Davitskreuz

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Baroque shaft cross at Heidberg. At an altitude of 531.0 meters above sea level."... The following has been handed down about the creation of our cultural monument "Davitskreuz" and also recorded in writing in the local yearbook Büscheich from 1925 by the then teacher Diehl: It was on All Souls' Day in the year 1764. It was generally a strict custom to go to Gerolstein in the morning of that day to go to church and to pray for the deceased. Under no circumstances was it allowed to work on this day. Nevertheless, a man from Büscheich, called Davit, sinned against this unwritten commandment. While the devout worshipers went to church in Gerolstein, he hitched his oxen to drive to the forge in Pelm. When he came to the place where the Davitskreuz stands today in the sunken road, the oxen suddenly stopped and could not be moved from the spot. He had no choice but to to turn and go home. As atonement for his crime he had the cross erected. ..."
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Nice spot at a crossroads invites you to linger