Werlekreuz

Werlekreuz is a wayside cross in Heppenheim (Bergstraße), Kreisstadt, South Hesse, Hesse. Werlekreuz is situated nearby to the chapel Maria-Hilf-Kapelle, as well as near the church Heilig Geist.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Starkenburg Observatory and Starkenburg.

Starkenburg Observatory

Observatory

Starkenburg Observatory

Photo: Poisend-Ivy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Starkenburg Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Heppenheim, Germany. It was founded in 1970, and currently has about 150 members. The observatory was the venue for the 1997 and 2003 meetings of the European Radio Astronomy Congress. Starkenburg Observatory is situated 1 km east of Werlekreuz.

Starkenburg

Castle

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Starkenburg is a castle, which is situated 590 metres east of Werlekreuz.

Heppenheim station

Railway station

Heppenheim station

Photo: Kuebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Heppenheim station is a station in the town of Heppenheim and it is the most southerly station in the German state of Hesse on the Main-Neckar Railway between Frankfurt and Heidelberg. Heppenheim station is situated 660 metres southwest of Werlekreuz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heppenheim and Unter-Hambach.

Heppenheim

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Heppenheim is a town in South Hesse, Germany along the Bergstraße, a mountain road running on the western edge of the Odenwald mountain range.

Unter-Hambach

Neighborhood

Photo: Kuebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Unter-Hambach is a neighborhood.

Laudenbach

Village

Photo: Spacefrank, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Laudenbach is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Neckar in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Laudenbach is situated 4 km south of Werlekreuz.

Werlekreuz

Type: Wayside cross
Category: historic site
Location: Heppenheim (Bergstraße), Kreisstadt, Bergstraße, South Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

49.64564° or 49° 38′ 44″ north

Longitude

8.63999° or 8° 38′ 24″ east

Open location code

8FXCJJWQ+7X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4839759609

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=wayside_cross

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Maria-Hilf-Kapelle and Heilig Geist.

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