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North Rhine-Westphalia

Wayside Cross Near Straeten

North Rhine-Westphalia

Wayside Cross Near Straeten

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Wayside Cross Near Straeten

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Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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May 9, 2024

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Straeten falls into the narrow zone of street villages on the lower Rur, which runs east-northeast from Sittard to Mönchengladbach. A whole line of street villages even begins with Straeten: …

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Franz Josef Klingen

June 21, 2025

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A "new" wayside cross near Straeten im Feld. The tree has grown, a hedge has been added as a windbreak, and the bench is also there – a place to pause and reflect in the middle of the fields.

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September 25, 2022

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The name Straeten is mentioned in a document from 1409. In this document, a Goswin von der Straeten is referred to as a lay judge of the Hagbank thingy before the Hagen. Judicial law lay with the Lords of Heinsberg, the jury office was tied to certain courts. One of these courts was the Kapitelshof or Straetener Hof. It was owned by the Heinsberg lords, then owned by the monastery dean Wilhelm von Blankenberg (1379-1382), later owned by Eberhard von Elsum.

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