Calvary of Moresnet - Moresnet-Kapelle

The pilgrimage site has its origins in the miraculous healing of a resident of Moresnet, Arnold Franck who was cured of the falling sickness around 1750.

In 1875, the Franciscans from Aachen settled in Moresnet and took over the organization of the early worship of Mary around Moresnet. They rebuilt the Way of the Cross, which is
the journey Jesus made from Pilate's palace to Golgotha hill. Just sentenced to death, he himself had to carry the cross on which he would die on Golgotha.
In the Catholic Church, Stations of the Cross is also the name of a kind of prayer in which one walks past scenes that each show a moment from the journey, from his condemnation to his crucifixion and burial; the so-called Stations of the Cross. The word statie comes from the Latin word statio, “I stand,” and indicates a place of stillness. The Stations of the Cross in Moresnet are depicted in cave-like vaults built of ring furnace stones.

The decorative material for the stations was provided by local factories and donated by artisans. In the garden of the Stations of the Cross, 68,000 ornamental plants - some of which were exotic - were planted. To this day, it is still a colorful park. The Calvary was finally completed in 1903. Since then there have been numerous processions to Calvary and the park continues to be an oasis of peace and contemplation.