Wejherowski's Calvary is a complex of 26 chapels located on moraine hills built in XVII century. It is the pearl of sacral architecture of Northern Poland and next to Zebrzydowska's Calvary it is the oldest Passion sanctuary in Poland!
Wejherowski's calvary along with town building in Wejherowo is the palace-park complex with great picturesque-spatial qualities. It is one out of 3 most exquisite foundations of this kind in Poland.
Calvary of Wejherowo is called the Holly Mountains or Cashubia's Jerusalem. For the citizens of Northern Poland it is the same what Zebrzydowska's Calvary is for Southern people.
Its biggest foundation- Wejhrowska's Calvary- Jakub Wejher (also town founder) began from marking out the Calvary's paths and the place to built 26 baroque –manneristic chaples. The building started in 1649 and finished in 1666. The scientifically not confirmed information says that the distances between chapels are equal to the distances of particular parts of the passion which Christ crossed in Jerusalem (the distances were measured\red in steps). Under each chapel there is a handful of ground from Jerusalem. The Calvary's hills got biblical names: Olive Mountain, Syjon, and Golgotha.
The chapel's architecture was skillfully incorporated into the scenery; both these elements (nature and architecture) perfectly harmonize and fulfill one another. Just like in Jerusalem Cedron flows here. The river used to be called White. The pilgrims attribute the river a particular power, especially by the chapel of the same name. The surrounding forest, through which the Stations of the Cross go, is made up of native trees typical for the Cashubia's scenery.
The first pilgrimages started coming to Wejherowo at the end of XVII century. In 1678 the pope Innocenty XI issued special breve which stated the eternal validity of getting the plenary indulgences in Wejherowski's Calvary.

The protection of the Calvary is in Franciscan hands who were brought to our town by Jakub Wejher in 1647. The function of Calvary's custodian has always Monastery's Guardian. The Franciscans eagerly share their knowledge about Cashubia's Jerusalem with the visiting tourists.