Kalvarienberg

The Calvary in the Wörnitzstein district of Donauwörth stands out particularly strikingly from the landscape. The rock made of Weisjura mass limestone, which came to a standstill eight kilometres from the south-eastern edge of the crater after the meteorite impact, was heavily crushed by the shock wave. From the top, there is a good view over the Vorries and the Wörnitz valley. Four information boards along the 1.7 km long educational trail through the geotope explain the considerable influence of the ejected masses on the transformation of the landscape as well as natural history and settlement history features. Through the Baorcke portal, past the stations of the Way of the Cross erected in 1977, you reach the gem located high above the Wörnitz. St Peter’s Chapel was built in 1750 under Abbot Cölestin zu Kaisheim with an oval floor plan. The altar with crucifixion group and the ceiling painting by Gernhard Göz depicting the handing over of the keys to St Peter are particularly worth seeing.