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Keim Cross

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Rhineland-Palatinate

Palatinate Forest

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Lemberg

Keim Cross

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Please check local regulations for: Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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Location: Lemberg, Südwestpfalz, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Biitii 105 💗💜

May 10, 2022

The germ cross was erected in memory of the Erlenbrunn forester germ, who was once shot by a poacher.

Source: lemberg-pfalz.info

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JakobusPilger

December 4, 2021

“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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Euphemia Anna 🌳

January 11, 2025

For the forester who was shot, a plaque with the following inscription is attached to a stone (next to the cross, rest bench and seating group): “Friedrich Keim, Erlenbrunn, +15 May 1870”.

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Elevation 370 m

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Location: Lemberg, Südwestpfalz, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Keim Cross

1. Rothenberg Rock Formation – Schönhälsel Shelter loop from Lemberg

2. Rothenberg Rock Formation – Gottfriedsruhe Viewpoint (420 m) loop from Lemberg

3. Waldhaus Drei Buchen – Schönhälsel Shelter loop from Langmühle

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