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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Swedish Cross

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Hessisch Lichtenau

Swedish Cross

Highlight • Monument

Swedish Cross

Recommended by 82 mountain bikers out of 90

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land

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Location: Hessisch Lichtenau, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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1. Mülmischtal Railway Bridge – Rest Area at Essebach Ford loop from Fürstenhagen

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2. Rest Area at Sälzerstraße – Swedish Cross loop from Hessisch Lichtenau

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Intermediate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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3. Swedish Cross – Rest Area at Sälzerstraße loop from Hessisch Lichtenau

14.4km

01:01

180m

Easy mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Peter Neugeboren

March 15, 2018

Hello, this is not a racing bike highlight because you cannot ride a racing bike here.
Located above Quentel on a "mountain" ridge on the Hessisch Lichtenenau line towards Söhrewald. This is where the Grimmsteig runs, an 80km circuit through Söhrewald, Kaufunger Wald over the Meißner.

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JakobusPilger

November 4, 2024

The so-called "Swedish crosses" are memorial crosses in memory of people killed as victims of the troops who roamed the country and often marauded (plundered) during those warlike times (first half of the 17th century). In the strictest sense of the word definition, however, they are not "atonement crosses" because such crosses were to be erected by the perpetrators - as part of the atonement (penance) for their crime - whereas memorial crosses were erected by people from the victim's immediate environment (often family members, possibly friends or neighbors).

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Daniela - danik145

May 1, 2023

A beautiful resting place with a historic core:

The "Swedish Cross" is a medieval sandstone cross. It stands on the old footpath from Quentel through the mountain forest to St. Ottilien, known as the "Kreuzweg" (Way of the Cross). It originally stood about 50 meters further east at the end of the sunken road and was moved to its current location in 1911.

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Location: Hessisch Lichtenau, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Swedish Cross

1. Mülmischtal Railway Bridge – Rest Area at Essebach Ford loop from Fürstenhagen

2. Rest Area at Sälzerstraße – Swedish Cross loop from Hessisch Lichtenau

3. Swedish Cross – Rest Area at Sälzerstraße loop from Hessisch Lichtenau

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