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Harald Schramm (Schocker)
September 10, 2023
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A wayside shrine (from Old German stock/stoc, 'something rising up', in Hesse as a 'Heiligenstock', in Austria and Bavaria also as a 'Marterl' or 'Marter', 'Materle', 'Materla', 'Wegstok' or 'Cross', in Switzerland as a 'Helgenstöckli', is a small religious monument a pillar made of wood or stone, usually standing on paths, which carries a sculptural or painted votive or devotional image (usually the image of a saint, a scene with saints or the crucified Christ).
Source and further information
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildstock
Source and further information
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildstock
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Elevation 600 m
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