Way of the Cross (Grünsfeld)

View of the station path

The way of the cross in Grünsfeld in the Main-Tauber district in Baden-Württemberg is on the outskirts on the station path. The fourteen stations of the cross are made of red sandstone and each have stone reliefs of the scenes of the cross. In addition, all stations have a metal roof that protects the sandstone from the weather. The Freilandkreuzweg is a listed building .

Stations of the Cross

The Grünsfeld Kreuzweg includes 14 stations with the following inscriptions:

I. Jesus is condemned by Pilate
II. Jesus takes the heavy cross on his shoulder
III. Jesus falls under the cross for the first time
IV. Jesus meets his holy mother
V. Simon helps Jesus carry the cross
VI. Veronica hands the handkerchief to Jesus
VII. Jesus falls under the cross for the second time
VIII. Jesus meets the weeping daughters of Jerusalem
IX. Jesus falls under the cross for the third time
X. Jesus is stripped of his clothes
XI. Jesus is nailed to the cross
XII. Jesus dies on the cross
XIII. Jesus is taken down from the cross
XIV. Jesus is laid in the grave

Wayside shrines at Grünsfelder Kreuzweg

Between the ninth and tenth stations there is a small, grotto-like stone chapel with a depiction of the fallen Jesus under the cross. At the end of the Way of the Cross there is a large cross depicting Jesus crucified.