Margarethenkreuz - Königswinter, NRW, Germany
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argus1972
N 50° 40.612 E 007° 14.916
32U E 376257 N 5615355
Margarethenkreuz of 1641 on the Margarethenhöhe in the Siebengebirge.
Waymark Code: WMWC1V
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 08/11/2017
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The "Margarethenkreuz" is one of two preserved crosses of the "Bittweg" from Ittenbach to Petersberg.
It is located on "Margarethenhöhe". The cross is 2. 50 m high and from Trachyt. It was established in 1641 by a couple from Ittenbach under assistance of the neighborhood. There is of a graded base with inscription and annual number, a niche with the relief of the holy Margaretha and a dragon as well as a simple stone cross from 1856.
On the front of the lower base is, still well readably, the following inscription:
"A•l64l•DEN•lZ•JULll
HAT•ElN•NAPPERSCHAF(T)
ZV•lTTENBACH•DlSES
CREVTZ•AVFGERlCHT
ZU•EHEREN•GOTTES
VND•S•MARGARETHAE"
Type of cross: Latin cross
Material used: Stone (granite, sandstone, marble, ...)
Characteristics of this cross:
well preserved, made from Trachyt, 2. 50 m high.
Describe the location:
On a lawn next to the street on Marharethenhöhe.
Year of manufacture: 07/12/1641
Is this cross commemorative ?: No
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