Schwarzes Kreuz Memorial and Shelter

To the history of the cross:Who walks over the harrow, sees at the point where the Eggeweg X,
Part of the European long-distance hiking trail E1 and the Kreiswanderweg
Höxter-Nord, also called "Hildesheimer Weg", intersect - a crossroads
with a round stone table and a sofa set.An old tradition reports that here at the time of the Thirty Years
War a charcoal burner was murdered in agonizing ways. For his
To pay debts, he has here for the Altenbekener
Ironwork charcoal fired. One night a group would have him
Hessian marauders attacked, plundered. on logs in
Skewered and placed in a smoking kiln. Some
Days later, forest workers should call the charcoal burner "Black Cross"
charred found. Religious people established at that time
Wooden cross, which decayed over the years. It gives that
Waidrevier since that time also the name "black cross".The Eggegebirgsverein (department Paderborn) had on suggestion
its chairman Gustaff Ullner decided, at this point a cast-iron
To build a cross.
But on 2 August 1921 the Eggefreund died.This is how the EGV-department Paderborn set itself the task
to fulfill the desire of the deceased and to dedicate the cross to his memory.
The pedestal was prepared by the sculptor Spalthoff and with a dedication
provided to Gustaff Ullner.

The Black Cross is also the name for the entire forest area near Altenbeken, i.e. the part of the forest area around the Black Cross.

The Black Cross was the destination of school hiking days when I was a child. At that time and for a long time it stood in the dense forest.
Today everything looks completely different. 😬