Hilltop chapel above Sankt Wolfgang reached by a way-of-the-cross path (Kreuzweg) through forest, with panoramic views over the Wolfgangsee from the summit. The Kalvarienberg chapel model, a walk-in Passion reenactment with stations leading to a Golgotha chapel, was a Counter-Reformation devotional standard that spread across Catholic Central Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. Free access; combine with the Pacher altarpiece inside the main pilgrimage church at the lakeside.
church in St. Wolfgang
Kalvarienberg Church
The Kalvarienberg Church in Sankt Wolfgang is a hilltop chapel above the Wolfgangsee pilgrimage town, reached by a way-of-the-cross path (Kreuzweg) through the forest.
- Type
- church
- Destination
- St. Wolfgang
- Cost
- Free to visit
- Address
- 5360 Sankt Wolfgang
- Coordinates
- 47.1662, 14.6670