Kalvarienbergkapelle (Dittwar)

The Kalvarienbergkapelle at the Dittwarer Kreuzhölzle (2017)

The Kalvarienbergkapelle in Dittwar , a district of Tauberbischofsheim in the Main-Tauber district in Baden-Württemberg , was planned from 1730 and built as the twelfth of a total of fourteen stone chapels as stations of the cross by 1747.

location

The Kalvarienbergkapelle is located south of Dittwar. It is the 12th station of a total of fourteen stone chapels on the Dittwarer Kreuzweg, which leads up from the village exit to Kreuzhölzle.

history

12th station of the cross: Jesus dies on the cross, in the background the Calvary Chapel with an altar in memory of the crucifixion

As early as 1730, the planning of the Dittwarer stations of the cross to the "Kalvarienberg" on Kreuzhölzle began. By 1747 the Way of the Cross received 14 small stone chapels as stations of the Cross and the printing permission of an episcopal commission for the first pilgrimage booklet was granted. The Way of the Cross in 1747 with the Calvary Chapel was donated by Christoph Bernhard Müller, the administrator of the Tauberbischofsheim Hospital at the time. The 12th chapel was called " Kalvarienberg " because it was larger than the rest and in the "Kalvarienbergkapelle" there was an altar in memory of the crucifixion. Originally the Dittwarer Kalvarienbergkapelle was a dwelling of the hermits. But this was converted into a chapel by a Baron Bettendorff from Gissigheim .

When planning the Way of the Cross, 1,361 steps were counted from the first station to the Calvary; According to legend, this should be the distance from the historical Way of the Cross in Jerusalem. In the first pilgrimage booklet, a number of other miracles were also listed that are said to have occurred in 1670.

In 1977 the Kalvarienbergkapelle was renovated.

Surname

The chapel was named Kalvarienbergkapelle because it closes the Dittwarer Stationsweg , a Passionsweg.

Monument protection

The Kalvarienbergkapelle is a cultural monument of the town of Tauberbischofsheim. Together with the adjoining cross chapel , a wayside shrine and the stations of the cross, it is a listed building as a whole .

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Tauberbischofsheim-Dittwar

Web links

Commons : Kalvarienbergkapelle (Dittwar)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• History of the parish in the Dittwarer Ortschronik (under the heading A. General part, 3rd parish ) on the website of the Heimat- und Kulturverein Dittwar.
• Pilgrimage to Kreuzhölzle in the parish of St. Laurentius (1) and (2) on the website of the Heimat- und Kulturverein Dittwar.
• Pilgrimage to Kreuzhölzle on the website of the pastoral care unit Tauberbischofsheim

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Manfred Maninger: Chronicle of the community Dittwar, 1968 . Heimat- und Kulturverein Dittwar e. V. (ed.). Online at www.hkvdittwar.de. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Heimat- und Kulturverein Dittwar: Pilgrimage to Kreuzhölzle 2, The story . Heimat- und Kulturverein Dittwar e. V. (ed.). Online at www.hkvdittwar.de. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
3. ^ Pastor Rupert Kleemann: Pilgrimage to Kreuzhölzle . In: Festschrift: 300 years of the Kreuzkapelle - Dittwarer Heimatfest 9./10. and September 11, 1983. Made available online at www.hkvdittwar.de. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
4. ↑ Regional Council Stuttgart (Ed.): List of architectural and art monuments as of February 15, 2012.
5. ↑ Kreuzweg Kreuzweg 60 Tauberbischofsheim - detail page - LEO-BW. In: leo-bw.de. Retrieved May 16, 2020 . 

Coordinates: 49 ° 34 ′ 51.2 ″  N , 9 ° 38 ′ 7.5 ″  E