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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Hessisch Lichtenau

Schwedenkreuz (medieval stone cross)

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Hessisch Lichtenau

Schwedenkreuz (medieval stone cross)

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Schwedenkreuz (medieval stone cross)

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Location: Hessisch Lichtenau, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Anette

October 4, 2023

Hiking

The cross doesn't exactly have a simple story - it's about revenge and atonement. But the place is beautiful! It is ideal for a break before continuing your hike.

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JakobusPilger

January 7, 2025

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The so-called "Swedish crosses" are memorial crosses in memory of people killed as victims of the troops who roamed the country and often marauded (plundered) during those warlike times (first half of the 17th century). In the strictest sense of the word definition, however, they are not "atonement crosses" because such crosses were to be erected by the perpetrators - as part of the atonement (penance) for their crime - whereas memorial crosses were erected by people from the victim's immediate environment (often family members, possibly friends or neighbors).

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Dirk & Carmen

May 20, 2020

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The perfect resting place in a historical ambience for all occasions: when it's hot, you sit there in the shade, when it rains you don't get wet there and there …

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Rest area at Schwedenkreuz – Quentel Rest Area loop from Quentel

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Elevation 390 m

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Sunday 21 June

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31 %

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Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Location: Hessisch Lichtenau, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Quentel Rest Area – Rest area at Schwedenkreuz loop from Quentel

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Rest area at Schwedenkreuz – Quentel Rest Area loop from Quentel

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