Weather Cross (Wachenheim)
| Weather cross near Wachenheim | |
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 The weather cross near the Mundhardterhof near Wachenheim |
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| Data | |
| place | about 150 m east of the Mundhardter Hof and about 1.5 km northwest of the Wachenheim location |
| builder | Erected by Wachenheim winemakers |
| Construction year | 1513 |
| height | approx. 2.5 m |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 26 '45.5 " N , 8 ° 9' 50.3" E |
| particularities | |
| Inscriptions point west to the weather side | |
The weather cross northwest of Wachenheim is a cultural monument from the 16th century. It was set up by Wachenheim winemakers in 1513 and was intended to provide protection from thunderstorms and hail showers coming from the west.
properties
The inscriptions on the cross bar show the names of the four evangelists in Gothic minuscule letters . Below that is the year 1513.
terrain
The area around the cross is now a chestnut forest and belongs to the Drachenfels Club from Bad Dürkheim, which also took care of the maintenance. The Drachenfels Club repositioned the cross in 1906. In 1952 war damage was repaired.
Information board on the system of the weather cross
Detail of the cross
Web links
Commons : Wetterkreuz (Wachenheim) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- The weather cross near Wachenheim on the website drachenfelsclub.de