Roadside Cross

The oldest object in public view dates from 1496. This small religious shrine is what is called a “Marterl”, a stone cross in remembrance of a fatal incident that occurred on Mannheimer Straße: a man was killed by a horse and buried at the scene of the accident. Set in a flat tabernacle on top of a tall pillar and protected by a lattice is a bas-relief medallion of the Man of Sorrows, which exhorts us to pray to God. The cross was moved to its present location in 1959.