Wayside Crosses Maraikätt and Annemie

Bringing the tale of Morshausen closer. A terrible atrocity took place here long ago:

During the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), when Sweden was rampaging and plundering through the land, Morshausen was not spared. One night, two soldiers violently gained access to the house of a woman whose husband was at war. The cellar hideout and her desperate resistance did not protect her and her little daughter from violation and murder. To distract from their crime, the perpetrators then set the house on fire. The two soldiers were overpowered and handed over to the military court. Out of compassion, the village community helped the returnee rebuild his house after the war. Eventually, he remarried and had another son and daughter.


Near the thick beech tree, he erected a cross in eternal memory of his wife Maräikätt and daughter Annemarie.

(According to the memorial inscription based on the account of Johann Kneip)

In early April 2009, retirees from Morshausen voluntarily renovated two memorial crosses.