A wayside shrine (listenⓘ/?, from Old German stock/stoc, 'something rising up into the sky', in Hesse as Heiligenstock, in Austria and Bavaria also known as Marterl or Marter, Materle, Materla, Wegstock or Kreuz, in Switzerland as Helgenstöckli , is a small religious monument, a pillar made of wood or stone, usually standing on paths, which carries a sculptural or painted votive or devotional image[5] (usually the image of a saint, a scene with saints or the crucified Christ).

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2. Source of the Franconian Saale – St. Ursula Natural Cemetery loop from Schloss Sternberg

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3. St. Ursula Natural Cemetery – St. Ursula Chapel Alsleben loop from Alsleben

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Location: Trappstadt, Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Ornate Wayside Cross on the Pilgrimage Route to St. Ursula Chapel

1. Bayernturm – Bayernturm Viewing Tower loop from Alsleben

2. Source of the Franconian Saale – St. Ursula Natural Cemetery loop from Schloss Sternberg

3. St. Ursula Natural Cemetery – St. Ursula Chapel Alsleben loop from Alsleben

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