Fußfall

Hi Franz,

an appealing photo of this place to stop at on your journey or walk. I have seen similar edifices in Austria and France, that seem to have the function of giving fatigued travelers a short moment of rest, not always with a religious side like this one, but mostly altar-like in appearance. I like the way you have accentuated the function of this structure by just showing enough background and setting a mood of security with the candlelight. Very well done! Kind regards, Vincent

Vincent, thank you for your comment. This is what I found at Wikipedia, translated with google : The walk to the seven footfalls is one of the oldest forms of the cross.

Introduced to the Rhineland by the Jerusalem pilgrims in the late Middle Ages, he made a petition through the village streets or the corridor, praying at seven corridors, chapels or sanctuaries, the so-called footfalls, each praying one station of the Passion of Christ in Jerusalem. In some places, pictorial sticks donated specifically for the passage, depicting passion scenes, have survived.