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Osterberg Cross

North Rhine-Westphalia

Detmold District

Kreis Lippe

Lügde

Osterberg Cross

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Osterberg Cross

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Naturpark Teutoburger Wald / Eggegebirge

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Location: Lügde, Kreis Lippe, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Die Eumels

March 8, 2021

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The Easter wheels are started from here on Easter Sunday when it gets dark

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Thomas

October 17, 2022

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The 10 meter high Easter Cross was erected on the Osterberg in the summer of 1935.

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April 27, 2025

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The Christian worldview caused the citizens of Lügde great problems with National Socialism. The Nazis became aware of the historic Easter Wheel Race in 1933. Their plan was to exploit the spectacle for their own purposes and de-Christianize it. In 1935, courageous Lügde residents erected a ten-meter-high white wooden cross at the Easter Wheel race finish line as a protest. The cross was later replaced with an iron one.

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Elevation 240 m

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Friday 12 June

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Location: Lügde, Kreis Lippe, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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