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Memorial Cross for Johann Hammelrath

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Memorial Cross for Johann Hammelrath

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    February 13, 2022

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    In memory of the retired district forester Johann Hammelrath. The inscription reads...

    My Lord, help me, a lonely man, who has no other helper than you.
    In Christian memory
    of the retired royal district forester
    Johann Hammelrath
    Knight of the Red Eagle Order
    born 1790
    who met his death here on 6 November 1861 by
    unexpectedly discharging his yacht gun.
    Peace to his soul.
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    June 24, 2020

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    If I correctly deciphered the inscription on the cross, at some point in the 19th century, a waidmann, already elderly, unintentionally brought himself down with his own shotgun. Stupid, but you hear such stories every now and then.
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    December 3, 2022

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    In honor of the knight of the red eagle order *1790
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