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Wayside Cross and Boundary Stone

Wayside Cross and Boundary Stone

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Wayside Cross and Boundary Stone

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Location: Weismain, Lichtenfels, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

April 12, 2026

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Old wayside shrine, framed by two gnarled acacia trees. Opposite is a boundary stone.

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Söhni 🏃

June 3, 2023

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It is no longer known why the old wayside shrine was erected here. But most of the Marterl or Martern, as they say in Franconia, were erected either out of gratitude or to commemorate an accident that happened at the respective location.

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JakobusPilger

October 16, 2021

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“Each of these crosses can tell its own story and what prompted people to erect “their” cross at this point. (...) These wayside crosses were erected as visible signs and …

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