List of crossroads in Eichsfeld

In the list of crossroads in Eichsfeld , outdoor crossroads for places that belong to the historical Eichsfeld are listed. It is primarily sorted by location, regardless of whether it is a district, municipality or city. The Way of the Cross is the last journey of Jesus Christ's passion and is now mainly represented with 14 stations. Stations of the Cross simulate a replicated pilgrimage route and are used for devotional exercises.

Stations of the Cross in Churches

Majolica Way of the Cross in the church in Effelder

In most Catholic churches and larger chapels there are pictures, reliefs or simple depictions of the Passion along the side walls. One of the most famous crossroads is the majolica way of the cross in Effelder, created between 1924 and 1928 by Georg Kemper .

Open-air crossroads in Eichsfeld

place	district	Erected / consecrated in the year	description	Location (start)	image
Bernterode	Eichsfeld district	1914-1928	Tuff stone grotto as a conclusion	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Bickenriede	Unstrut-Hainich district	1818	Sandstone stations with shell limestone reliefs from 1962	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Birkenfelde	Eichsfeld district	1852	Stationsweg overcomes around 200 meters in altitude up to the Hennefeste and ends with the Marienkapelle	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Effects	Eichsfeld district	1748	Sandstone stations conclude with the chapel of St. Helena	Coordinates are missing! Help.	(more pictures)
Soil clearing	Eichsfeld district	1949/1950	Sandstone stations with terracotta reliefs	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Lake Constance	District of Göttingen		Stationsweg leads to the Höherberg	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Breitenbach	Eichsfeld district	1873	Way of the Cross in the former churchyard “St. Magdalena and Cornelius “ Beginning at the Ölberggrotte, 2002–2005 renovation	Coordinates are missing! Help.	(more pictures)
Burgwalde	Eichsfeld district	1881	Way of the Cross leads to the Brink with the Bonifatius Chapel, sandstone stations with limestone reliefs	Coordinates are missing! Help.	(more pictures)
Deuna	Eichsfeld district		Sandstone stations Stationsweg ends at Dünkreuz	Coordinates are missing! Help.	(more pictures)
Dingelstädt	Eichsfeld district	1752-1764	Baroque stations made of sandstone on the Kerbschen mountain	Coordinates are missing! Help.	(more pictures)
Effelder	Eichsfeld district	1852	1912 Station pictures made of sandstone added 1979 declared as a natural monument 2002 renovation	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Geisleden	Eichsfeld district	1750–1754, expanded in 1786 and 1850	Sandstone stations along an avenue of lime trees 1969 renovation 2000 renovation	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Geismar	Eichsfeld district		Sandstone stations lead up the Hülfensberg over 200 meters	Coordinates are missing! Help.	(more pictures)
Germershausen	District of Göttingen		Sandstone stations around the pilgrimage site	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Heiligenstadt	Eichsfeld district	1845-1848	The predecessor way of the cross already existed leads along a chestnut avenue to the Elisabethhöhe Elisabeth chapel completes the renovations in 1924, 1968, 2002	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Immingerode	District of Göttingen	1884	Sandstone stations lead to the horse mountain crucifix at the end of the Way of the Cross 1986 Repair	Coordinates are missing! Help.	(more pictures)
Kallmerode	Eichsfeld district	1859	Sandstone stations, terracotta reliefs behind a pane of glass	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Cold liver	Eichsfeld district		Stationsweg with sandstone crags to the Kalteneberschen Klus relief representations	Coordinates are missing! Help.	(more pictures)
Kella	Eichsfeld district		Sandstone stations directly on the former inner-German border below the Gobert Chapel of the Holy Cross forms the end	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Kirchgandern	Eichsfeld district	1850/1852	The Magdalenenkapelle forms the end of the Stationsweg from 1952 as a result of the expansion of the inner-German border, largely destroyed. 1996 Inauguration of the newly built Way of the Cross	Coordinates are missing! Help.	(more pictures)
Küllstedt	Eichsfeld district	1827-1829	Sandstone stations with terracotta reliefs at the beginning of the station path are two grottos and at the end the Antonius Chapel	Coordinates are missing! Help.	(more pictures)
Mackenrode	Eichsfeld district		Sandstone stations Mariengrotte at the beginning of the Stations of the Cross	Coordinates are missing! Help.	(more pictures)
Marth	Eichsfeld district	1959-1960	Sandstone crags 1969 Replacement of the station pictures with reliefs 2010 Renovation	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Neuendorf	Eichsfeld district	Donated in 1912	In 1963 the entire station route was relocated because of the proximity to the border: 1965–1968 new reliefs made of shell limestone	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Neustadt	Eichsfeld district	1842	Station path leads to the forest chapel in the direction of Neubleicherode. Restorations 1871 and 1994 2000–2001 new pictures on copper sheets protected by glass windows	Coordinates are missing! Help.	(more pictures)
Renshausen	District of Göttingen	2013	Stations of the Cross from the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Katlenburg were placed in newly built housings. Stations of the Cross leads to the miraculous image of St. Joseph	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Silberhausen	Eichsfeld district		Wooden crosses on the way to the chapel	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Uder	Eichsfeld district		Sandstone stations to the Marienhöhe at the end is a Mariengrotte	⊙ Behind the courtyards / oak path	(more pictures)
Turning houses	Unstrut-Hainich district	1948	Start is in the "Gries curve"	North 51 ° 9'46.00 " East 10 ° 14'50.00 "
Wollbrandshausen	District of Göttingen		Sandstone stations with lockable gaps lead to the Höherberg	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Worbis	Eichsfeld district	1753, expanded in 1866	1892 Terracotta reliefs inserted into the gaps. 1983 replaced by oil paintings. Stationsweg leads up to the Hardt Chapel	Coordinates are missing! Help.
Wüstheuterode	Eichsfeld district	1765	Sandstone stations lead to the station mountain	Coordinates are missing! Help.

Vanished crossroads

Former crossroads are known for the following places:

• from Dingelstädt to the former St. Martin's Church on the Kerbschen mountain
• from the former Zella monastery to the pilgrimage site on the Annaberg
• Bilshausen

literature

• Peter Anhalt, Hermann Schüttel: All free-range crossroads in Eichsfeld . Cordier, Heiligenstadt 2005.
• Hermann Schüttel: Stations of the Cross and Pilgrimages in Eichsfeld . In: Sheets of the Association for Thuringian History . 10th year, no. 1 , 2000, pp. 22-25 .
• Peter Anhalt: On the history of Eichsfeld free-range crossroads. In: Eichsfeld-Jahrbuch 18 (2010), pp. 117–154.
• Hans Reuther : wayside shrines of the lower field. With a directory of the wayside shrines that are important in terms of art and religious history. Duderstadt district 1961.

Web links

Commons : List of crossroads in Eichsfeld  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pictures of the Way of the Cross in Kella on neue-forum.info
• Pictures of the Way of the Cross in Germershausen on the pilgrimage site Germershausen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thüringer Allgemeine from November 2, 2014 - accessed on October 16, 2015
2. ↑ St. Sebastian Bickenriede
3. ↑ Thüringer Allgemeine from December 27, 2014 - accessed on the Internet on October 15, 2015
4. ↑ Effects.info
5. ↑ Thüringer Allgemeine from April 26, 2015 - accessed on the Internet on October 16, 2015
6. ↑ Thüringer Allgemeine from March 29, 2015 - accessed on the Internet on October 16, 2015
7. ↑ Thüringer Allgemeine from March 8, 2015 - accessed on October 16, 2015
8. ^ VG Dingelstädt
9. ↑ St. Alban Effelder
10. ↑ Thüringer Allgemeine from March 1, 2015 - accessed on the Internet on October 16, 2015
11. ↑ Thüringer Allgemeine from April 7, 2015, accessed on October 16, 2015
12. ↑ Immingerode ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ↑ Municipality of Kallmerode
14. ↑ Thüringer Allgemeine from January 26, 2015 - accessed on the Internet on October 15, 2015
15. ↑ Thüringer Allgemeine from November 16, 2014 - accessed on the Internet on October 19, 2015
16. ↑ Thüringer Allgemeine from December 18, 2014 - accessed on the Internet on October 19, 2015
17. ↑ Thüringer Allgemeine from April 12, 2015 - accessed on the Internet on October 19, 2015
18. ↑ Volker Große, Gunter Römer: Lost cultural sites in Eichsfeld 1945 to 1989 A documentation . Eichsfeld Verlag, Heilbad Heiligenstadt, 2006, page 138
19. ↑ Thüringer Allgemeine from May 17, 2015 - accessed on the Internet on October 19, 2015
20. ↑ Diocese of Hildesheim ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
21. ↑ according to the inscription on the first station
22. ↑ Thüringer Allgemeine from May 9, 2015 - accessed on October 19, 2015
23. ^ Chronicle of Wüstheuterode
24. ↑ 4th station "In the pond" on picture index

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