Ostlandkreuz

A Ostlandkreuz, also cross the German East, is a memorial cross, which is to commemorate the suffering, which has suffered the once living in Bohemia and Moravia German population in their expulsion in 1945. The construction of the Ostlandkreuze was funded by the donations organized in a bunch of displaced refugee associations in general.

Locations

In Germany there are several hundred Ostlandkreuze, of which most of them are in cemeteries. The following list is limited to striking crosses at exposed points.

Cross in the Harz near Bad Harzburg

The Harz Cross of the German East ( ⊙ 51.8757510.593194444444 ) was north-east and situated slightly below the peak of about 2 km southeast of Bad Harzburg (Landkreis Goslar, Lower Saxony ) Uhlen heads ( 555.4 m above sea level. NN ) on the Uhlen cliff at 24 June 1950 opened in the presence of Ernst Reuter. The 20.5 -meter-high wooden cross fell, become dilapidated, on 4 March 1998 in a hurricane around. On September 30, 2000, a new, 17.7 m high and 6.3 m wide steel cross, which is partially covered with wood, was inaugurated. The construction costs amounted to DM 180,000 The cross is included as No. 122 in the system of stamp locations of the Harz hiking pin; the stamp box hanging on a cross standing near the refuge.

Cross on the sentry at Geislingen

The Ostlandkreuz ( ⊙ 48.6154444444449.8297222222222 ) on the sentinel ( 665.7 m above sea level. NN ) south of Geislingen (Landkreis Göppingen, Baden- Württemberg) was built in 1950 and is the tallest such monument. It is a clad copper sheet steel truss structure. The highly visible cross, which is often confused with a cross on the summit is 22.7 meters high and weighs 8.5 tons. The arms of the cross have a wingspan of 7.5 meters. 1992 was renewed. On the 50th anniversary of the Südmährer (2003) the Ostlandkreuz was again renewed and has since been on a lighting system that is illuminated at night.

Cross at Nordstemmen - Heyersum

The wooden cross of the German East ( ⊙ 52.1554722222229.8198527777778 ) on the Bockberg ( 120.8 m above sea level. NN ) in the northern district of Stemmen Heyersum ( Hildesheim, Lower Saxony ) was built in 1961. After being destroyed, it was 1990 and 2006, newly inaugurated.

Cross at Winter creek in the Rems Valley

The Ostlandkreuz ( ⊙ 48.8094722222229.4970694444444 ) and an altar, both made ​​of concrete, are located at the Hunger Mountain, a slope on the northern edge of the Rems valley in the eastern part of the municipality of Paderno (Rems -Murr- Kreis, Baden -Württemberg) near the border with Schorndorf. Once a year, at 5:30 clock on Easter morning there is a worship takes place.

Cross in Viersen - Dülken

In Viersener Dülken district (Kreis Viersen, North Rhine -Westphalia) was built in 1951 in the cemetery a cross in memory of war and displacement. In 2005 it was restored.