Salvatorberg, Summit and park in Aachen, Germany

Salvatorberg is a wooded hill in Aachen topped with a chapel and forming part of the southern slopes of a chalk geological formation. The site includes a park with walking paths that wind through vegetation and lead to the religious structure at the summit.

Around 840, Louis the Pious had a cemetery chapel built on the plateau; it was documented in 870 as the Salvatorkapelle. Around 997 a monastery was added for a Benedictine community, and from 1197 to about 1220 Cistercian nuns lived there before taking over Burtscheid Abbey. The monastery then stood largely empty for nearly 700 years, until the Oblates of the Virgin Mary used it from 1949 to 2012.

The name comes from the Salvator chapel, dedicated to Christ as Salvator Mundi, healer and redeemer of the world. From the late 17th century seven simple devotional stations with wooden crosses stood on the way up; in 1886 the Verein für die innere Ausstattung der Salvatorkirche had them renewed in stone by the sculptor Wilhelm Pohl's workshop.

The site is best reached on foot via marked paths that lead uphill through the park from the surrounding area. Wear comfortable shoes as the climb is short but steep in places.

The seven stone devotional stations on the way up were renewed in 1886 at the expense of the "Verein für die innere Ausstattung der Salvatorkirche" and carved in the workshop of the sculptor Wilhelm Pohl. Simple wooden crosses with stations had stood there since the end of the 17th century but had decayed.