Pictures from the Šumava – Stations of the Cross in Železná Ruda

The Stations of the Cross in Železná Ruda leads almost from the city center to the northeast on Hladový vrch to the chapel of St. Anna. It consists of fourteen granite pillars with a niche.
 
The local priest JW Koneček probably has the greatest credit for building the Way of the Cross, which was consecrated in 1815. The pictures in the column niches were painted by Johan Georg Wittmann.
 
The Communists generally did not like the Ways of the Cross, so it is not surprising that even...