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Medieval Stone Crosses and Buchenwald Memorial in Lehnstedt

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Medieval Stone Crosses and Buchenwald Memorial in Lehnstedt

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Medieval Stone Crosses and Buchenwald Memorial in Lehnstedt

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  • Location: Lehnstedt, Weimarer Land, Thuringia, Germany

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    August 22, 2021

    Cycling

    Directly at the exit of Lehnstedt - coming from Weimar - there are three old atonement crosses from the Middle Ages. The middle one is decorated with a sword on one side.

    Explanation 1: Pilgrims to Magdala are said to have stopped there
    Explanation 2: Soldiers from the 30 Years War are buried there
    Explanation 3: The crosses mark the plague cemetery in Lehnstedt


    Right next to it is a memorial for 16 killed Buchenwald concentration camp prisoners
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    November 28, 2021

    Hiking

    “Each of these crosses can tell its own story and what motivated people to erect“ their ”cross at this point. (...) These crossroads have been erected as visible signs and …
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    June 4, 2018

    Hiking

    Group of old stone crosses at Ortstein (out) gang
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    Location: Lehnstedt, Weimarer Land, Thuringia, Germany

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