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Wayside Cross in Naturpark Rheinland

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Hürth

Wayside Cross in Naturpark Rheinland

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Wayside Cross in Naturpark Rheinland

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Location: Hürth, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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June 23, 2022

Hiking

“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 …

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JakobusPilger

May 31, 2026

Hiking

Various design elements make the sacral wayside shrine, located at a crossroads, an interesting collection of items; as I strongly suspect at least, they are not all related to the erection of the wooden wayside cross, but were probably added by visitors over time. The two beams, kept entirely in black, do not bear the Corpus Christi, but a brass plaque below the intersection. Only below that is - as I suspect added later - another small crucifix.
PS: The highlight has been around for a while at komoot.com/de-de/highlight/3164415

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JakobusPilger

May 31, 2026

Hiking

Various design elements make the sacred wayside shrine, located at a fork in the road, an interesting collection; I strongly suspect, at least, that not all of them are related to the erection of the wooden wayside cross, but were probably added by visitors over time. The two beams, kept entirely in black, do not bear the corpus of Christ, but a brass plaque below the intersection. Only below this is - as I suspect, added later - another small crucifix.

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