Kalvarienberg Kirchberg am Wechsel
The Kalvarienberg Kirchberg am Wechsel is located north above the town of Kirchberg am Wechsel in the Neunkirchen district in Lower Austria . The Kalvarienberg is under monument protection ( list entry ).
history
The structure was donated in 1713/1714 by the Augustinian Choir Foundation. The burial chapel was built in the early 20th century.
Calvary
The complex with seven stations form a holiday chapel, four stations of the cross, the crucifixion group and the burial chapel.
The small baroque chapels have hipped roofs and show in the plaster a cast stone block, round windows and pilaster-framed arched openings. The chapels are furnished with baroque groups of figures depicting the painful rosary.
The crucifixion group with six figures stands under a wooden canopy with carved decoration around 1900.
The grave chapel of the Sorrowful Mother is a two-story building under a gable roof with a triangular gable. The facade shows a plaster field structure and arched windows. The interior of the chapel has a barrel vault with a ceiling painting starry sky and a wall painting with biblical landscapes from the beginning of the 20th century. The altar bears a Mater Dolerosa statue, probably from the 18th century, the altar is located above a holy grave flanked with life-size statues of grave guards. With memories on the chapel walls, the burial chapel serves as a memorial for those who fell in the First and Second World Wars.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . Kirchberg am Wechsel, Kalvarienberg, p. 944.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 36 ′ 59.3 " N , 15 ° 59 ′ 23" E