Frenchmen’s Cross Dockweiler
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This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel
Location: Dreis-Brück, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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In 1812, at the time of the Napoleonic campaign, Lorenz Billigen killed a French corporal who had raped his wife Billigens. As a result, Billigen was sentenced to death, which a pastor from Dockweiler was able to prevent. Thereupon Billigen donated the cross out of gratitude.
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•August 24, 2021
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translated by•June 16, 2022
This is where the French were supposed to execute Lorenz Billigen, a citizen of Dockweiler, in 1812. Through the interaction of the Dockweiler pastor, he was pardoned. Out of gratitude, he had a commemorative cross erected at this point.
There is a small shelter next to the cross. Nice view of Dockweiler from up there.translated by•January 4, 2023
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