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Weißes Kreuz

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Blick auf das Weiße Kreuz in Greiz
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Gern besuchtes Ausflugsziel mit einem wunderschönen Ausblick auf die Stadt Greiz.

375 m über NN auf dem weithin sichtbaren Hirschstein befindet sich das „Sophienkreuz“, im Volksmund aber meist als „Weißes Kreuz“ bekannt.

Der damals regierende Fürst Heinrich XX. Reuss Aelterer Linie (1794-1859) ließ es zum Gedenken an seine früh verstorbene erste Gemahlin, Prinzessin Sophie von Löwenstein-Wertheim (1809-1838), 1838 errichten. Durch die Witterung wurde es mehrfach umgerissen, jedoch hat man es wieder errichtet. Seit 1952 steht es unter Denkmalschutz.

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Weißes Kreuz

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50.673272, 12.194838

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50°40'23.8"N 12°11'41.4"E

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33U 301799 5617247

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Weißes Kreuz

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07973 Greiz
+49 3661 689815 http://www.greiz.de E-mail: tourismus@greiz.de

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