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Lkr. Hildesheim Niedersachsen Alter Markt |
Das SchauteufelskreuzThe Show Devil Cross |
Medieval artist
1428 (replica 1999) |
Stone with a relief of a kneeling man with a beard, with raised hands, with a coat of arms crowned with a helmet.
The relief illustrates an old legend. A poor shoemaker made a covenant with the devil for a quantity of silver, on the condition that if he used the silver for a purpose pleasing to God, the devil would let him have his soul. The schoemaker had the silver made into a cross and after a year showed it to the devil with the words: "Look at this cross, devil!" By melting the cross again he became a rich man. In gratitude for his salvation from the devil, he had made a memorial cross made. This cross is lost, but the base stone was preserved until 1945 and a replica of it is now on the Alter Markt.
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Das Schauteufelskreuz - Moderne Nachbildung eines bis 1945 nur als Bruchstück bekannten und seither verlorenen alten Kreuzsteins aus dem Jahre 1428. Spender: Landschaft des vormaligen Fürstentums Hildesheim |
The show devil cross - Modern replica of an old cross stone from 1428, which was only known as a fragment until 1945 and has since been lost. Donor: Landscape of the former Principality of Hildesheim |
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