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Landkreis Bad Kissingen

atonement crosses

Landkreis Bad Kissingen

Euerdorf

atonement crosses

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Location: Euerdorf, Landkreis Bad Kissingen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Bernd "Eye see you"

September 15, 2020

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According to tradition, there should have been an argument between two men, of course it was about a woman. This resulted in a homicide, and the crosses were erected as atonement.
In the meantime they are already stuck in the earth due to landslides.

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March 9, 2022

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So-called atonement crosses are often associated with a serious crime (murder, manslaughter). In addition to other penalties, the perpetrator had to set up such a cross as atonement for his misdeed at the scene of the event

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December 17, 2021

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“Each of these crosses can tell its own story and what prompted people to erect “their” cross at this point. (...) These wayside crosses were erected as visible signs and …

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Elevation 280 m

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Location: Euerdorf, Landkreis Bad Kissingen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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