Steigerkreuz
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Front and back of the riser cross
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The Steigerkreuz , also known as the monk 's cross, is a historical atonement cross in the Steigerwald in Erfurt .
The monument is a 2.70 m high Greek cross of sandstone with a Latin inscription and a relief of a kneeling priest. The inscription reads hIC EST OCCISUS MA / GISTER hENRICUS / DE SYBELEIBEN SACERDOS , in German Magister Heinrich, clergyman of Siebleben, died here . This Heinrich was the canon of St. Severi and was slain on December 10, 1323 by Count Heinrich von Schwarzburg , whereupon he had to set up the atonement cross .
It stands to the west of the former B 4 , today's K 35 (Arnstädter Chaussee), where it was moved in the course of road construction in 1968. The shaft was damaged in the process, but is otherwise in good condition.
source
- Archaeological hiking guide Thuringia , Weimar 2005, p. 68f.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 22.3 " N , 11 ° 2 ′ 17.6" E