Ostlandkreuz

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Ostlandkreuz near Geislingen on the Steige on the guard

Ostlandkreuzze - also called crosses of the German East - are marks of expellees . Construction and maintenance are usually financed through donations from the displaced persons' associations.

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Locations (selection)

In Germany there are several hundred Ostland crosses on mountains and cemeteries. Here is a selection:

Geislingen an der Steige

The Ostlandkreuz of Geislingen an der Steige (Göppingen district, Baden-Württemberg), which stands south of the city center on the sentinel ( 665.7  m ; ⊙ ), was erected in 1950 and is the tallest monument of its kind. The widely visible cross, which is often mistaken for a summit cross , was designed as a steel framework construction clad with sheet copper, is 22.7 meters high and weighs 8.5 tons. The arms of the cross have a span of 7.5 meters. In 1992 it was renewed. For the 50th anniversary of the South Moravians (2003), the Ostlandkreuz was renewed again and since then has had a lighting system that illuminates it at night.

Bad Harzburg

Cross of the German East near Bad Harzburg (Uhlenköpf)

The Harz Cross of the German East ( ⊙ ) was north-east and slightly below the peak of about 2 km southeast of Bad Harzburg (district of Goslar, Lower Saxony) located Uhlen heads ( 555.4  m above sea level.  NHN ) on the Uhlen cliff on June 24, 1950 Presence of Ernst Reuter inaugurated. The 20.5 meter high wooden cross, meanwhile dilapidated, fell over in a hurricane on March 4, 1998. On September 30, 2000, a new 17.7 m high and 6.3 m wide steel cross, which is partially clad with wood, was inaugurated. The construction costs amounted to 180,000 DM. The cross is included as no. 122 in the system of stamping points of the Harz hiking pin; the stamp box hangs on a shelter near the cross.

Heyersum

The wooden cross of the German East ( ⊙ ) on the Bocksberg ( 120.8  m ) near the Heyersum district of Nordstemmen (Hildesheim district, Lower Saxony) was erected in 1961. After being destroyed, it was re-inaugurated in 1990 and 2006.

Winterbach

Ostlandkreuz near Winterbach (Hungerberg)
Ostlandkreuz near Winterbach

An Ostland cross with an altar ( ⊙ ; approx.  340  m ; both made of concrete) is located north of the Remstal on the southeast slope of the Hungerberg ( 382.3  m ) in the eastern part of the municipality of Winterbach near the municipality border to Schorndorf . Once a year - on Easter morning at 5:30 a.m. - there is a service there.

Dulken

In the Viersen district of Dülken (Viersen district, North Rhine-Westphalia) a cross was erected in the cemetery in 1951 to commemorate war and displacement. It was restored in 2005.

List of East Country Crosses

Baden-Württemberg

Bavaria

Bremen

Hesse

The Amöneburger Ostlandkreuz in front of the medieval city fortifications was erected in 1950

Lower Saxony

Mellendorf

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhineland-Palatinate

Schleswig-Holstein

See also

Web links

Commons : Ostlandkreuze  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harzer Wanderadel: stamp point 122 / Cross of the German East , on harzer-wandernadel.de
  2. ↑ East German Cross in Stuttgart in: 65 Years of the East German Cross at the Leverkusen-Manfort Cemetery , accessed on September 3, 2017, on leverkusen.com