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Erratic boulder cross (Dippoldiswalder Heath)

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Erratic boulder cross (Dippoldiswalder Heath)

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Erratic boulder cross (Dippoldiswalder Heath)

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Dippoldiswalder Heide

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    December 24, 2019

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    After the snow melted, a man who had been missing for months was found dead and buried. The bereaved had the cross erected.
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    January 9, 2022

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    “Each of these crosses can tell its own story and what prompted people to erect “their” cross at this point. (...) These wayside crosses were erected as visible signs and …
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    December 29, 2024

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    A glacial erratic cross in the Dippoldiswalde Heath.

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    It is believed that around the year 1800, after the snowmelt, the body of a man who had been missing for months was found and buried here. His family erected this grave marker.
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    Elevation 420 m

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