Calvary Sachsenburg

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Holy grave and Calvary chapel

The Sachsenburg calvary is located on the fortress hill of Sachsenburg . The complex consists of ten stations of the cross and two chapels. If you want to go the Way of the Cross, you have to go to the first station at the Catholic parish church hl. Magdalena start next to the portal. The stations are small brick chapels open to the front. The second station is in front of the main square, south in Kirchgassel and further stations are on the way to the Kalvarienbergkirche.

Calvary Chapel

The Kalvarienbergkapelle, built and consecrated in 1753 under Pastor Anton Josef Weichsler, is a branch church of the Sachsenburg parish . The Kalvarienbergkapelle Sachsenburg was not built as the end of the Way of the Cross, but was included in the Passion story as XII. Station involved. To the west joins the XIII. Station on, and the conclusion forms the XIV. Station the burial chapel, a replica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. The sacred building consists of a late baroque long building with a three-eighth end, a curved west gable and a roof turret . The building has a flat roof inside and is equipped with a wooden gallery and a simple rococo pulpit. On the east wall in front of the painted representation of the city of Jerusalem is a large-figure carved crucifixion group with the slaughterers, Maria Magdalena , Maria and Johannes .

Holy Sepulcher Chapel

The Holy Sepulcher Chapel is a baroque building with a square, groin-vaulted vestibule, a one- bay main room and a bricked-off six-eighth corner. The chapel, structured by a pointed arches , is crowned by a wooden lantern and an onion dome. In the main room is the Holy Sepulcher with the life-size, carved body of Christ. The fresco on the back wall shows the risen one.

Web links

Commons : Kalvarienberg Sachsenburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 705.

Coordinates: 46 ° 49 ′ 35.8 ″  N , 13 ° 21 ′ 1.4 ″  E