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Priory Cross

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Priory Cross

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Priory Cross

Recommended by 131 hikers out of 138

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Parc naturel des Hautes-Fagnes – Eifel

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Location: Waimes, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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2. Beautiful section of the trail – Boardwalk Over the Wez Stream loop from Longfaye

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3. Boardwalks of the Polleur Venn – Boardwalk Over the Wez Stream loop from Longfaye

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

October 19, 2022

The oak cross once carried a carved wooden Christ.
Since November 1950 it has replaced a cross from 1566 erected to mark the territorial borders (Franchimont and Stavelot). In 1605, on the initiative of the Prior of Malmedy, the cross was replaced to end border disputes in this sector. Hence the name "prior cross" (in several religious communities that do not know an abbot, the prior is the head of the monastery). Later this cross disappears again. In 1885 remains of the cross were found.

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Viviane

January 30, 2023

A cross with its own story.

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Uwe Mannuß

October 5, 2023

The Prior's Cross marks the old border between the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy and the Duchy of Jülich and was originally erected in 1605.

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Elevation 670 m

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Location: Waimes, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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1. Boardwalk Over the Wez Stream – Polleur Venn loop from Longfaye

2. Beautiful section of the trail – Boardwalk Over the Wez Stream loop from Longfaye

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