Via Sacra (Zittau border triangle)
The Via Sacra is a touristic route that runs along old trade routes in the triangle " Germany - Poland - Czech Republic ", which includes 16 stations with religious and art-historical important cultural monuments in the Neisse Euroregion . On German and Lower Silesian territory, the route is partly identical to the historic Via Regia and the Way of St. James .
The offer is under the heading "Travel without borders. Through centuries. To reflection." and thus alludes to three important aspects: First, the spatial connection of places that belonged closer together in history than today's borders suggest (Silesia and Lusatia as neighboring countries of the Bohemian Crown); secondly, the tolerant coexistence of different cultures and religions that has existed over a long period of time (especially in Upper Lusatia); Thirdly, the reflection not only on the values of the first two points, but also on a wider horizon as a contrast to our short-sighted, fast-moving present and the introduction of this attitude into a common future.
One of the initiators of this tourist route is Volker Dudeck, former director of the Zittau Municipal Museums. The project was funded by the European Union Interreg III A ( ERDF ).
Stations
- Zittauer Lenten towels
- Oybin Castle and Monastery
- Evangelical Brothers Unity Herrnhut
- Cunewalde village church
- Cathedral of St. Petri Bautzen with cathedral treasury
- Cistercian abbey of St. Marienstern and Kamenz altars
- Holy Grave , Stations of the Cross and Evangelical Church of St. Peter and Paul Görlitz
- Cistercian abbey of St. Marienthal
- Peace Church of the Holy Spirit Jawor / Jauer
- Cistercian monastery complex Krzeszów (Kamienna Góra) / Grüssau
- Wang Karpacz / Krummhübel stave church
- Mercy Church of the Holy Cross Jelenia Góra / Hirschberg
- Church of the Visitation of Mary Hejnice / Haindorf
- Coming St. John the Holy. Zdislava Český Dub / Bohemian Aicha
- Chapel of St. Anna Mnichovo Hradiště / Münchengrätz
- Basilica of St. Lawrence and St. Zdislava Jablonné v Podještědí / German fork
Web links
literature
- Steffen Gärtner (Ed.): Via Sacra. Upper Lusatia. Silesia. Bohemia; Publishing house Gunter Oettel Görlitz; ISBN 978-3-938583-22-7
(in addition to this publication with essays, there is also an information brochure (sometimes in several languages) for each station)