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Wayside Cross at the Former Gallows Site

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Rhineland-Palatinate

Bernkastel-Wittlich

Zeltingen-Rachtig

Wayside Cross at the Former Gallows Site

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Location: Zeltingen-Rachtig, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Sabine 🦁

May 18, 2021

In the place of a gallows tree (according to tradition) there is a pretty pink stone cross.

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JakobusPilger

October 12, 2021

“Each of these crosses can tell its own story and what prompted people to erect “their” cross at this point. (...) These wayside crosses were erected as visible signs and attract the attention of many people. The cross is a symbol of life. It stands as a sign of our Christian hope and wants to direct our gaze to Jesus Christ, who has overcome death (...). The cross is part of our life as it was in the life of Jesus.

So I wish that many people … visit the crosses, whether as places of stillness and breathing space before God, whether as places for community gatherings, prayer and praise to God.”

(Text source: Dean Rainald M. Ollig

in: "Crossroads... small sacred monuments as a sign of popular piety")

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Location: Zeltingen-Rachtig, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Wayside Cross at the Former Gallows Site

1. Bernkastel-Kues Market Square – Machern Monastery loop from Bernkastel-Kues

2. Old Monastery Courtyard Ürzig – Machern Monastery loop from Ürzig

3. Machern Monastery – Klosterbrauerei Machern loop from Erden

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