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<< Our Photo Pages >> Steinkreuz am Westwall - Ancient Cross in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia

Submitted by Harald_Platta on Wednesday, 05 April 2017  Page Views: 827

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Steinkreuz am Westwall Alternative Name: Mordkreuz am Westwall
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 0.123 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Dorsten
Latitude: 51.660204N  Longitude: 6.962414E
Condition:
5Perfect
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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3 Access:
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4Short walk on a footpath
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Steinkreuz am Westwall
Steinkreuz am Westwall submitted by Harald_Platta : The Steinkreuz am Westwall is a sandstone cross at the remains of the town wall in Dorsten (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). The stone has been reworked at least two times. The top is a sculptured cross, while the shaft is a cross stone. The picture was taken in March 2017. © Platta 2017 (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Steinkreuz am Westwall (also called Mordkreuz am Westwall) is a sandstone cross in Dorsten (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). The stone has been reworked at least two times. The top is a sculptured cross. The shaft is a cross stone, which has been hidden in the ground until 1963, when the cross was hit by a car and had to be recovered.

Today, the cross is placed in front of the remains of the Western town wall. Originally, the cross was located near Feldhauserstr. 104 in Dorsten. The fieldnames near this site are old: Goldbrink (brink = proto-germanic for hill/edge), Frankenkamp (= field/plain of the Franks), An der langen Fünte (fünte = well/baptismal font). Therefore, it can be speculated that the cross may refer also to this early period. However, it is not known how old the cross is.

References:
[01] Brockpähler, W.: Ein seltsames Steindenkmal in Dorsten. In: Vestischer Kalender 1952.
[02] Brockpähler, W.: Steinkreuze in Westfalen (1963).
[03] Heimatkalender der Herrlichkeit Lembeck (1966)
[04] Moers, E.: Dorstener Geschichten. (2000).
[05] Mordkreuz am Westwall. In: WAZ vom 07.07.2001.
[06] Lux, B.; Setzer, C.: www.suehnekreuz.de: Dorsten.

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