Altenschwand Franziskusmarterl 18 06 2017 03

The Franziskus-Marterl is a

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in the southeast of the unfinished

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(WAA) "Im Blaubeerwald" in Altenschwand (

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). The WAA resistance marterl is dedicated to

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and is surrounded by several other protest monuments such as the Christian cross of Wackersdorf.Das Kreuz von Wackersdorf
– ( Chrismon-magazine, August 2011) The "Franziskus-Marterl" is a stone reminder of the fight against the reprocessing plant (WAA). In 1986 the chapel was built on the site by Michael Meier, with the Wackersdorf Cross to the right. At the shrine in the mid-1980s, WAA opponents met every Sunday at 14:00 for an ecumenical prayer and then moved into the area or to the hoarding. This is the same place where today the "Marterlgemeinde" meet four times a year to a prayer: at the

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Gedenken an die Atom-Katastrophe – Für die Mitglieder der Marterlgemeinde ist der Widerstand gegen Kernenergie heute so aktuell wie vor 25 Jahren.
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vom 25. April 2011) and

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in memory of the shrine's saint

on 3 October and on Christmas Eve.

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Christlicher Widerstand - Das Franziskusmarterl wird gebaut
– (Uli Otto, Kultur gegen die WAA, 2023)
Atom-Aus: Andenken und Party bis zum Abschalten
- (Oberpfalz TV vom 17.04.2023)
Nach WAA-Widerstand: Schüler restaurieren Franziskus-Marterl
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vom 17.04.2018) Schwandorf (district) Buildings and structures in Schwandorf (district) Francis of Assisi Civil disobedience Anti–nuclear power movement