Tag:historic=wayside_cross

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Description
A historical cross along a way, symbol of Christian faith. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Rendering in OSM Carto
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Group: historic
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
See also
Status: de factoPage for proposal

A wayside cross is a (mostly) historical (usually Christian) cross. Frequently found along the road in most Europe: Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Poland, Ukraine and other predominantly Catholic and Orthodox Christian countries.

Use man_made=cross for a cross with no historical context and possibly even without religious relationship.

How to map

Draw a node at the location of the wayside cross an add historic=wayside_cross.

Tags used in combination

Tag history

historic=wayside_shrine, historic=wayside_cross were put in the historic=* key because they are seen as generally related to history, but this choice was never meant to exclude more modern wayside crosses and wayside shrines. As a result, this tag has always included wayside crosses that are not historic when applying a strict reading of the term. Sometimes, the tag has also been applied to crosses that are not located along a way (these should be retagged).

The tag man_made=cross is available for all kinds of crosses and doesn't have a wayside-requirement.

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See also