cross
Kreuz (from Middle High German kriuz from Latin crux ) stands for:
- Cross (Christianity) , one of the main symbols of Christianity
- Holy Cross , relic of Christ venerated in Christianity
- Cross (heraldry) , herald image
- an instrument of torture and execution common in antiquity, see crucifixion
- the slang term for the lower back, see sacrum
- Motorway junction , two motorways meet
- Waterway intersection , meeting of two waterways
- Southern Cross , eye-catching constellation of the southern sky, navigation aid
Symbols and signs:
- Cross (symbol) , common simple sign
- Cross (×), a character in the form of a St. Andrew's cross
- Paint cross (×), mathematical symbol of multiplication and its extensions
- Cross (Chinese characters) († and ‡)
- Cross (suit) ( ♣ ), a color of the French playing cards
- Cross (musical notation) (♯), accidentals or accidentals
- Cross (building marking ) , marking on buildings to identify searches that have already been carried out
The following geographical objects are called cross :
- Kreuz (Bayreuth) , district of the city of Bayreuth, Bavaria
- Kreuz (Glonn) , district of the market Glonn, Ebersberg district, Bavaria
- Kreuz (Maitenbeth) , district of the Maitenbeth community, Mühldorf am Inn district, Bavaria
- Kreuz (Preetz) , district of the city of Preetz, Plön district, Schleswig-Holstein
- Kreuz (Velden) , district of the market Velden (Vils), Landshut district, Bavaria
- Kreuz (municipality of Natternbach) , village of the municipality of Natternbach , district of Grieskirchen, Upper Austria
- Kreuz (Grundlsee municipality) , location of Grundlsee in the Salzkammergut, Liezen district, Styria
- Kreuz (Totes Gebirge) , mountain in the Totes Gebirge in Upper Austria
- Kreuz (Angermünde) , a modern desert in the Görlsdorf district of the city of Angermünde, district of Uckermark, Brandenburg
historical, exonyms:
- Krzyż Wielkopolski , City on the Netze, Poland ( Kreuz (Ostbahn) )
- Krzyż (Wolsztyn) , forest settlement south of Świętno (Schwenten), today to Wolsztyn (Wollstein) ( Kreutz / Kreuz )
- Krížová Ves , Prešovský kraj, Slovakia ( cross )
- Harju-Risti , village of Padise municipality in Estonia ( cross in Harrien )
Buildings:
- Königliches Landgestüt Kreuz , former state stud
Cross is the name of the following people:
Nickname:
- John of the Cross (1542–1591), Spanish poet, mystic and doctor of the church
- Paul vom Kreuz (1694–1775), founder of the Passionist order in 1720
Family name:
- Angela Kreuz (* 1969), German writer
- August Kreuz (1873 – approx. 1960), German farmer, domain administrator and non-fiction author
- Emil Kreuz (1867–1932), German composer
- Ernst Kreuz (* 1940), German soccer player
- Hans Kreuz (1924–2001), German sculptor
- Johannes Kreuz († 1413), from 1391 to 1413 abbot in the monastery of St. Blaise in the southern Black Forest
- Lisl Kreuz (1923–2016), German painter and philanthropist
- Lothar Kreuz (1888–1969), German physician
- Manfred Kreuz (* 1936), German soccer player
- Markus Kreuz (* 1977), German soccer player
- Michael Kreuz (1929–2015), German wood sculptor
- Patric-Alexander Kreuz , German classical archaeologist and university professor
- Peter Kreuz (* 1966), German non-fiction and specialist book author, entrepreneur and speaker
- Sarah Kreuz (* 1989), German singer
- Wilhelm Kreuz , pseudonym of Walther Schreiber (playwright) (1887–1969), German playwright, journalist and writer
- Wilhelm Kreuz (* 1949), Austrian football player
Kreuz , other proper names:
- Kulturzentrum Kreuz , cultural center in Fulda in East Hesse
- Verlag Kreuz in Freiburg im Breisgau, part of the Herder publishing group
See also:
- List of all Wikipedia articles whose title starts with a cross
- List of all the Wikipedia article whose title Cross contains
Wiktionary: Kreuz - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations