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Sälzerkreuz Stone Cross

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    June 3, 2022

    Dimensions from mastiff (base plate): height 2.06 m, width 1.02, depth 0.27, stone cross made of sandstone, called the Sälzerkreuz, decorated with Gothic noses on the head, arms and shaft, is considered the highest cross in the Marburg area; it has chamfered edges, round indentations with cramp holes worked out on the front in the crossing field and underneath in the shaft, presumably pictorial niches; the field name 'at the stone cross' is known from the time of coupling (merging of property within a community); the monument is dated to the second half of the 15th century; among the people there is a tradition of a salter (salt trader, salt maker) who died or was murdered here; in contrast to this, the map of the Amöneburg office from 1668 contains the note: 'steinen Creitz Aldar Ein Geistlicher Geliben'; since the stone cross is remarkably complex in comparison to other monuments in the area, this comment is more likely than the oral one. lore; the road between Niederklein and Rüdigheim is a section of an old road that runs through Hesse, the old Cologne-Leipzig trade route, also called Heidenstrasse (author)

    References: Lit.: 1. Heinrich Riebeling, Steinkreuze und Kreuzsteine in Hessen, Dossenheim/Heidelberg 1977, p. 116, from which: 2. Frölich, Karl, The Riddle of the Stone Crosses, 1950, p. 59, 3. Kehm, Wolfgang, Stone crosses and cross stones in the district of Kurhessen, 4. Niemeyer, Wilhelm and Friedrich Karl Azzola, The old stone crosses and cross stones in the city and district of Marburg, 1969, pp. 37-74

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