The Cross of De Hutten

The story of the cross of De Hutten is told on the blue nameplate. During the Austrian rule, which lasted from 1713 to 1794, a certain canon Barth from Westerlo, who belonged to the church council of the Sint-Dimpnakerk in Geel, bought a lot of heathland in this area. During the Closed Time, the period around 1798 when church services were no longer allowed to take place, he thought something like "that can't be true". So our canon sought shelter in his farm Scherpensteen. And for the people he had this cross placed at the crossroads, known to the people as the cross of the hut although there were two huts: the large one, Scherpensteen, and a smaller one a little further on.

“Each of these crosses can tell its own story and what prompted people to erect“ their ”cross at this point. (...) These crossroads have been erected as visible signs and attract the looks 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 overcame death (...). The cross is part of our life, just as it was part of the life of Jesus. So I wish that many people ... visit the crossroads, whether as places of silence and breathing before God, whether as places of congregation meeting, prayer and praise to God. "
(Dean Rainald M. Ollig in "Wegekreuze")

A place with a special story from the Middle Ages. Legend has it that at this place, where 3 roads depart, a knight would incur the wrath of God for cursing everyone, including God. In response, God would have opened the earth at this place and the Knight was swallowed by the earth.
A couch invites you to muse on this legend.