Conciliation cross

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A conciliation cross was a stone cross, which was set up in a place where a murder or accident had happened. These memorial crosses are mostly in central and western Europe.

Purpose[]

In medieval times, they were sometimes handmade by the murderer as a symbol of conciliation with the family of his victim. Conciliation crosses were also put where many accidents, disasters or epidemics had happened. These memorial crosses are mostly in central and western Europe.

Occurrence in Czechia[]

In the Czech Republic, an archive of national instances is in the town of Aš alongside some of these; the number of documented Czech crosses is more than 2300.

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  Conciliation cross close to Růžová (Děčín District), Czech Republic.

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  Conciliation cross close to Kleinrettbach, Germany.

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  Conciliation cross close to Tver, Russia.

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  Conciliation cross close to Kijowice, Poland.

See also[]

• Wayside shrine
• Roadside memorial

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