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Weißes Kreuz (White Cross) in Tennenloher Forst

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Weißes Kreuz (White Cross) in Tennenloher Forst

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    January 29, 2023

    The meaning of the probably late medieval stone cross is unknown. It may be a weather or votive cross that was erected by workers in the numerous quarries in the Reichswald at the time. A figure of a saint may once have stood in the niche at the headboard. The trough probably served as a salt lick for the red deer that once lived in large numbers in the Nuremberg Reichswald. The name Hirschlecke, which is also commonly used for the Weiße Kreuz, is a reminder of this, although it can lead to confusion with the spring of the same name in the Buckenhofer forest.

    The current location of the stone cross does not correspond to the original place of installation. First it stood about 590 meters further east at a no longer existing crossing of two forest paths (♁coordinates). In 1935 the Reichswehr set up a military training area there. In order to protect the cross from damage or complete destruction, it was moved for the first time in October 1941 on the initiative of the German Stone Cross Research Association. When the military training area was later used by the US Army, the memorial was moved again. After the troops withdrew in 1993 and military use of the site ended, the White Cross was erected at its current location.

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      May 15, 2018

      The name of the cross comes from a former white painting. Its original meaning is unknown. The niche in the headboard certainly contained a Christian symbol.

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        August 18, 2018

        The White Cross is a hall monument / memorial stone in the Sebalder Reichswald.

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          Location: Forst Tennenlohe, Landkreis Erlangen-Höchstadt, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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