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Homecomers' Cross Jischbühl
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Die_Ute
July 22, 2021
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Soldiers returning from Berndorf built a large wooden cross as a thank you that Berndorf was not shot at when the Americans marched in and placed it on Jischbühl. The cross had already been struck twice by lightning, but it was repeatedly restored. The cross is visible from far and wide on the road to Hillesheim. A plaque on the cross bears the inscription: "This cross was inaugurated in 1948 as a thank you to those who took part in the war 1939-1945 for returning home from the Second World War.
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JakobusPilger
May 18, 2026
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In one of the – wonderfully told and far beyond the borders of Italy popular – short stories that Giovanni Guareschi (1908 to 1968) tells about the two protagonists he …
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