Gensemer Kreuz - Schwarzrheindorf/Vilich-Rheindorf, Bonn, NRW, Germany - Christian Crosses on Waymarking.com

The stone wayside cross (with a religious interest) is located on the embankment of the Rhine in front of the wastewater treatment plant. The cross is called "Gensemer Kreuz", it dates from the year 1724. Originally the cross was located closer to the Rhine, at the garden of the landowner Franz Heinrich Jesef Mehlem. It was brought to the cemetery of Vilich in 1810 and it was brought back to its original place in 1824. During the construction of the flood dam the cross was transported to its present location.

Inscription:
- Above the shell niche: HERR ERBARME DICH VNSER;
- On the pedestal: DIESE CREVTZ IST VON HENDER ICH WEINGARTS VND SEBILLA BELLENGAVSENS EHELEVTH AVFF GERICHT ZV EHEREN IESVS VND MARIA 1724;
- On the tread: ALLES MEINEM GOTT ZV EHREN GIB O IESV GNAT DARZV;
- On the left stone column: HERR GETENCK MEINER;
- On the right stone column: AN MEINEM ENT

The cross is also a listed monument within the official "Denkmalliste der Stadt Bonn" (No. A 3063).

Type of cross: Latin cross Material used: Stone (granite, sandstone, marble, ...) Characteristics of this cross: Approx. 2.50 m high, well-preserved inscription. Describe the location: On the embankment of the Rhine, Gensemer Straße, Schwarzrheindorf/Vilich-Rheindorf, Bonn, NRW, Germany. Year of manufacture: 06/30/1724 Is this cross commemorative ?: No

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