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Wayside cross near Gottmannsgrün

Wayside cross near Gottmannsgrün

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Wayside cross near Gottmannsgrün

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Location: Karlovarský kraj, Severozápad, Czech Republic

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Rombea

September 20, 2020

In a legend book by O. Brey from 1936, it says that a fight between two knights took place near the stone cross. They stabbed each other and were buried at their battlefield. This stone cross was set up in her memory. A little above is a seating group, nice place for a break.

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Eulerich

February 16, 2019

The whole area is steeped in history and it is worthwhile to look at the boards and to put them into the time before World War II.

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Ronald van Büren

November 17, 2019

Location: The stone cross stands on the way to the border triangle of Bavaria, Saxony and the Czech Republic, near the Kaiserhammer, which no longer exists, at the junction of the path to Prex and Nentschau in Bavaria.
Size / Material: 108:75:23 / Granite
History: The location is the Gottmannsgrün deserted area.
The other cross mentioned by Apitsch in Rossbach is no longer there, it was lost in the 1960s when the new post office was built. At that time it stood between the estate of Richter and Hundhammer.
Say: 1. It is said to have been erected in memory of an officer who died there in single combat. When the cross was straightened years ago, spurs are said to have been found when digging up the earth. (Alberti 1897)
2. The legend reports that two knights had dueled at this point and that the bones of the slain lay under the cross stone. Excavations by Gustav Jacob (former landlord of the "Gasthaus zur Deutsch-Austrian border") have shown that this legend is just a legend. (Apitzsch 1932)
In a later edition of Apitzsch's "Wo auf hoch Tannenspitzen" (4th revised edition from 1941) one can read:
"...a knightly duel took place at the stone cross in the Kaiserhammer. They stabbed each other and were both buried on the spot. This happened several centuries ago. Three or four decades ago a few men from the Kaiserhammer dug up the stone cross and searched for human bones, for weapons or other treasures. They found nothing. Out of high spirits they laid an old, rusty saber under the stone that had been put back in place. One of the treasure diggers told me. Later local researchers and treasure diggers will rack their brains be artificially constructed in a legend"
See Sühnekreuz.de

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Wayside cross near Gottmannsgrün

1. Wayside cross near Gottmannsgrün – View of the Old Border Tower loop from Pabstleithen

2. View of the Old Border Tower – Wayside cross near Gottmannsgrün loop from Pabstleithen

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