On the night of July 11 to 12, a cross northeast of Königsbach was taken completely off its socket and broken into three pieces. The cross had already been vandalised earlier in September 2022. Furthermore, another penitential cross in the same area was damaged twice in March 2023.
The cross north-east of Königsbach was a protected landmark and the damage is said to amount to thousands of euros. The police have started an investigation into this recent incident.
The earlier vandalism of the cross occurred on the night of September 6-7 2022, when the cross was also damaged and sprayed with obscene graffiti.