Der Leichnam Jesu wird vom Kreuze abgenommen
Der Leichnam Jesu wird vom Kreuze abgenommen stands as the thirteenth station on Würzburg’s Stationsweg zum Käppele, climbing the Nikolausberg toward Wallfahrtskirche Maria Heimsuchung. Its small Rococo chapel forms part of a terraced staircase with five levels, stone balustrades, and 265 steps.
The pilgrimage route took shape between 1761 and 1769, following an idea by Balthasar Neumann and plans by Dominikus Ickelsheimer. Inside, Johann Peter Wagner’s green sandstone figures show Jesus’s body being lowered from the cross and placed in his mother’s arms. Fourteen chapels hold 77 figures altogether, each group arranged to present a scene from the Passion.
The surrounding ensemble includes domed pavilions, retaining walls, and stairways, while processions use the route for prayer. Bavarian heritage protection recognises the Stationsweg as a cultural monument, and this station preserves one striking detail: several three-quarter-life-sized figures gathered around a single moment of grief.
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