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Matthias Cross (Erkelenz Cross)

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Matthias Cross (Erkelenz Cross)

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Matthias Cross (Erkelenz Cross)

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Location: Bütgenbach, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

August 8, 2021

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Concerning the Mathias Cross, also known as the Erkelenzer Cross, Josef Hermsen writes: “As early as the Middle Ages, pilgrims from the Aachen area and from the Lower Rhine region …

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

September 22, 2022

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The Erkelenzer Kreuz, a hiking highlight in the Wahlerscheid area with an interesting history.

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JakobusPilger

August 10, 2021

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Saint Matthias, to whom the Erkelenz brotherhood dedicated this cross, is one of the twelve apostles from the closest circle of Jesus' disciples, but was not - like the others …

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Elevation 550 m

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