Conciliation cross

Conciliation cross

Conciliation cross is a stone cross, which was set up on place, where happened a murder or accident. This crosses mostly located in middle and west Europe.

From medieval times, a conciliation crosses was handmade by some murderers as a symbol of conciliation with family of his victim. Conciliation crosses is also located on places, where happened some accident, disaster or epidemic.

In Czech Republic, a central evidence of Czech conciliation crosses located in town of Aš. A number of documented Czech crosses is more than 2300.

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

  • Conciliation cross close to Kleinrettbach, Germany.

  • Conciliation cross close to Gigintsi, Bulgaria.


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