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September 30, 2021
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Poppenbeck Cross
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According to tradition (inscription!), The cross is at the point where the knight Swer von Bevern is said to have died in 1487 on his way back …
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According to tradition (inscription!), The cross is at the point where the knight Swer von Bevern is said to have died in 1487 on his way back …
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September 22, 2018
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The Poppenbecker cross is a richly decorated, late Gothic stone cross from the late 15th century in the peasantry Poppenbeck in Havixbeck, Coesfeld, in Münsterland. It is reminiscent of the death of the knight Swer von Bevern from the House of Havixbeck.
The 4,30 meter high shaft cross made of Baumberger sandstone is located a few meters off the highway 581 from Havixbeck to Billerbeck. It lies thus on an old Via Regia, which led from Coesfeld over Billerbeck and Havixbeck to Münster. It stands on a two-piece stone pedestal, on which the now heavily weathered inscription
The 4,30 meter high shaft cross made of Baumberger sandstone is located a few meters off the highway 581 from Havixbeck to Billerbeck. It lies thus on an old Via Regia, which led from Coesfeld over Billerbeck and Havixbeck to Münster. It stands on a two-piece stone pedestal, on which the now heavily weathered inscription
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