Station path
A station path is a pilgrimage route with special prayer stations marked by sculptures or buildings along the way.
Types of station routes, with a list of examples
Stations of the Cross / Calvary Mountains
In most cases the station path is a way of the cross (via crucis) , i.e. That is, it is a replica of the Passion Path of Christ , whereby the stations usually correspond to the 7 or 14 stations of the Passion Path, rarely with other numbers. Often the path leads to the top of a mountain or hill, the last station with a depiction of the crucifixion of Christ being on the summit, making the elevation in question the Calvary . One then speaks of a station mountain .
Paths of pain
With 7 stations that correspond to the Seven Pains of Mary .
- the path leading to the Maria-Hilfe-Chapel in Trier .
- the Wirzenborn station path contains the "Seven Sorrows and Seven Joys of Mary"
Beatitudes
With 8 stations that correspond to the Beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount , rare.
- Ensch, see list of cultural monuments in Ensch
Rosary paths
With 20 stations for the secrets of the rosary .
- Secret pillars Maria Plain near Salzburg (Baroque period, 15 stations) - in Maria Plain there is also another Calvary of the Baroque period with 5 stations of the Sorrowful Secrets
With 16 stations
- A rosary park is located in Katzelsdorf, Lower Austria .
With 15 stations
- A rosary path in Bavaria runs through the Munich Reuther Forest from Waldsassen to the Holy Trinity Church in Kappl .
- A rosary path runs on the Sacro Monte di Ossuccio to the pilgrimage church above the village of Ossuccio on Lake Como .
Via Lucis
The Via Lucis (German "Lichtweg") is a young form, with 14 stations to the Easter circle . There is also a shortened form with 7 stations.
Web links
Map with all linked sites: Individual evidence
- ↑ so 27 on the pilgrimage church Maria Loreto in Bohemia
- ↑ “Seven stations complete again” - City Hall newspaper Trier of August 27, 2002. See also list of cultural monuments in Trier-Kernstadt .