Fraubillen Cross

The Fraubillen Cross (Fraubillenkreuz) is a roughly 5,000-year-old Neolithic menhir that was resculpted into a Christian cross, standing 3.5 metres high on the Ferschweiler Plateau in the Eifel mountains of Germany. According to tradition, the Anglo-Saxon missionary Willibrord transformed the pagan stone into a cross shape in the 8th century. The name may derive from 'Our Lady's picture cross' or from 'Sybillenkreuz,' referencing pre-Christian prophetic women. First documented in 1470 as 'la Grande Croix' marking the boundary between Nassau and Burgundy territories, it still serves as a district boundary marker today.