at a crossroads about 600 m west of the German Wine Route ).
- ^ Georg Peter Karn, Rolf Mertzenich: Bad Dürkheim district. City of Bad Dürkheim, municipality of Haßloch, municipalities of Deidesheim, Lambrecht, Wachenheim (= cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 13.1 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1995, ISBN 3-88462-119-X , p. 190 .
- ^ Kurt Egenberger: Churches, chapels, crosses, wayside shrines and other valuables in Deidesheim . In: Heimatfreunde Deidesheim und Umgebung (Hrsg.): Heimatblätter Deidesheim und Umgebung . No. 2 , 1971, p. 18 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 24 '52.3 " N , 8 ° 11' 0.65" E