Shaft cross

A stem cross is a specific design of a high cross by its own design. This is the most in ( sand ) stone, occasionally made ​​in wood or even less frequently in actual metal beams cross or crucifix on a predominantly stone You Create (bridge pillar or column ), which was built on a foundation or base. Thus, thus it is different from a simple beam cross, a shrine, cross members or niche Cross - but may have a niche in the cross strain is an element of cross shapes. It is thus an advanced and most superior form of a simple stone cross. Shaft crosses are often used as way or corridor crosses or occasionally at churches or cemeteries in predominantly Catholic regions such as be found in the Rhineland.