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Wegkruis 'Eert den Schepper'

Karstraat/Botterweck 1
Wahlwiller
Under the oak on the Kruisberg is a striking stone. It turns out to be the pedestal of a crucifix that has come loose from the stone. The text on the pedestal reminds us that Arnold Rouillon died suddenly here on 30-11-1860. And, as was customary at the time, the stone in writing and image (skull) points to the memento mori, the 'remembrance of dying', because death (always) comes unexpectedly, as Arnold Rouillon's fate makes clear.

Johan Arnold lived with his brother Johan Caspar in the Rodestraat in Party, in the farm dated 1788. They owned land in Party, Mechelen and Wahlwiller, in the latter place on the Karstraat, among others. The pastor of Mechelen writes in his Liber Defunctorum about the cause of death of 46-year-old Johan Arnold Rouillon that he accidentally fell under the cart or horse in the open field on his way back from Eys. He was instant dead. It is not stated whether a cardiac arrest preceded this.
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