“Deep in the forest silence of the pond valley (Poligraben) there is a wooden cross, called the red god. A gruesome deed happened there 100 years ago. A pioneer had …

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Other accounts say that this cross was erected in the late 17th and early 18th centuries to commemorate a murderer and his victim. Still others claim that the "Red Lord" is a plague cross. Even if the stories are not all true, they are still well made up, but, as you can see on old postcards from the Brucker camp, the "Red Lord" was still set up next to the Spittelwald chapel around 1912.

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1. War Memorial Bruckneudorf – Roter Herrgott Wayside Cross loop from Bruck an der Leitha

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2. Roter Herrgott Wayside Cross – Ochsenbründl Pond loop from Bruck an der Leitha

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3. War Memorial Bruckneudorf – Roter Herrgott Wayside Cross loop from Bruckneudorf

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Location: Bruckneudorf, Bezirk Neusiedl am See, Burgenland, Austria

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Roter Herrgott Wayside Cross

1. War Memorial Bruckneudorf – Roter Herrgott Wayside Cross loop from Bruck an der Leitha

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