Kalvarienberg (Kremsmünster)
The Calvary of Kremsmünster is located in the southwest of the market town. The Kalvarienberg with its historical stations of the cross and the magnificent, baroque Kalvarienbergkirche is one of its landmarks . The church belongs to the Kremsmünster Abbey and was built in 1736–37 according to the plans of prior Father Rupert Langpartner.
Calvary Church
In 1736 Abbot Alexander III had the Kalvarienbergkirche built in Kremsmünster after approval by the Bishop of Passau . The foundation stone was laid on May 3, 1736 on the abbot's name day .
The Kalvarienbergkirche forms the end of the originally straight Stations of the Cross chapels, two of which were relocated in the 1960s as a result of a newly built bypass.
Wolfgang Seethaler, the master mason at the time, is named as the construction manager of the church. The plans are attributed to the prior Father Rupert Langpartner. The architect Johann Michael Prunner from Linz is believed to be the architect .
Structure and equipment
The church has a length of 17 m, a width of 13.5 m and a height of 26 m. The dimensions of the interior without the altar niche and gallery are 9.8 × 8.4 m. The clear height to the apex of the dome is 10.3 m.
The building is a baroque central building . The high altar with the life-size crucifixion group (depicting the Golgotha scene) was built by the Kremsmünster sculptor Anton Remele . The altar painting is by Bartolomeo Altomonte . The magnificent and baroque-moving ceiling fresco depicts the Ascension of Christ and comes from the Wels painter Wolfgang Andreas Heindl .
From 2004 to 2009 the church and stations of the cross were renovated.
Crucifixion group by the Kremsmünster sculptor Anton Remele.
Ceiling fresco by the Wels painter Wolfgang Andreas Heindl.
Jesus crowned with thorns in the interior of the Calvary Church.
Stations of the Cross
The establishment of the Stations of the Cross developed in Europe as a result of the processions sponsored by the Franciscan Order since the 14th century along the stations of the Passion of Christ in Jerusalem. Clement XII. in 1731 finally determined the number of 14 stations.
On the Kremsmünsterer Kalvarienberg a total of seven chapels were designed as double stations of the cross. Each individual chapel consists of a brick niche above an altar-like substructure with a rectangular floor plan . Two on a balustrade standing Tuscan columns carry an open porch.
In the niches there were originally figures carved from wood by the Kremsmünster sculptor Anton Remele, but these were removed in 1885 and replaced by colored pictures of the Stations of the Cross based on engravings by Josef von Führich . The last chapel of the Way of the Cross symbolizes the holy grave with a marble figure of Christ.
Crucifixion scene after engravings by Joseph von Führich .
Crossroad niche No. 5
The holy grave with a marble figure of Christ. The picture (hands encircling points of light) comes from the Swiss photo artist Daniele Buetti .
Web links
- Maria Haider: 100,000 euros save the Calvary. 2004 (PDF; 792 kB)
- Kalvarienberg Kremsmünster: Photo work by the contemporary artist Buetti ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
Coordinates: 48 ° 3 ′ 1 ″ N , 14 ° 7 ′ 28 ″ E