The Swiss cross stands as an old border monument at the point where three truces meet. Four boundary stones are set in front of it. The shaft of the wayside shrine with plaster strips and inscription panels stands on a widened base. The final collar plate bears decorations at the corners. The picture block is walled up with four stone tablets, from which it can be seen that the saints of the plague were asked for their help. 'St. Rochus, pray for us', including a hiking stick with "Binkerl", 'Hl. Rosalia pray for us', represented by a flower instead of a skull, 'Hl. Sebastian, pray for us', below an arrow as a symbol of the saint, 'Hl. Katharina, pray for us', including the wheel by which she was to be martyred. The conclusion is a pyramidal roof covered with 100 tiles, of which the first row has a double roof. On it an elaborately forged Latin cross.

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RanasTweets

November 28, 2021

According to legend, this wayside shrine was erected in thanksgiving after the plague.

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Walter Karall

February 14, 2022

Interesting story behind this wayside cross: marterl.at/index.php?id=23&no_cache=1&oid=6122

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Location: Ladendorf, Bezirk Mistelbach, Weinviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

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