Wegekreuz Dürscheid Winterberg

Wayside crosses

Restoration and digitization

Boris Jülich

Version dated July 13, 2023

Below are some examples from the association on the topic of “wayside cross restoration” and “digitization” of wayside crosses in the area of Kürten.

Examples of restored wayside crosses that the historical association saved from decay in the past

Examples of DIGITALIZED CROSSWAYS in the community

This has been standing for 124 years Crossroads at the intersection of Winterberg / Durstenweg / Pfarrer-Pohl-Straße. The cross is a court cross that was erected by the owners of the nearby estate after the landlord Jacob Gronewald died. For the people of Winterberg it is “their” cross, where they can take a rest and which has been the backdrop for many a festival.

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Sources:

Panofsky-Soergel, Gerda: The Monuments of the Rhineland Volume 2
“Notes for church leadership” W. Dietz (2008)

Information sheet St. Johannes Baptist Kürten (2020)

Opladen, Peter: The Wipperfürth Deanery, Verlag F. Schmitt, Siegburg, 1955
Rutt, Theodor: Local history of the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis


Paetzer, Gustav “Masks and monsters on baptismal fonts”
In: Rheinisch Bergischer calendar 1986

Lindlar, Gaby: “Romanesque churches in the Bergisches Land”
In: Rheinisch Bergischer calendar 1986

Berster, Karl Heinz: “The miraculous rescue of St. Michael", Kürtener Bücher, Volume 12, November 2020, Publisher: Historical Association for the Municipality of Kürten and the Surrounding Area,

Municipality of Kürten: Festschrift 700 years of Kürten (2008)

Stockberg, Theo “The former court and feudal courts in the municipality of Kürten
and the regional court in Kürten”. In Kürtener Writings (5) 2005

Kunze, Stefan: “Only the tower stood in the rubble field,”
(in the Kölner Stadtanzeiger from February 12, 2005)

Ries, Dr. Clemens: “The attack on Kürten - the victims” Kürtener Bücher, issue 5, November 2005, publisher: Historical association for the community of Kürten and the surrounding area,

Historical association for the community of Kürten and the surrounding area. V.: Of crossroads, mills and sinkholes, - cultural and historical evidence in the community of Kürten -, 2009,

Municipality of Kürten: List of monuments of the municipality of Kürten, monument no.: 001 and no.: 022,
Homepage: Parish Association of St. Marien, Kürten.

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