Jesus Christ with the Cross - Wallenfels/BY/Germany
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N 50° 16.092 E 011° 28.527
32U E 676409 N 5571382
On the mountain cemetery of Wallenfels in the Franconian Forest is a so-called "Kreuzschlepper" visitable.
Waymark Code: WMVD7D
Location: Bayern, Germany
Date Posted: 04/04/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team
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Jesus Christ with the cross

About Jesus Christ: Hours before he died, Jesus had to carry the cross towards the Golgatha prisoner area. In honour of that, here in Wallenfels is a sandstone figure with a height about 2,60 meters visitable. The year of creation was 1722.

About the destination: The "Cross-Howler" is situated on the mountain cemetry on the so-called "Schloßberg" in Wallenfels. It is a part of the local "Chapel way", unfar from the roman-catholic church.
Associated Religion(s): Roman-catholic

Statue Location: Mountain cemetry

Entrance Fee: free

Artist: not known

Website: [Web Link]

Visit Instructions:
Take a picture of the statue. A waymarker and/or GPSr is not required to be in the image but it doesn't hurt.
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