Kalvarienberg Ischgl

The Kalvarienberg Ischgl stands on a hill south of the village centre in Ischgl, a mountain community in the Austrian Tyrol. It is protected by law as a listed monument. The site includes a walled garden with a crucifixion group and seven small chapels along a path. The crucifixion group was carved by the local sculptor Johann Ladner between 1767 and 1770. The nearly life-size wooden figures show Christ on the cross flanked by the two thieves, with the Virgin Mary, John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene at the foot of the crosses. In 1827 seven Stations of the Cross were added, each a small masonry niche chapel with shingle roof and painted Passion scenes on wooden panels. Visitors walk from chapel to chapel along a quiet hillside route. The painted panels inside each niche frame scenes of Christ’s suffering. The whole ensemble offers a place of quiet reflection against a backdrop of Alpine meadows and distant peaks.