Crucifix on Toompea

The crucifix on the Domberg is an approximately four meter high Latin wooden cross on the Domberg in Freising (Upper Bavaria). It was built in 1867 in front of the entrance to the cathedral courtyard.

The life-size cross shows the crucified Jesus in a baroque representation . A roof made of sheet metal protects the figure over the cross. The wooden cross was erected on a stone base. An inscription on the front of the chapel reminds of the Peterskapelle , which was erected in the 9th century at the location of the cross and demolished in 1803 in the turmoil of secularization and the dissolution of the Hochstift Freising :

The chapel of St. Peter built by Bishop Erchambert. 845, canceled At the time of the secularization of the Hochstift Freysing.

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Commons : Category: Crucifix on Toompea  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

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• List of monuments for Freising (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation

Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 56.9 ″  N , 11 ° 44 ′ 44 ″  E