Söder orders crosses in Bavarian state buildings
On 24 April 2018 the Bavarian cabinet led by Markus Söder ordered that crosses be hung at the entrances of state government buildings. Söder himself put up a cross in the entrance hall of the state chancellery.
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On 24 April 2018 the Bavarian cabinet led by Markus Söder ordered that crosses be hung at the entrances of state government buildings. Söder himself put up a cross in the entrance hall of the state chancellery. Church leaders and opposition parties criticised the decision.
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Markus Söder
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Söder orders crosses in Bavarian state buildings. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
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- 1.theguardian.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: der+cross · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Söder orders crosses in Bavarian state buildings. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/soder-cross-decree-2018-04-24
https://factrail.ai/facts/soder-cross-decree-2018-04-24
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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