Carried all the way from Germany

This massive crucifix is in another church in Puenta la Reina, and is thought to have been brought by a German pilgrim in the 14th century. Did he perhaps intend to take it all the way to Santiago, but feel that having got it over the Pyranees he couldn't carry it any further?

Many pilgrims deliberately made their journeys more arduous in order to increase the penitential aspect of their journey. I was interested to learn from the German gentleman that I met several weeks ago that some people still follow this practice - he said that it is possible to get baggage transported along the route, and he did so sometimes when he was tired. But others refused to, because carrying their heavy packs all the way is part of the point of the pilgrimage.