Calvary in Füssen

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Marienkapelle, a station of the cross

The Calvary of Füssen is a Calvary and Way of the Cross in Füssen in the Ostallgäu district . It was built between 1837 and 1842 on a hill opposite the old town on the right side of the Lech and then expanded until 1900. The ascent (approx. 150 m difference in altitude) begins in the valley at the Frauenkirche am Berg .

Stations

The Füssen Calvary unites religion, nature and art (the Nazarenes ) in a special way . The Calvary was built in the 19th century. The initiator was the pastor Johann Baptist Graf (1802–1862). Graf's religious life was in the tradition of Johann Michael Sailer and Christoph von Schmid . When Hohenschwangau Castle was renovated and redesigned, many painters found work in the castle and later in the design of the chapels.

  • Frauenkirche am Berg (down on the Lech): The church was built in 1682/83 by Johann Schmuzer in place of an older church. A chapel was built into the choir in 1854, which forms the beginning of the Calvary.
  • Marienkapelle (1840–1842) halfway up the mountain with an impressive larger than life Maria
  • Dungeon Chapel (1840–1842)
  • Holy Grave Chapel, neo-Gothic central building (1843)
  • Holy Cross Chapel (1859)
  • fourteen station chapels, renovated in a neo-Gothic style
  • Mount of Olives Grotto (1852)
  • Sandstone pillars in memory of pastor Graf (1864)
  • three summit crosses (1837–1842)
  • Walk through the hilltop

King Ludwig II , builder of Neuschwanstein , often took part in the Good Friday processions up the mountain. Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria visited the mountain and Joseph Cardinal Höffner often prayed on Calvary during his vacation stays in Füssen.

photos

  • The Marienkapelle stands halfway up the Calvary

  • An impressive statue of the Virgin Mary in the chapel

  • The brazen serpent

  • One of the fourteen station chapels

  • Tunnel to the Holy Grave Chapel

  • Holy grave chapel with the dead Christ in the altar shrine

  • Ascent to the platform and the three summit crosses, walk through the hilltop

  • Panorama of Jerusalem

  • View from the platform to the Füssen mountains

  • Sandstone pillars in memory of the client Johann Baptist Graf

  • Holy Cross Chapel with interesting ornaments

  • Summit of the Calvary with the three crosses

  • The Calvary in 1857

See also

Feet
Swabia
Upper Bavaria
Piedmont / Lombardy

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The most recent element of the historical equipment is apparently a painting Veronica hands Jesus the kerchief to Jesus , signed “Julius Fischer 1900”. - Alfons Kasper: Art hikes in the Ostallgäu (...) (=  art and travel guide . Volume 8 ). Publishing house Dr. Alfons Kasper, Bad Schussenried 1970, p. 178 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 33 ′ 42.5 "  N , 10 ° 42 ′ 15.4"  E