Holy Cross Church, Catholic church in Hasle, Switzerland.

Holy Cross Church is a pilgrimage church above Hasle, first documented in 1344 as a chapel and hermitage at Witenbach. The present building dates from 1588 and was remodelled in Rococo style in 1753/1754 by master builder Jakob Singer, who added a tower and confessional house. Inside, a 16th-century monstrance holds the relic of the Holy Cross; wall frescoes were uncovered during the 1976/1977 restoration.

A chapel and hermitage were built at Witenbach in 1344 by Johann von Aarwangen, a Cistercian from St. Urban, for venerating a relic of the Holy Cross. The last hermits left in 1469, and the name Heiligkreuz appears from 1480. The present church was built in 1588 and remodelled in Rococo style in 1753/1754 by master builder Jakob Singer, who added a tower and confessional house.

The name Heiligkreuz replaced Witenbach in 1480, and in 1479 Pope Sixtus IV allowed the people of Entlebuch to carry the cross, crown of thorns and nails on their banner with the beech. The Stationsweg from Hasle is documented since 1748; its present pictures were painted in 1893 by an unknown Fräulein Fischer from Zug and refreshed by Georg Troxler in 1931.

The pilgrimage church stands above Hasle at the end of the Stationsweg, the steep old pack-horse path that begins at the parish church of Schüpfheim; the 14 stations carry bronze reliefs since 1982. The climb on foot is the usual approach. Inside, the 1976/77 restoration uncovered wall frescoes worth seeking out.

The baldachin above the altar is supported by Corinthian columns topped with a broken pediment, an uncommon architectural detail. This craftsmanship reveals the high quality of artistic work invested in the building.