Way of the Cross and Chapel on Kalvarienberg (Marsberg)

Neo-Gothic chapel on the Calvary

Way of the Cross and Chapel on the Kalvarienberg is a listed ensemble in Marsberg in the Hochsauerlandkreis ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). It stands on the Kalvarienberg in the village of Obermarsberg .

History and architecture

The cross-shaped, historicist plastered building with a central roof turret stands in a prominent, widely visible location on a hilltop. The chapel was built in 1868. It is the end point of the Way of the Cross of the Seven Footfalls, which begins at the Provost Church . The Way of the Cross dates from the end of the 17th century. The wayside shrines with rectangular niches and segmental arch attachments still show some of the original, finely sculpted reliefs. They were made around 1700 and 1733/34.

The ensemble has been registered in the list of monuments of the city of Marsberg since December 18, 1997 .

literature

• Ursula Quednau: North Rhine-Westphalia II . Westphalia. Ed .: Dehio Association. 2nd, revised edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 636 (Handbook of German Art Monuments).

Web links

Commons : Kalvarienberg (Obermarsberg)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Overview of the sights in Marsberg. (PDF) Obermarsberg district. In: touristik-marsberg.de. Tourist office Marsberg e. V., April 26, 2011, p. 1 , accessed on January 28, 2012 (704.22 kB). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ursula Quednau: North Rhine-Westphalia II . Westphalia. Ed .: Dehio Association. 2nd, revised edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-03114-2 , p. 636 (Handbook of German Art Monuments).
2. ↑ List of monuments of the city of Marsberg

Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '27.6 "  N , 8 ° 51' 3.6"  E