Heilig-Kreuz-Kapelle, Pilgrimage chapel in Blieskastel, Germany.
The Heilig-Kreuz-Kapelle stands on the Han hill above Blieskastel. Its pale cream walls are trimmed with reddish-brown sandstone, and the steep gable roof is topped by a slate-covered cupola with small arched windows. Inside, a ribbed vault painted in original colors was uncovered in 1965–66. The entrance has no von der Leyen crest.
The chapel replaced a smaller predecessor and was probably built in 1682–1683 to plans by Thomas Gampfer, with Amtmann Johann Simon Rosinus supervising. The patrons were the barons Carl Caspar and Damian Adolph von der Leyen, who had moved their residence from Blieskastel to Koblenz shortly before. A relic of the True Cross made it a regional pilgrimage site; in 1692 Carl Desiderius de Royer published a booklet on that pilgrimage.
The chapel houses a 14th-century Pietà known as 'Our Lady with the Arrows', which arrived in 1829 from Gräfinthal monastery and draws visitors from surrounding regions. For many believers, this statue represents a place of personal devotion and spiritual connection.
The chapel underwent interior renovation in 2013 and can be visited in good condition. A 1972 organ with five registers and a free-standing console near the entrance adds to the interior.
The chapel's organ, built in 1972 by Hugo Mayer of Heusweiler, has five registers, mechanical slider chests and a free-standing console in a corner by the entrance.
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