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Dedenbach Plague Cross (1665)
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October 9, 2025
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1665
DOVES
SCHEFF
V·S· HASFRA (and his housewife)
W. MERG
A small information plaque next to the cross reads:
The name "Plague Cross" commemorates the plague as a result of the Thirty Years' War. For fear of infection, those who died from this disease were not buried in the village cemetery, but rather at specific locations far outside the village, where such plague crosses were then erected."
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Elevation 390 m
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