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Iron Cross Wayside Shrine

Iron Cross Wayside Shrine

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Iron Cross Wayside Shrine

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Location: Karlovarský kraj, Severozápad, Czech Republic

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Lasse

July 17, 2021

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Unfortunately, the inscription is difficult to see

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Harald Schramm (Schocker)

July 17, 2021

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A wayside shrine (from old German stock / stoc, `` something in the height '') in Hesse as Heiligenstock, in Austria and Bavaria also called Marterl or Marter, Materle, Materla, Wegstock or Kreuz, in Switzerland as Helgenstöckli, st as religious Small memorial a pillar made of wood or stone, usually standing on paths, which bears a sculptural or painted votive or devotional image (usually the image of a saint, a scene with saints or the crucified Christ).

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de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildstock

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Joachim Weller

August 24, 2025

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Such "marterln" are often seen in the once Catholic Egerland region.

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Elevation 540 m

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