Windten Wayside Cross

Nice little place to take a break.

Sheltered, so to speak, in the shade of a mighty tree, the biker encounters a small sacred monument in the form of a crucifix – a cross with the body of the crucified Christ. The ends of the longitudinal and transverse beams are shaped, and a protective roof stretches above them in a semicircle. At the feet of the crucified Christ, the viewer finds a second figure, dressed entirely in heavenly blue. Typically, those who linger here are presented with the Mother of God, who, in the face of her son's agony, suffers with him and perseveres on the cross. According to the biblical account of the crucifixion, as narrated by the Evangelist, there should actually be two figures, because Jesus entrusted Mary to the care of John.