Way of the Cross to Kalvarienberg Chapel

This chapel stands above Thurndorf on the 642 m high Calvary, which served geometers as a trigonometric reference point as early as the 19th century. The year the foundation stone was laid is engraved above its portal: 1752. In order to get money for an early, necessary expansion, Pope Clemens XII. In 1762 he even issued a letter of indulgence. This means that the Calvary Chapel must have been a much-visited place of pilgrimage at the time. A few services are still held in the summer. In 1969 the chapel was robbed and threatened to fall into ruin. Only a renovation in the 80s saved this gem. On the way there are the steles of the Stations of the Cross between the trees.

As here, the Way of the Cross usually leads up the mountain or hill (here at Thurndorf also referred to as "Kalverienberg" in memory of Golgotha, where Jesus Christ was crucified) with the - nowadays mostly 14 - stations along. Early medieval precursors of the Ways of the Cross had only 7 stations and were sometimes also referred to as the "walk to the seven footfalls".
In some places, after the fourteenth station, the burial of Jesus, there is another station: the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This additional Station of the Cross broadens the view from Good Friday towards the Easter perspective of hope: overcoming death and suffering.

Beautiful granite columns with pictures of the stations, surrounded by three lime trees, decorate the path.