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And the second cross is also reached :-) !! It is beautifully situated, I enjoyed my break there.

It was worth taking the ladder to heaven, at the top I found it very nice to walk on the plateau.

Nice vantage point towards Cologne with the feeling of having accomplished something.

Chill trail, worth it.

The statues of the Three Kings (Kaspar, Melchior, Balthasar), which line the rear entrance to the so-called Pope Hill on Marienfeld near Kerpen, are mainly represented here because the XX. World Youth Day - the closing service of which was celebrated here - was under the motto: "We have come to worship HIM". This excerpt of the text comes from the Gospel according to Matthew (chapter 2) and is spoken - with the preceding words "We saw his star rising and ..." - by the wise men from the east, who spoke the newborn King of the Jews, Jesus Christ, want to visit. The Bible text does not refer to them as kings and also does not name or number the men, the latter was concluded from the three gifts (gold, frankincense and myrrh). Her relics have been in Cologne since 1165 and are still venerated there today.

Not long ago we were in the Azores. Such ladders to heaven were often found on the steep crater cones. They are good for fitness👹🤡

During the XX. World Youth Day 2005, signposted pilgrimage routes led to Marienfeld via footpaths and hiking trails, which could be covered in around four hours. The Marienfeld has been used since September 2004 for the Vigil on August 20 and the closing mass of the World Youth Day on August 21, 2005, both of which together with Pope Benedict XVI. celebrated, prepared for up to a million participants.

A staircase made of wooden beams to the hill, to the summit of the Glessener Höhe. It is a bit old, some of the planks show signs of wear from the many visitors to the Glessener Höhe. There is another way to get to the top via the hiking trail, but it is not as spectacular as the Himmelsleiter.