Crossroads in the mouse cave

The wayside cross in the Maushöhle on the outskirts of the small Palatinate town of Deidesheim is a field cross that is classified as a cultural monument under the Monument Protection Act of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate .

The cross made of red sandstone stands a few meters west of the German Wine Route at the northern exit of Deidesheim in the hallway "In der Maushöhle". It dates from the 19th century and is a tombstone that was reused as a cross. A small body made of zinc hangs on the cross. The cross is marked on the back of the base with "Kern Speyer."; its creator was probably the sculptor Carl Kern .

The inscription "AVE CRUX, SPES UNICA" can be found in the base.

The cross is 2.90 m, its base 1 m high. The tinplate body is 50 cm long. The cross was erected at the suggestion of Pastor Heinrich Hartz .

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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: wayside cross at the northern exit to the west of the Weinstrasse ).
^ 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. 17 .

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[GKERP-1] 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: wayside cross at the northern exit to the west of the Weinstrasse ).

[karn_mertzenich-2] 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 .

[3] 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. 17 .