Conciliation cross is a stone cross, which was set up on place, where happened a murder or accident. This crosses mostly located in middle and west Europe

Europe

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From medieval times

Middle Ages

The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...

, a conciliation crosses was handmade by some murderers as a symbol of conciliation with family of his victim. Conciliation crosses is also located on places, where happened some accident, disaster or epidemic.

In Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

, a central evidence of Czech conciliation crosses located in town of Aš

Aš

Aš is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic.-History:Previously uninhabited hills and swamps, the town of Asch was founded in the early 11th century by German colonists. Slavic settlements in the area are not known. The dialect spoken in the town was that of the Upper Palatinate,...

. A number of documented Czech crosses is more than 2300.