Kalvarienbergkapelle Oberwesel | © Harald Hartusch

Kalvarienbergkapelle

55430 Oberwesel

The Calvary Chapel is located at the end of the Way of the Cross, which has 14 stations.

The Calvary Chapel is a simple neo-Gothic chapel, made of unplastered slate quarry stone. The construction of the Calvary Chapel, is based on the wish of the Archbishop of Trier, Josef von Hommern. He expressed his wish in 1835 and between 1843-1845 the Calvary Chapel was built. This new building was donated by Oberwesel residents. The chapel is an almost square to longitudinal rectangular hall with a flat end. The chapel is 6.8 meters long, 5.5 meters wide and 6.5 meters high. Not only from the outside, but also from the inside the chapel is unplastered. It has a white wooden ceiling and a gable roof made of slate. On the flat gable there is an open bell tower with an attached wrought iron cross. Important architectural elements on the exterior facade were highlighted by sandstone. On the east side, framed by corner pilasters (protruding reinforcement of the wall), there is the entrance of the chapel. The ogival portal, which surrounds the entrance door, has a beveled base. Above and to the right and left of the entrance portal, rectangular windows with pointed arch screens can be made out. The entrance is reached by a four-step slate staircase. On the side walls to the south and north, two-lancet windows with two lancets can also be seen, in addition to flat buttresses. In the middle of the façade, one window each was let in, so that the chapel has a total of five windows. From the inside, the windows are plain and have only a pointed arched reveal. Inside the chapel there is an ogival niche on the north wall for the preservation of the sacraments. The altar, dating from 1844, is located on the west wall of the chapel. It has an undercut mensa. The antependium (oil painting on a canvas) depicts the Lamb of God. This is typical of the Baroque period. As another special feature, a part of a crucifixion group can be made out on the west wall. Here, next to Christ, two thieves on the cross are depicted in wood. Next to Jesus Christ, two plaster figures can be made out on a pedestal. Calvary can be reached from the chapel by a twenty-three-step slate quarry stone staircase. An annual procession takes place along the 14 stations of the Stations of the Cross to Calvary Chapel. This procession of Catholic Christians up Calvary or the Hardt can be traced back to 1728. Before the Kalvarienberg Chapel, there was probably another chapel at this location, but there is no surviving information about it. (Anne Gasper, University of Koblenz-Landau, 2016)

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55430 Oberwesel
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