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Hansenkreuz

Hansenkreuz

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Hansenkreuz

Name: Hansenkreuz
Rating: 2

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Location: Dierscheid, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Kellerberg Observation Tower – Viktoria Spring (Heckenmünster) loop from Dodenburg

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2. Viktoria Spring (Heckenmünster) – Grill Hut Dierscheid loop from Hetzerath

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3. Viktoria Spring (Heckenmünster) – Grill Hut Dierscheid loop from Naurath (Eifel)

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July 23, 2025

Something like this, or something similar, once happened more than 300 years ago in the forest near Dierscheid: Johann Wilhelm von Dischet sat in a thick thorn hedge, holding his breath. Men with barking dogs walked close by. They were looking for him. They wanted his money, which he had earned from a cattle trade on the Moselle and which he had boasted about after a few glasses of wine at the inn in Hetzerath.
The robbers walked by with their dogs, and Johann Wilhelm von Dischet breathed a sigh of relief. He had escaped once again. In gratitude, he erected a cross, the Hansen Cross.
One day, however, the Hare Cross—or Hannes, as the cross is affectionately called—was missing for two months, despite a thorough search. Fortunately, it was found by chance in the forest on a sawn-off tree trunk and could be reattached to its original location.
Source: volksfreund.de/region/mosel-wittlich-hunsrueck/das-hansenkreuz-ist-zwar-wieder-da-aber-das-raetsel-bleibt_aid-33575541

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Elevation 480 m

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Location: Dierscheid, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Hansenkreuz

1. Kellerberg Observation Tower – Viktoria Spring (Heckenmünster) loop from Dodenburg

2. Viktoria Spring (Heckenmünster) – Grill Hut Dierscheid loop from Hetzerath

3. Viktoria Spring (Heckenmünster) – Grill Hut Dierscheid loop from Naurath (Eifel)

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