# Der Kreuzschlepper

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Der Kreuzschlepper stands in a public square in Würzburg, among freestanding artworks near the museum. Max Walter created this bronze figure, which shows a person carrying several crosses. From farther away, the separate crosses visually merge into what appears to be one cross.

The square once served as a cemetery before becoming a public space with benches, trees, and stone paving. Other works include Michael Morgner’s steel sculpture Auferstehender und Fallender and Maria Lehnen’s bronze figure Der große Sitzende. Together, these artworks connect older and newer pieces with the nearby museum, cathedral, and surrounding historic buildings.

The arrangement invites you to consider themes of burden, faith, or endurance without prescribing one interpretation. No inscription or plaque explains the image, leaving the clustered crosses and their changing silhouette to hold your attention.

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