An old field cross stood hidden and rotten on the Gollenberg until it fell over from old age.
High time for a renewal, thought a handful of volunteers.
Now there is a new cross, placed more prominently and surrounded by a new seating area with benches and bushes.
Türkenfeld - The consecration with Deacon Stephan Weis and the church choir showed how popular the square is.
A good 50 Turkish fields found their way to the Gollenberg in golden October weather.
From here you have a wonderful view to the south - in clear weather up to the Alps.
On a panorama board - one of a total of three in the municipality - you will find the names and heights of the peaks that can be seen from this point.
Local archivist Dieter Hess meticulously designed the map using an app on the screen and had it checked by mountaineers for safety.
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Relax at the field cross: four new benches now invite you to linger.
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Nobody cares that the Alps cannot be seen on the day of the consecration of the Field Cross.
In this way, too, the square conveys “the beauty of creation and the task of protecting the earth,” as Weis says.
For Mayor Emanuel Staffler, “a place of power has been created here that is good for the community”.
Many volunteers were involved, above all Waldemar Stangl, a retired painter and more than averse to the limelight in any form.
But he had to put up with at least a brief official thank you and applause.
Because, according to Mayor Staffler, it was Stangl who campaigned “with sympathetic penetrance” to ensure that the community not only agreed to the relocation of the field cross, but also paid for it - including a new corpus.
It was created in Willy Huss's joinery in Kottgeisering and is an example of exquisite craftsmanship.
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View of the mountains: From Gollenberg you can see as far as the Alps on a clear day.
Panorama boards explain what you can see.
Local archivist Dieter Hess designed it.
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The old cross was erected after the land consolidation was completed in 1970 - out of gratitude for the end of a conflict-ridden time.
The sensitivities were so great that the local landlords are said to have sent the external surveyors to the other inn after two nights.
Nobody should get the idea that they were trying to influence the surveyors.
Four bench seats
Today the cross symbolizes above all the closeness of God, as Deacon Weis emphasized in his address.
He called for people to “see the place with open eyes”.
You can also sit down comfortably on four new bench seats, two directly in front of the field cross and two more a few meters away.
The benches were donated by private donors.
Waldemar Stangl has immortalized everyone's initials including their personal favorite motifs in small pictures that are embedded in the backrests.
For example, you can see a Buddhist prayer stamp, the Matterhorn or a badminton racket.
A boat on the Ammersee adorns the bank donated by Josefa Stuhler.
The 93-year-old is a new citizen in Türkenfeld - she moved to her daughter's family at the beginning of the pandemic and now feels so comfortable in the region that she no longer wants to go back to Wertingen at home.
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