Germany
Hesse
Regierungsbezirk Kassel
Bonifatius pedestrian traffic lights (Fulda Cathedral area)
Germany
Hesse
Regierungsbezirk Kassel
Bonifatius pedestrian traffic lights (Fulda Cathedral area)
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Location: Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany
A saint guides pedestrians in Fulda across the street:
The city has installed traffic light men in the shape of Boniface at its first intersection.
On the traffic sign near the cathedral, the red Boniface raises his cross in warning – similar to the monument in the city at Bonifatiusplatz.
When the light turns green, he marches off with his shepherd's crook.
Boniface, who lived from 673 to 744, is of great importance in the cathedral city and at the seat of the Diocese of Fulda. (Source: fuldaerzeitung.de)
March 10, 2021
Near the cathedral and in the Baroque quarter, the green and red traffic light men show Boniface; when the pedestrian light is green, Boniface as a bishop.
January 29, 2025
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