'cross obligation') is a requirement for a cross to be mounted at the entrance of public buildings in the German federated state of Bavaria.
Colleges, museums and theaters are exempt from the rule, but the state government still recommends that they should display crosses.
[8] Some observers have stated that the regulation may be prohibited by Article 4 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany that guarantees freedom of faith and conscience.
[6] Some observers have described the Kreuzpflicht as a measure to appeal to voters deserting the Christian-democratic conservative CSU for the right-wing nationalist AfD party.
The packages contained instructions and a letter designed to look like official Bavarian state communications.