The priest and Magister Heinrich von Siebleben was killed here. ”The perpetrator and the date of the act can be found in an entry in the Marienstift's book of deaths. …

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The Steigerkreuz, also known as the Mönchskreuz, is a historical atonement cross in the Erfurt Steigerwald.
The memorial is a 2.70 m high sandstone Greek cross with an inscription in …

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The monument is a 2.70 m high Greek sandstone cross with a Latin inscription and a relief of a kneeling priest. The inscription reads hIC EST OCCISUS MA / GISTER hENRICUS / DE SYBELEIBEN SACERDOS, in German Magister Heinrich, clergyman of Siebleben, died here. This Heinrich was the canon of St. Severi and was slain by Count Heinrich von Schwarzburg on December 10, 1323, whereupon he had to set up the atonement cross.

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