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Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Kettenkreuz Memorial

Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Gondenbrett

Kettenkreuz Memorial

Recommended by 32 hikers out of 36

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Location: Gondenbrett, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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R.Bungartz

July 25, 2021

In addition to the so-called chain cross, the visitor will find two benches here, which invite you to take a last break shortly before the end of the 1st stage of the Schneifel path.

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Karin 🐾 🇺🇦 🕊

March 2, 2022

According to a legend about the establishment of the chain cross (actually a Kättchenkreuz), the legend tells of the death of a girl called Kätt from Schlausenbach.
This girl had made a bet with some young boys from the village that they would walk in the dark from Schlausenbach to this point where the cross now stands. At that time it was an eerie place with gloomy hedges and bushes on the ridge of the Schneifel. Some of those who had taken part in the bet had run ahead, hiding in the hedges and pulling blankets over their heads.
They wanted to make fun of scaring the girl. But Kätt had become so frightened on her nocturnal walk that she got a shock at the sight of the shapeless figures and dropped dead. (information board)

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JakobusPilger

March 20, 2022

“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: Gondenbrett, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Kettenkreuz Memorial

1. Schneifel Trail – Westwallweg Bunker Remains loop from Schlausenbach

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3. Westwallweg Bunker Remains – Schneifel Trail loop from Schlausenbach

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