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Tower Cross

Tower Cross

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Tower Cross

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Location: Seckau, Murtal, Hochsteiermark, Styria, Austria

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1. Wolf Pit – Tremmelberg Observation Tower loop from Einhörn

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2. Wolf Pit – Tremmelberg Observation Tower loop from Einhörn

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3. Tremmelberg Observation Tower – Wolf Pit loop from Einhörn

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Valerie

August 17, 2022

"(...) a visible sign of faith, hope and love (...)" is written here in the middle of the forest. And it has a beautiful story: when Knittelfeld's Gothic parish church was destroyed by bombs at the end of the Second World War and there was no money to finish the tower of the rebuilt church, this cross was made and placed as a tower cross on the provisional shed roof.When the church tower finally stood in all its glory again in 1998 and a matching cross was awarded, this cross was moved here. And since then it has delighted hikers in all its glory - in the middle of the forest.

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JakobusPilger

February 12, 2025

Valerie has already explained details of the history of the small sacred monument found here in her article. The three great Christian virtues FAITH + HOPE + LOVE, which are cited for this special hiking highlight called the "Tower Cross", are of biblical origin and were already mentioned by the Apostle Paul in his letter to the church of Corinth:
+ "For now, faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love."
he writes in the thirteenth chapter (1 Cor. 13:13), which is also known as the "Song of Songs" (and is often used as a Bible reading at weddings, for example).

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Elevation 1,110 m

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Location: Seckau, Murtal, Hochsteiermark, Styria, Austria

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1. Wolf Pit – Tremmelberg Observation Tower loop from Einhörn

2. Wolf Pit – Tremmelberg Observation Tower loop from Einhörn

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