The best hikes from bus stations around Neustetten

The nativity scene was originally created between 1835 and 1840 on behalf of a Rottenburg citizen family. It was created by Leopold Lazaro for the innkeeper family of the Rottenburg inn "Waldhorn". In 1850, it was donated to the Weggentalkirche. The special feature is not only the size, but the way it is presented: the Christmas story is told on a large nativity mountain with a landscape. There are numerous figures that depict the events in various scenes. The nativity scene is set up in four different scenes throughout the Christmas season. It can traditionally be seen from December 23rd to February 2nd (Candlemas).

The Holy Sepulchre is located next to the church's choir area. It depicts Christ's entombment or tomb and belongs to the furnishings of the baroque pilgrimage church. Historical recordings show a figurative representation that is closely linked to the Waygenthal Valley's passion piety.

The sculpture stands directly in front of the Weggental pilgrimage church, at the end of the historic procession path. It was erected in 2024 and consecrated on October 1, 2024, by Bishop Gebhard Fürst. Mary with the Child Ralf Ehmann created the approximately two-meter-high figure from Untersberg marble. It depicts Mary, seated with the Christ Child, but not in a static, strictly religious pose. The two figures are brought into dynamic motion. This is a deliberate choice: the stele forms the final point of the procession path. Many of the 16 wayside shrines along the way deal with the Seven Sorrows of Mary. At the end, the gaze is directed back to Mary – this time not as a suffering mother under the cross, but with the child.

The history of the Flurkreuz is not documented in writing. Only by interviewing around 40 contemporary witnesses, mostly "Ehgner", was light shed on the darkness of the past. The church caretaker Gertrud Edelmann and the parsonage maid Martha Weckerle reported that the money for the creation of the Flurkreuz was donated by the former St. Moriz town pastor August Zell. Among the "cross initiators" were Mayor Josef Schneider, town councilor Wilhelm Heberle and architect Martin Schilling. He had rock fragments from the central pillar of the Obere Brücke, blown up in 1945, recovered from the Neckar. As a sign of thanks for surviving the war, Heinrich Schneider from Bad Niedernau and his journeyman Hermann Geiger processed the sandstone from the town forest into the Flurkreuz. The cross was consecrated in 1947.

The path leads through gardens and past vineyards.

Former stairs into the vineyards. Surefootedness is required.

The wayside cross we encounter here does not bear the Corpus Christi; instead, a Bible verse from the Gospel of John (Chapter 15) is incorporated into the beams: 'I am the vine, you are the branches.' In a reflection on the seven biblical 'I am' sayings of Jesus, Sr. Thekla Baumgart OSB writes: + 'The images all come from Jesus' everyday life and were catchy and understandable for the people of his time. For us today, some are understandable, while others are alien, or their significance has changed. What the seven 'I am' sayings have in common is their structure: the self-declaration 'I am...' (I am the vine) is followed by the consequence, i.e., a call to action – Whoever remains in me. This then leads into a promise: bears rich fruit.'

Unfortunately, it was closed during our visit. The sundial located on the south side opposite the town hall is impressive.