Unknown perpetrators tore Jesus figures from crossroads in Balve in the Märkisches Kreis.
The police are investigating four cases of damage to property that are harmful to the community, as they announced on Monday.
The figures have been torn down in different places over the past few days.
In some cases, the perpetrators had also severed their arms and feet - and in one case threw them into a river.
Balve - The officers are now hoping for testimony.
Crossroads are often found at crossroads, dirt roads or in the forest.
Often they were donated as thanks for protection against calamity.
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