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Erratic boulder cross (Dippoldiswalder Heath)

Erratic boulder cross (Dippoldiswalder Heath)

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Erratic boulder cross (Dippoldiswalder Heath)

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Dippoldiswalder Heide

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Location: Saxony, Germany

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Kath

December 24, 2019

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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JakobusPilger

January 9, 2022

“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 attract the attention of many people. The cross is a symbol of life. It stands as a sign of our Christian hope and wants to direct our gaze to Jesus Christ, who has overcome death (...). The cross is part of our life as it was in the life of Jesus.
So I wish that many people … visit the crosses, whether as places of stillness and breathing space before God, whether as places for community gatherings, prayer and praise to God.”
(Text source: Dean Rainald M. Ollig
in: "Crossroads... small sacred monuments as a sign of popular piety")

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Wurmi_TV_Nature

December 29, 2024

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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Monday 8 December

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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