List of murder and atonement crosses in the Main-Tauber district

List of murder and atonement crosses in the Main-Tauber district: Murder and atonement crosses according to cities and other communities in the Main-Tauber district: Ahorn  • Bad Mergentheim  • Boxberg  • Creglingen  • Großrinderfeld  • Grünsfeld  • Igersheim  • Königheim  • Külsheim  • Lauda-Königshofen  • Niederstetten  • Tauberbischofsheim  • Weikersheim  • Werbach  • Wertheim  • Wittighausen Other: Stone cross nests in the Main-Tauber district  • See also

Main-Tauber district by towns and other municipalities

The list of murder and atonement crosses in the Main-Tauber district includes murder and atonement crosses for communities in the Main-Tauber district in Baden-Württemberg .

The Main-Tauber-Kreis , according to Bernhard Losch, the county with the most atonement crosses in Baden-Wuerttemberg. The reason lies in the agricultural structure of the district since the Middle Ages. In modern times there was no densification of settlement and industry as in the metropolitan areas, so that these cultural monuments were largely preserved in the open air . For this reason there are also numerous free-range crossroads in the Main-Tauber district . This was favored by a below-average proportion of forests, whereas the proportion of agricultural land is very high. With around 100 inhabitants per square kilometer, the population density is the lowest in Baden-Württemberg. The original cultural landscape was thus preserved without major disruption from large-scale residential or industrial areas.

Well known is the stone cross nest near Reicholzheim , the largest collection of stone crosses in southern Germany , which was already the subject of art.

Murder and Atonement Crosses in the Main-Tauber District

The stone cross nest near Reicholzheim , a village of Wertheim, was already the subject of art (here a painting by Rudolf Schiestl , 1925) Another stone cross nest is in Bad Mergentheim.There are numerous legends around these stone cross collections and other murder and atonement crosses that - if known - are shown in the following sub-lists

In 16 of the 18 municipalities in the Main-Tauber district, 117 murder and atonement crosses are known (as of May 22, 2020):

 Map with all coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the Main-Tauber district: OSM | WikiMap

Commune	Partial lists of the murder and atonement crosses	Number (known crosses)
maple	List of murder and atonement crosses in maple	002
Assamstadt	no	00-
Bad Mergentheim	List of murder and atonement crosses in Bad Mergentheim	012
Boxberg	List of Murder and Atonement Crosses in Boxberg	005
Creglingen	List of murder and atonement crosses in Creglingen	014th
Freudenberg	no	00-
Large cattle field	List of murder and atonement crosses in Großrinderfeld	002
Grünsfeld	List of murder and atonement crosses in Grünsfeld	003
Igersheim	List of murder and atonement crosses in Igersheim	007th
Koenigheim	List of murder and atonement crosses in Königheim	002
Külsheim	List of murder and atonement crosses in Külsheim	004th
Lauda-Koenigshofen	List of murder and atonement crosses in Lauda-Königshofen	004th
Niederstetten	List of murder and atonement crosses in Niederstetten	007th
Tauberbischofsheim	List of murder and atonement crosses in Tauberbischofsheim	018th
Weikersheim	List of murder and atonement crosses in Weikersheim	002
Werbach	List of murder and atonement crosses in Werbach	009
Wertheim	List of murder and atonement crosses in Wertheim	024
Wittighausen	List of murder and atonement crosses in Wittighausen	002
total	16/18	117

maple

Murder and atonement crosses in the area of ​​the municipality of Ahorn :

 Map with all coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the area of ​​the municipality of Ahorn: OSM

designation	Dating	Designation / popular tradition	image	Location
Ahorn I / Buch am Ahorn district	approx. 16./17. Century	A plowing farmer died here when the oxen ran away.	Can no longer be found in 2015	49 ° 32 '22 "N, 9 ° 33' 41" E
Ahorn II / Buch am Ahorn district	approx. 16./17. Century	"Kreuzstein" / Is associated with the Thirty Years' War.	Can no longer be found in 2015	49 ° 32 ′ 51 ″ N, 9 ° 33 ′ 14 ″ E

See also : List of cultural monuments in Ahorn (Baden)

Bad Mergentheim

Murder and Atonement Crosses in the district of Bad Mergentheim :

 Map with all coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the district of Bad Mergentheim: OSM

designation	Dating	Designation / popular tradition	image	Location
Bad Mergentheim I – VI	between the 15th and 18th centuries	Various different traditions.		49 ° 29 ′ 49 "N, 9 ° 46 ′ 33" E
Bad Mergentheim VII	approx. 15th century	Linked to the death of a slater. After a farmer took the cross back to his house in Wachbach, a cattle disease broke out and he then brought the stone back to its original location.		49 ° 29 ′ 29 "N, 9 ° 46 ′ 32" E
Bad Mergentheim VIII	approx. 16th century			49 ° 29 ′ 39 "N, 9 ° 44 ′ 56" E
Bad Mergentheim IX / Althausen district	approx. 14./15. Century			49 ° 28 ′ 8 "N, 9 ° 44 ′ 43" E
Bad Mergentheim X / Herbsthausen district	approx. 16th century			49 ° 24 ′ 21 "N, 9 ° 49 ′ 42" E
Bad Mergentheim XI	approx. 16th century	Atonement cross at the gate guard house. Not listed in Losch (1981).		49 ° 29 ′ 27 ″ N, 9 ° 46 ′ 12 ″ E
Bad Mergentheim XII / Löffelstelzen district		Atonement Cross. This is a murder stone. According to statements, two shepherds are said to have killed a man here. Not listed in Losch (1981).		Coordinates are missing! Help.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Bad Mergentheim

Boxberg

Murder and Atonement Crosses in the area around the city of Boxberg :

 Map with all coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the area around the city of Boxberg: OSM

designation	Dating	Designation / popular tradition	image	Location
Boxberg I / Kupprichhausen district	approx. 16th century			49 ° 31 '46 "N, 9 ° 37' 9" E
Boxberg II / Oberschüpf district	approx. 15th / beginning of 17th century	"Blutstein" / A young farmer's son killed a shepherd who was passing through with a "Hippe" (vine knife) in an argument over a girl.		49 ° 31 ′ 13 "N, 9 ° 40 ′ 55" E
Boxberg III / Schwabhausen district	Inscription "1713"	"Gypsy Cross" / A strange carter was killed in an argument. / A farmer with a scythe was struck by lightning.		49 ° 27 ′ 2 "N, 9 ° 35 ′ 57" E
Boxberg IV / Windischbuch district	approx. 15./16. Century	"Schwedenkreuz" / Several traditions in connection with the Thirty Years' War or the Napoleonic Wars.		49 ° 25 ′ 57 "N, 9 ° 37 ′ 33" E
Boxberg V / Wölchingen district	approx. 15./16. Century	Child death or manslaughter.		49 ° 28 ′ 55 "N, 9 ° 38 ′ 17" E

See also : List of cultural monuments in Boxberg (Baden)

Creglingen

Murder and Atonement Crosses in the district of Creglingen :

 Map with all coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the district of Creglingen: OSM

designation	Dating	Designation / popular tradition	image	Location
Creglingen I.	approx. 14./16. Century	Two brothers got into a dispute at the original location of the cross in Erdbach and killed each other with their "Schnittheppen" (device for cutting out thistles).		49 ° 27 '31 "N, 10 ° 1' 53" E
Creglingen II	approx. 14./16. Century			Cross no longer available 2018
Creglingen III / Blumweiler district	approx. 15./16. Century	A rider who was shot through the head and heart was found here during the Thirty Years' War.		49 ° 24 '20 "N, 10 ° 5' 35" E
Creglingen IV / Finsterlohr district	approx. 15./16. Century	The stone is said to have something to do with the Crusades . It used to be the custom that at funerals the funeral procession stopped at the Kreuzstein, the choir sang a song and an Our Father was spoken.		49 ° 25 ′ 49 ″ N, 10 ° 6 ′ 37 ″ E
Creglingen V / hamlet of Lichtel	approx. 14th / 16th / century	"Shepherd's Cross" / Various different traditions.		49 ° 24 ′ 35 "N, 10 ° 2 ′ 31" E
Creglingen VI / hamlet of Lichtel	approx. 15./16. Century	"Metzgerkreuz" / A man is said to have been killed there with a cut heap.		49 ° 24 '26 "N, 10 ° 2' 56" E
Creglingen VII – IX / Münster district	approx. 15./16. Century	"Father, mother and child" / murder of a family with a child. / Memory of a family who drowned in the floods. / Quarrel between three shepherds.		49 ° 26 '25 "N, 10 ° 2' 30" E
Creglingen X / Münster district	approx. 15./16. Century	A Rothenburg musketeer was thrown from his horse at the place of the cross and dragged to death. The rider goes around there at night.		49 ° 25 ′ 33 "N, 10 ° 3 ′ 11" E
Creglingen XI / Weiler Reutsachsen	approx. 15th century	Dispute between two Rothenburg bakers.		Cross no longer available 2015
Creglingen XII / Weiler Reutsachsen	approx. 16./17. Century			Cross no longer available 2015
Creglingen XIII / Weiler Reutsachsen				Cross cannot be found 2015
Creglingen XIV / Schmerbach district	approx. 14./15. Century	There is said to be a mass grave from the Thirty Years War.		49 ° 24 ′ 31 ″ N, 10 ° 4 ′ 37 ″ E

See also : List of cultural monuments in Creglingen

Large cattle field

Murder and atonement crosses in the district of Großrinderfeld :

 Map with all the coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the district of Großrinderfeld: OSM

designation	Dating	Designation / popular tradition	image	Location
Large cattle field I	approx. 16./17. Century	Someone was killed in an argument.		49 ° 40 ′ 17 "N, 9 ° 43 ′ 20" E
Large cattle field II	approx. 16./17. Century	"Linsenkreuz" / Two shepherds got into an argument while eating their lentil soup and beat each other to death.		49 ° 38 ′ 58 "N, 9 ° 44 ′ 32" E

See also : List of cultural monuments in Großrinderfeld

Grünsfeld

Murder and Atonement Crosses in the district of Grünsfeld :

 Map with all the coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the district of Grünsfeld: OSM

designation	Dating	Designation / popular tradition	image	Location
Grünsfeld I & II	approx. 16th century (I) & inscription "1493" (II)	A hunter and a poacher shot each other and a stone cross was erected for each.		49 ° 37 ′ 4 ″ N, 9 ° 46 ′ 2 ″ E
Grünsfeld III / Grünsfeldhausen district	approx. 15th / early 17th century			49 ° 37 '47 "N, 9 ° 43' 58" E

See also : List of cultural monuments in Grünsfeld

Igersheim

Murder and atonement crosses in the parish of Igersheim :

 Map with all coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the area of ​​the municipality of Igersheim: OSM

designation	Dating	Designation / popular tradition	image	Location
Igersheim I.	approx. 15th century			No longer available 2015
Igersheim II	approx. 15./16. Century			"Secured in the yard"?
Igersheim III – V / Bernsfelden district	approx. 15./16. Century	Are associated with the Peasants' War or "a campaign".		49 ° 33 ′ 43 "N, 9 ° 53 ′ 32" E
Igersheim VI / Harthausen district	approx. 15./16. Century			No longer available 2015
Igersheim VII / hamlet Reckerstal	approx. 14./15. Century			49 ° 31 ′ 50 "N, 9 ° 48 ′ 48" E

See also : List of cultural monuments in Igersheim

Koenigheim

Murder and atonement crosses in the district of Königheim :

 Map with all coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the district of Königheim: OSM

designation	Dating	Designation / popular tradition	image	Location
Koenigheim I	16th century	Found during sewer works in 1977. The type of representation has echoes of ancient lines; the proportions of the cross suggest an assignment to the 16th century.		49 ° 37 ′ 7 "N, 9 ° 35 ′ 53" E
Koenigheim II	possibly "1692"	Also found during sewer work in 1977. Secured in the building yard. Intended for installation near the town hall. On an illustration from 1927 with the caption: "Stone cross in Königheim. 1692." a similar looking cross is shown.		49 ° 37 ′ 7 "N, 9 ° 35 ′ 54" E

See also : List of cultural monuments in Königheim

Külsheim

Murder and Atonement Crosses in the district of Külsheim :

 Map with all coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the district of the city of Külsheim: OSM

designation	Dating	Designation / popular tradition	image	Location
Külsheim I.	approx. 15th / beginning of 17th century	Stone cross in garden wall		49 ° 40 ′ 12 "N, 9 ° 31 ′ 33" E
Külsheim II	approx. 16th century	“Knäbleinskreuz” / Erected as a thank you for finding a boy who was lost.		49 ° 39 ′ 4 ″ N, 9 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ E
Külsheim III	Inscription "1590"	"Siebmacherkreuz" / The legible inscription clearly refers to the murder of the sieve maker Andres Schmit.		49 ° 39 ′ 16 ″ N, 9 ° 33 ′ 17 ″ E
Külsheim IV / Eiersheim district	approx. 16./17. Century	"Schwedenkreuz" / During the Thirty Years War, a Swedish officer is said to have been murdered by his own soldiers because of his cruelty. The so-called Swedish Cross was covered by erosion for a long time and was dug up again in September 1965. The cross does not have to come from the time of the 30 Years War, it could also be older as an atonement cross for manslaughter.		49 ° 39 '38 "N, 9 ° 33' 53" E

See also : List of cultural monuments in Külsheim

Lauda-Koenigshofen

Murder and atonement crosses in the district of the city of Lauda-Königshofen :

 Map with all coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the area of ​​the city of Lauda-Königshofen: OSM

designation	Dating	Designation / popular tradition	image	Location
Lauda-Königshofen I / Gerlachsheim district	approx. 15th / beginning of the 16th century	The inscription “S. VEITS KIRCHLEIN ”refers to a chapel that was destroyed at the beginning of the Peasants' War.		49 ° 34 ′ 53 "N, 9 ° 42 ′ 34" E
Lauda-Königshofen II / Gerlachsheim district	approx. 15th / beginning of the 16th century			49 ° 35 ′ 33 "N, 9 ° 44 ′ 12" E
Lauda-Königshofen III / Gerlachsheim district	approx. 17th century	Two children are said to have killed each other while playing.		49 ° 34 ′ 53 "N, 9 ° 42 ′ 35" E
Lauda-Königshofen IV / Oberbalbach district	approx. 15./16. Century			49 ° 32 ′ 11 "N, 9 ° 47 ′ 40" E

See also : List of cultural monuments in Lauda-Königshofen

Niederstetten

Murder and Atonement Crosses in the district of Niederstetten :

 Map with all coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the district of Niederstetten: OSM

designation	Dating	Designation / popular tradition	image	Location
Niederstetten I / Heimberg	approx. 15th century	An argument between two brothers with a fatal outcome.		49 ° 23 '25 "N, 10 ° 1' 17" E
Niederstetten II / Rinderfeld district	approx. 15./16. Century	One of two shepherds was struck by lightning. / Two shepherds killed each other.		49 ° 25 ′ 19 ″ N, 9 ° 59 ′ 51 ″ E
Niederstetten III / Rinderfeld district	approx. 16th century			49 ° 24 '36 "N, 10 ° 1' 8" E
Niederstetten IV / Streichental district	approx. 16th century	It is one of three crosses that were erected on the way from Brauneck Castle to Frauental Monastery on the occasion of the reconciliation of the Lords of Brauneck.		49 ° 25 '19 "N, 10 ° 1' 46" E
Niederstetten V / Streichental district	approx. 14./15. Century	Two shepherds killed each other.		49 ° 24 '57 "N, 10 ° 1' 20" E
Niederstetten VI / Wermutshausen district	approx. 15./16. Century	Erected because of a previous manslaughter.		49 ° 24 ′ 56 "N, 9 ° 57 ′ 13" E
Niederstetten VII / Wermutshausen district	approx. 15./16. Century	"Heftenwegkreuz"		49 ° 24 ′ 48 "N, 9 ° 57 ′ 31" E

See also : List of cultural monuments in Niederstetten

Tauberbischofsheim

Murder and Atonement Crosses in the area around the city of Tauberbischofsheim :

 Map with all the coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the area around the city of Tauberbischofsheim: OSM

designation	Dating	Designation / popular tradition	image	Location
Tauberbischofsheim I-III	approx. 15./17. Century	Different traditions.		49 ° 37 ′ 20 "N, 9 ° 40 ′ 25" E
Tauberbischofsheim IV	approx. 16./17. Century	"Richtplatzkreuz" (the former place of execution is nearby)		49 ° 37 '24 "N, 9 ° 38' 59" E
Tauberbischofsheim V	approx. 16th century			49 ° 37 ′ 48 "N, 9 ° 40 ′ 41" E
Tauberbischofsheim VI	approx. 16./17. Century			49 ° 37 ′ 19 ″ N, 9 ° 38 ′ 52 ″ E
Tauberbischofsheim VII	approx. 16./17. Century			49 ° 37 ′ 44 "N, 9 ° 37 ′ 33" E
Tauberbischofsheim VIII	approx. 14./15. Century			49 ° 38 ′ 34 "N, 9 ° 41 ′ 37" E
Tauberbischofsheim IX	approx. 15./17. Century	Boys from Paimar killed each other there.		49 ° 38 ′ 18 "N, 9 ° 42 ′ 34" E
Tauberbischofsheim X / Dienstadt district	approx. 16./17. J.	Atonement Cross III (Dienstadt): Human figure in the crossroads. Shell limestone.		49 ° 38 ′ 42 "N, 9 ° 35 ′ 47" E
Tauberbischofsheim XI / Dittigheim district	Inscription "1491"	A Grünsfeld butter dealer was attacked and murdered by robbers. When the Wild Army moves through the Taubertal, you can hear it whimpering, howling and screaming at the Murder Cross. An Lord's Prayer offers protection from the ghost.		49 ° 37 ′ 5 "N, 9 ° 42 ′ 2" E
Tauberbischofsheim XII / Dittwar district	1644	Atonement Cross I (Dittwar): "Swedes Cross" / inscription: "1644 IS HANS WEBER / SIMONS SON / THE COURT / OF THE SOLDIERS / WERE ROSED" / A Dittwar farmer plowed. Suddenly a Swedish troop of horsemen appeared at the edge of the forest. The farmer immediately unhitched his horses and rode off with them. When the Swedish horsemen reached him, they shot him.		49 ° 35 ′ 30 "N, 9 ° 37 ′ 20" E
Tauberbischofsheim XIII / Dittwar district	1607	Atonement Cross II (Dittwar): "Hegeleinskreuz / Schwedenkreuz" / Inscription: "ZU GETECKNUS HANS / LANGENBERGER 1607 / ON THE STR / AS DAS LEBEN / GELASEN" / A Dittwar farmer was killed by the Swedes while plowing.		49 ° 34 ′ 27 "N, 9 ° 36 ′ 42" E
Tauberbischofsheim XIV / Hochhausen district	approx. 14./15. Century	The broken arm of the cross is said to have been cut off by an injured farmer who injured his right arm.		49 ° 39 ′ 50 "N, 9 ° 36 ′ 41" E
Tauberbischofsheim XV / Impfingen district	approx. 16./17. Century	Atonement Cross I (Impfingen): "Mordkreuz" refers to a murder. It is an atonement cross with a chiseled sword and a recessed diamond, the shaft and cross bar are beveled at the edges.		49 ° 39 ′ 21 ″ N, 9 ° 41 ′ 46 ″ E
Tauberbischofsheim XVI / District Dienstadt		Atonement Cross I (Dienstadt): sandstone. Not listed in Losch (1981).		49 ° 38 ′ 32 "N, 9 ° 35 ′ 44" E
Tauberbischofsheim XVII / District Dienstadt		Atonement Cross II (Dienstadt): Limestone. Not listed in Losch (1981).		49 ° 38 ′ 25 ″ N, 9 ° 36 ′ 6 ″ E
Tauberbischofsheim XVIII / Impfingen district	1598	Atonement Cross II (Impfingen): Murder Cross, from 1598, referred to as the Mund'sches Kreuz. Background: A son of the Mund family was beaten to death three days before the Martini Festival. The Mund cross is reminiscent of an assassination attempt on Matthias Mund, a citizen of Impfingen. The killer's surname was carved out of the stone many years ago. Not listed in Losch (1981).		49 ° 38 ′ 57 "N, 9 ° 40 ′ 20" E

See also : List of cultural monuments in Tauberbischofsheim

Weikersheim

Murder and atonement crosses in the area of ​​the city of Weikersheim :

 Map with all coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the district of the city of Weikersheim: OSM

designation	Dating	Designation / popular tradition	image	Location
Weikersheim I / Neubronn district	approx. 15./16. Century	"Schwedenkreuz" / Two men bet who could meet the other across the distance on the other side of the village. Both were fatally wounded and buried in the appropriate places. The second cross has disappeared.		49 ° 28 ′ 8 "N, 9 ° 58 ′ 3" E
Weikersheim II / Laudenbach district	late medieval	Late medieval atonement cross. Not listed in Losch (1981). Rebuilt at the old location in 2020.		49 ° 27 ′ 47 "N, 9 ° 56 ′ 34" E

See also : List of cultural monuments in Weikersheim

Werbach

Murder and atonement crosses on the borough of Werbach :

 Map with all coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the district of Werbach: OSM

designation	Dating	Designation / popular tradition	image	Location
Werbach I	approx. 15./16. Century			49 ° 39 '59 "N, 9 ° 38' 37" E
Werbach II	approx. 16./17. Century		Can no longer be found in 2019	49 ° 40 ′ 12 "N, 9 ° 38 ′ 26" E
Werbach III	approx. 15./16. Century	A murder is said to have happened here.		49 ° 40 ′ 9 ″ N, 9 ° 39 ′ 43 ″ E
Werbach IV / Gamburg district	1571	"Schwedenkreuz" / inscription: "ANNO 1571 / DEN 12 IULII / IS AT DISE LOCAL MORDLICHE UMBEB / RACHT VO IRE DIESTKECHT BARBA / RA HASEN HERIGS SELIG WITFR / AU DARUB HABE IRE ERBE IE () H / HANS CU / TZ UD PET / ER () / (). "		49 ° 41 ′ 41 "N, 9 ° 35 ′ 54" E
Werbach V / Gamburg district	approx. 15./16. Century	A shepherd is said to have been struck by lightning here.		49 ° 41 ′ 48 "N, 9 ° 35 ′ 56" E
Werbach VI / Gamburg district	approx. 15./16. Century	Erected for one of the dead boys from the Reicholzheim district of Wertheim.		49 ° 41 ′ 43 "N, 9 ° 35 ′ 41" E
Werbach VII / district of Werbachhausen	approx. 15./16. Century	Swedish Cross (Losch 1981)		49 ° 40 ′ 45 "N, 9 ° 40 ′ 58" E
Werbach VIII / district of Werbachhausen	Inscription "1634"	Two farmers who came towards each other with their cart on the narrow path and did not want to evade each other, killed each other with a karst (vineyard hoe).		49 ° 40 ′ 44 "N, 9 ° 40 ′ 37" E
Werbach IX / Werbachhausen district		Walled-in stone cross at the entrance to the church. Not listed in Losch (1981).		49 ° 40 ′ 46 "N, 9 ° 40 ′ 58" E

See also : List of cultural monuments in Werbach

Wertheim

Murder and Atonement Crosses in the district of Wertheim :

 Map with all coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the district of the city of Wertheim: OSM

designation	Dating	Designation / popular tradition	image	Location
Wertheim I & II	approx. end of 15./16. Century (I) / approx. 16th century (II)	"Leinreiterskreuz" (I) / Various different traditions. Lapidary of the County Museum		Coordinates are missing! Help.
Wertheim III / hamlet Bronnbach	approx. end of 15th / beginning of 17th century			Coordinates are missing! Help.
Wertheim IV & V / Dörlesberg village	approx. 15th century (IV) / approx. 15th / early 16th century (V)	Extensive records in connection with other missing crosses.		Coordinates are missing! Help.
Wertheim VI / village of Höhefeld	End of 15./17. Century	Extensive records in connection with the crosses Wertheim IX to XXII.		49 ° 42 ′ 37 "N, 9 ° 36 ′ 38" E
Wertheim VII & VIII / Lindelbach	approx. 15./16. Century (VII) / approx. 15th century (VIII)	Different traditions.		Coordinates are missing! Help.
Wertheim IX - XXII & Wertheim XXIII / locality Reicholzheim	14th to 16th century	Stone cross nest near Reicholzheim . “Murder Crosses”, “Battle Crosses” / Various traditions. The stone crosses are built into a retaining wall. It is the largest known collection of stone crosses in southern Germany.		49 ° 43 '25 "N, 9 ° 32' 26" E
Wertheim XXIV / village of Sonderriet	Inscriptions "1586" & "1838"			Coordinates are missing! Help.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Wertheim

Wittighausen

Murder and atonement crosses in the district of Wittighausen :

 Map with all coordinates of the murder and atonement crosses in the district of Wittighausen: OSM

designation	Dating	Designation / popular tradition	image	Location
Wittighausen I / Oberwittighausen district	approx. 15./16. Century			49 ° 37 ′ 34 "N, 9 ° 50 ′ 56" E
Wittighausen II / Vilchband district	Inscription "1548"	"Schwedenkreuz" / Since the cross bears the inscription "HANS MARCKQVRT" next to the year, the name bearer is said to have been murdered here.		49 ° 35 ′ 30 "N, 9 ° 49 ′ 29" E

See also : List of cultural monuments in Wittighausen

Stone cross nests in the Main-Tauber district

If there are several crosses next to each other at a location, one speaks of a so-called stone cross nest . This can have various reasons. On the one hand, it can actually be the original location or an officially assigned location. On the other hand, due to the different ages of individual crosses, it can be assumed that they were implemented in the past, so that they were only later put together in a suitable place to form such nests. Since some of these facts have been forgotten, new legends have emerged in which several people now play a role, depending on the number of objects. The following stone cross nests are known in the Main-Tauber district:

number	Stone cross nest	Commune	Dating
14th	Stone cross nest near Reicholzheim	Wertheim	14th to 16th century
6th	Stone cross nest near Bad Mergentheim	Bad Mergentheim	15th to 18th century
3	Stone cross nest near Bernsfelden	Igersheim	15./16. Century
	Stone cross nest near Munster	Creglingen	15./16. Century
	Stone cross nest near Tauberbischofsheim	Tauberbischofsheim	15./17. Century
2	Stone cross nest near Dörlesberg	Wertheim	15./16. Century
	Stone cross nest near Grünsfeld	Grünsfeld	15./16. Century
	Stone cross nest near Lindelbach	Wertheim	15./16. Century
	Stone cross nest near Wertheim	Wertheim	15./16. Century

See also

• List of cultural monuments in the Main-Tauber district
• List of crossroads in the Main-Tauber district

Web links

Commons : Murder and Atonement Crosses in the Main-Tauber District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• From murder cross to accident cross
• Sühnekreuz.de

literature

• Bernhard Losch: Atonement and Remembrance. Stone crosses in Baden-Württemberg. Theiss, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-8062-0754-2 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bernhard Losch: Atonement and Remembrance. Stone crosses in Baden-Württemberg . Theiss, Stuttgart 1981.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Steinere witnesses in the landscape - Franconian news. In: fnweb.de. Retrieved May 22, 2020 . 
3. ↑ locations. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 23, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Reicholzheim. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Book am Ahorn / OT by Ahorn. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Bad Mergentheim. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
7. ^ Althausen / OT from Bad Mergentheim. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
8. ^ Herbsthausen / OT of Bad Mergentheim. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
9. ↑ A stone with a mysterious history. Online at www.fnweb.de. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
10. ^ Oberschüpf / OT from Boxberg. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Schwabhausen. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
12. ↑ ^{a b} Lichtel. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
13. ↑ Großrinderfeld. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Grünsfeld. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
15. ^ Igersheim. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
16. ↑ Steinkreuz, ID 3108. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
17. ↑ Steinkreuz, ID 3109. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
18. ^ Igersheim. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
19. ↑ Steinkreuz, ID 3107. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
20. ↑ Steinkreuz, ID 3110. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
21. ↑ ^{a b} Königheim. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
22. ↑ ^{a b c} Külsheim. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
23. ^ Eiersheim / OT from Külsheim. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
24. ^ ^{A b} Gerlachsheim / OT from Lauda-Königshofen. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
25. ^ Oberbalbach / OT from Lauda-Königshofen. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
26. ↑ Steinkreuz, ID 3118. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
27. ↑ Steinkreuz, ID 3119. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
28. ↑ Steinkreuz, ID 3120. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
29. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Tauberbischofsheim. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
30. ↑ ^{a b c} Dienstadt / OT von Tauberbischofsheim. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
31. ^ Dittigheim / OT von Tauberbischofsheim. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
32. ↑ Heimat- und Kulturverein Dittwar: The Swedish Cross in Dittwar . Online at www.hkvdittwar.de. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
33. ↑ ^{a b} Dittwar / OT von Tauberbischofsheim. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
34. ↑ Heimat- und Kulturverein Dittwar: Stein im Eisgrund . Online at www.hkvdittwar.de. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
35. ^ Hochhausen / OT of Tauberbischofsheim. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
36. ^ Impfingen / OT from Tauberbischofsheim. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
37. ^ Information from Franz Kuhngamberger, Heimatverein Impfingen, January 15, 2018.
38. ↑ A field cross made of shell limestone returns www.fnweb.de from May 18, 2020
39. ↑ ^{a b} Werbach. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
40. ↑ ^{a b c} Gamburg / OT von Werbach. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
41. ↑ ^{a b c} Werbachhausen / OT from Werbach. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
42. ^ Kreuzstein.eu: Wertheim, OT Höhefeld, Main-Tauber district . Online at www.kreuzstein.eu. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
43. ↑ locations. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 23, 2020 . 
44. ↑ Reicholzheim. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
45. ^ Vilchband / OT von Wittighausen. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . 
46. ↑ locations. In: suehnekreuz.de. Retrieved May 22, 2020 . 
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