If you walk past the historic toll tower in Eichenbühl and keep following the path up the hill,
then when you come out of the forest, after about 400m you come to the 3 Billen.

The 3 Billen, also called the Swedish Cross, are meant to commemorate the place of execution for a peasant ringleader at the end of the Peasants' War. A large executioner's sword is carved into the cross.
The second shrine shows the crucified Christ, in front of which a man is kneeling, the writing is only partially preserved: "Peter Rohrig was cruelly dismembered here".
Today you can no longer make out anything of the picture or the writing and the chronicle still says:
Perhaps this is the man murdered in 1625 from the nearby country road.
The third picture has no inscription, it shows a niche in which figures of saints were probably placed.
Ps: Based on the
Eichenbühler HeimatChronik.

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February 4, 2024

a nice place to pause and remember

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Location: Eichenbühl, Miltenberg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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