Unglückskreuz
Unglückskreuz is a wayside cross in Trier, Moselle Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate. Unglückskreuz is situated nearby to the cemetery Alter Pastorenfriedhof, as well as near the community center Pfarrheim.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Protestant Church (Trier-Ehrang) and Stolperstein dedicated to Mathias Thesen.
Protestant Church (Trier-Ehrang)
Church
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Protestant Church (Trier-Ehrang) is situated 1¼ km southeast of Unglückskreuz.
Stolperstein dedicated to Mathias Thesen
Memorial
Photo: Andy Dufresne & Red, CC0.
Stolperstein dedicated to Mathias Thesen is a memorial, which is situated 730 metres east of Unglückskreuz.
Ramstein Castle
Castle
Photo: Brbbl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The ruins of Ramstein Castle stand on a 182-metre-high, Bunter sandstone rock on the edge of the Meulenwald forest in the lower, steep-sided Kyll valley near Kordel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Ramstein Castle is situated 2½ km northwest of Unglückskreuz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kenn and Ruwer/Eitelsbach.
Kenn
Village
Photo: Wfirll, Public domain.
Kenn is a municipality situated on the right bank of the Moselle River, immediately adjacent to the city of Trier in the western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Kenn is situated 3½ km east of Unglückskreuz.
Ruwer/Eitelsbach
Suburb
Ruwer/Eitelsbach is a quarter of Trier, Germany. Eitelsbach was a small village at the Ruwer in Germany's Mosel region and famous for the wine estate Karthäuserhof and the associated vineyard Karthäuserhofberg, which means "Carthusians' Hill". Ruwer/Eitelsbach is situated 4 km southeast of Unglückskreuz.
Kordel
Village
Photo: Toksave, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kordel is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It is home to the ruins of Ramstein Castle. Kordel was severely affected by the 2021 European floods. Kordel is situated 4 km northwest of Unglückskreuz.
Unglückskreuz
- Type: Wayside cross
- Inscription: “Hier verünglückten Josef Adorff u. Karl Heimbach am 27. April 1925”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Trier, Moselle Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.81182° or 49° 48′ 43″ northLongitude
6.67459° or 6° 40′ 29″ eastInception
1980Open location code
8FX8RM6F+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 4729219506OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wayside_cross
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