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Michaelskreuz Chapel

Michaelskreuz Chapel

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Michaelskreuz Chapel

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Location: Root, Lucerne, Switzerland

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1. Michaelskreuz Chapel – Michaelskreuz Chapel loop from Root

5.57km

01:48

260m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Hiking loop from Root

3.82km

01:09

130m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Michaelskreuz Chapel – Michaelskreuz Chapel loop from Rotkreuz

9.07km

02:51

360m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Matto

June 1, 2025

A brochure from the parish of St. Martin in Root provides information on the history of the power place Michael's Cross: "Around 1,500 years ago, the pious Medardus decided to build a wooden hut in the Meggerwald forest to live there. While he was busy felling trees, a boy came to him and asked Medardus to take two tree trunks on his shoulders and follow him. After a four-hour hike, the two arrived at a hill near Root. There, the boy asked the hermit to build a cross from the two trunks. With the words: 'I am the Archangel Michael, sent by my Lord Jesus Christ to mark and consecrate this place with the sign of the holy cross,' the boy took on the form of the Archangel Michael. Since then, the hill on which the chapel stands today has been called Michael's Cross.

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SamIAm

June 1, 2020

Lovely views, can be a bit busy on a sunny Public Holiday but well worth a visit.

Paul Wheatley

August 28, 2023

If your able visit this in the dark it’s an insane looking church at night also the surrounding views are amazing

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Elevation 790 m

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Michaelskreuz Chapel

1. Michaelskreuz Chapel – Michaelskreuz Chapel loop from Root

2. Hiking loop from Root

3. Michaelskreuz Chapel – Michaelskreuz Chapel loop from Rotkreuz

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