Erdweg Labyrinth

A turf labyrinth in the Bavarian village of Erdweg, designed for meditative walking and contemplation. Erdweg sits in the Dachau district northwest of Munich, in the morainic landscape left by retreating Alpine glaciers. Bavaria has one of Europe's richest traditions of sacred landscape markers — wayside crosses, chapel-topped hills, and pilgrimage routes — into which the labyrinth tradition integrates. At 326.04° Giza bearing, Erdweg lies on the Alpine foreland where glacial deposits of quartz-rich gravel overlie Tertiary marine sediments. The juxtaposition of a contemplative labyrinth with the historical weight of the Dachau district creates an unintended but powerful resonance between meditative practice and the imperative of remembrance.