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processions take place from the Gothic church of St. Agatha (1494) to the Alendorf Kalvarienberg. The ascent from the village is a good kilometre long. On the way, the pilgrims pass the stations of the cross that portray the suffering of
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Count Salentin Ernest of Manderscheid-Blankenheim (born 1630) realised the idea of an ancestor, who wanted the Alendorf countryside and the (originally so-called) hill of Kelberg to recall the original hill of
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bushes, which dominate the appearance of the Alendorf Kalvarienberg from some distance away.
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Wildemann, Th. In Jahrbuch der Rheinischen Denkmalpflege 1936, Issue 3 cited at
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From the summit of the Kalvarienberg there is an extensive view over the
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in Jerusalem. Between 1663 and 1680 Salentin initially had seven
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Elevation
sea level (NHN)
Coordinates
50°22′02″N 6°38′29″E / 50.367272°N 6.641447°E / 50.367272; 6.641447
Kalvarienberg is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Blankenheim (Ahr)
Euskirchen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Parent range
Ahr Hills
Eifel
calvary hill
Alendorf
Blankenheim
Euskirchen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Calvary
stations of the cross
Eifel
Hohe Acht
Nürburg
Ripsdorf
North Eifel Nature Park
View of the Kalvarienberg at Alendorf and junipers
View from the Eifelsteig path of the Kalvarienberg
Eifelsteig
Church in Alendorf. Behind: the Kalvarienberg (painting by Fritz von Wille)
Fritz von Wille
Easter Week

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