There are various accounts of the Salzbubenkreuz, the most likely one is as follows: around 1760 a son from the salt farm drove cows to the butcher in Glottertal. On the way back from Glottertal to Eschbach he was robbed and killed here.

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Location: Glottertal, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Hochschwarzwald, Freiburg District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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