Chapel, chapel hill and surroundings

The Chapel of the Seven Sorrows of Mary - a gem and a landmark of Salgesch - stands on a hill south of the village. The entry "terram Capellae" in a document from 1685 is the first indication of a possible construction date for the chapel. The Chapel of the Seven Sorrows of Mary is a vaulted Baroque building with a slightly recessed choir closed on three sides and a ridge turret above the base of the choir at the intersection of the gabled roof of the nave and the hipped roof of the choir. Carved tuff frames the windows and the portal. The western entrance door was repainted in 1998/99, but the fine flat carvings were retained. 

The baroque high altar with Pietà painting and the symbolism of the Seven Sorrows of Mary on the altar mensa is located under the fan vault of the choir in the east. The baroque altar and the decorative painting by Josef Heimgartner dominate the interior. During the renovation in 1998/99, the wooden gallery on the western interior wall was removed. 

The path to the chapel is lined with 15 small rosary wayside shrines. The wayside shrines depicting the mysteries of the rosary were renovated, while the various retaining walls, the driveway and the greenery were repaired and partly rebuilt in 1990/91 with a great deal of dedication and hard work.