Hauer-Kreuz
Hauer-Kreuz is a wayside cross in Hürtgenwald, Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia. Hauer-Kreuz is situated nearby to MSV Hürtgenwald e.V., as well as near Kinderstrecke MSC Kleinhau.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hürtgenwald-Gedächtnis-Kapelle and Heilig Kreuz.
Hürtgenwald-Gedächtnis-Kapelle
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Hürtgenwald-Gedächtnis-Kapelle is a church, which is situated 1¼ km northwest of Hauer-Kreuz.
Heilig Kreuz
Church
Photo: Thomas Hummel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Heilig Kreuz is a church, which is situated 1½ km west of Hauer-Kreuz.
Hill 400
Peak
Photo: Hill400, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Battle of Hürtgen Forest was a series of battles fought from 19 September to 16 December 1944, between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II, in the Hürtgen Forest, a 140 km2 area about 5 km east of the Belgian–German border. Hill 400 is situated 3½ km southeast of Hauer-Kreuz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hürtgen and Obermaubach.
Obermaubach
Village
Photo: Exduria2006, CC BY 2.5.
Obermaubach is a village, which is situated 3 km east of Hauer-Kreuz.
Bergstein
Village
Photo: R. J. Mathar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bergstein is a village, which is situated 3 km southeast of Hauer-Kreuz.
Hauer-Kreuz
- Type: Wayside cross
- Inscription: “Hauer-Kreuz - Vor 1770 renoviert 2006‘”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Hürtgenwald, Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.71361° or 50° 42′ 49″ northLongitude
6.39912° or 6° 23′ 57″ eastOpen location code
9F28P97X+CJOpenStreetMap ID
node 8568088988OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wayside_cross
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