Arms of Jesus on Crucifix Statue Broken

Country: Germany

Date of incident: May 3, 2016


Twice in four weeks, an unknown perpetrator broke the arms off the Jesus figure displayed above hotels along a route frequently used by walkers and cyclists.

The crucifix was erected in the 1970s by the Fuchs family for display above their hotels along the Reichenhaller Tivoliweg in Bad Reichenhall and had been undisturbed for decades until mid-April of 2016 when someone broke the left arm of the figure. The owner immediately had the damage repaired, but two weeks later, an unknown perpetrator struck again: this time breaking both arms. These acts of property damage insulted the local religious people, and upset the owner of the hotels. Source: Heimatzeitung.de