Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Cologne District
Euskirchen
Nettersheim
Wayside Chapel Am Weißen Stein
Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Cologne District
Euskirchen
Nettersheim
Wayside Chapel Am Weißen Stein
Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 25 out of 27 hikers
This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel
Location: Nettersheim, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
In 1929, this wayside chapel was built from hewn limestone, which was used during the construction of the
parish church had been built. Parts of the cross from 1873 were preserved
used again. On the roof above the entrance is the white wayside cross
neo-Gothic form. In the gable above the door on the south side is a pointed arch
Built-in shell niche with widely projecting sacrament niche covered with leaves.
On the west and east side there is a flat-arched, colored glass
Window. The interior has a wooden flat barrel ceiling. behind one
wrought-iron lattice stands a wooden altar table, on which a blue
curtain a white statue of Our Lady "the Virgin of the Poor" Banneux -
statue is erected. This was inaugurated on March 21, 1964.
On the lower part of the altar (part of the cross) are the letters
J M J (Jesus, Maria, Josef), the saying "Praised be Jesus Christ", the year
1871 and the letters J G. Source: ps-frohngau.de/PDF-Daten/Kriegerehrenmal%20und%20Wegekapellen.pdf
February 12, 2022
Very nice wayside chapel with a beautiful white figure of the Mother of God.
February 16, 2022
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