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Pferdsgalgen Cross

North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Bad Honnef

Pferdsgalgen Cross

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Pferdsgalgen Cross

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Location: Bad Honnef, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Leyberg Summit Trail – Junction to Leyberg Summit loop from Schweifeld

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2. Leyberg Summit Trail – View from the Leyberg summit loop from Selhof

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3. Leyberg Summit Trail – View from the Leyberg summit loop from Himberg

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Ralf

July 17, 2017

The horse gallows cross is a commemorative cross, which reminds of a Swedish soldier on the trunk of an imposing beech since the year 1631, which is said to have killed exactly here.

During the Thirty Years' War, one day the soldier himself is said to have strangled himself as he rode past the then mighty tree. It must have been a very unfavorable chain of several tragic circumstances, which led to the fact that the strap of his rifle caught so unfavorable in the branches, that the soldier hanged himself here. The investigation of the real happenings at the Pferdsgalgenkreuz could not be fully explained until today.

The old wooden cross, which has been remembering the tragic accident for over 385 years, was partially restored in 1954, but this place has lost none of its mystical appeal.

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JakobusPilger

October 16, 2021

“Each of these crosses can tell its own story and what motivated people to erect“ their ”cross at this point. (...) These crossroads were erected as visible signs and attract the eyes 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 hope that many people ... visit the crossroads, whether as places of silence and breathing before God, whether as places of congregation meeting, prayer and praise of God. "
(Dean Rainald M. Ollig in "Wegekreuze. Small sacred monuments as symbols of popular piety")

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October 16, 2017

The cross hangs from a mighty, old beech just off the main path. The other route, which is still drawn in the maps, is no longer farmed. At first I ran past it, although I was looking for it. Cross and path are from the main path, just coming from the east, really almost impossible to see! Look for an old beech tree and some holly trees about 20 to 30 meters away.

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Location: Bad Honnef, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Leyberg Summit Trail – Junction to Leyberg Summit loop from Schweifeld

2. Leyberg Summit Trail – View from the Leyberg summit loop from Selhof

3. Leyberg Summit Trail – View from the Leyberg summit loop from Himberg

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