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/ Pilgergruppe - Auf dem Weg der Begegnungen
Photo:	Teilnehmer Pilgerwanderung
/ Die VIA ROMEA auf einem Feldweg in der Nähe von Harsefeld
Photo:	Jens Friedrich, Teilnehmer Pilgerwanderung
/ Pilgerweg durch das Moor bei Gyhum
/ Inschrift in einem Felsbrocken auf dem Stadtnapoleonsweg in Norddeutschland
/ Pilgergruppe im Harzvorland
/ Pilger auf der VIA ROMEA im Harz
/ Pilgergruppe bei Ebeleben
/ Wegekreuz bei Gotha
/ Pilgergruppe in Friedrichroda
/ Grenzkunst an der ehemaligen innerdeutschen Grenze
Photo:	Jens Friedrich, Wernigerode Tourismus GmbH
/ Pilgerrast bei Bad Neustadt
/ Rathaustürme in Augsburg
Photo:	Stadt Augsburg
/ Via Romea am Alpenrand
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In 1236, Abbot Albert of Stade travelled to Pope Gregory IX. in order to effect a monastery reform at his Benedictine monastery of the Virgin Mary in Stade. In his "Annales Stadenses", he documents the most important ecclesiastical and political events of his time. A dialogue of two monks on the best way for a pilgrimage to Rome is embedded in there. In this dialogue (Itinerary), Albert von Stade describes his own trip to Rome, with all rest areas and precise distance information between the places.
He names 28 towns only in Germany. A duplicate of this document from the 14th century can be found in the Herzog August Library at "Wolfenbüttel". The anthropologist, Prof. Giovanni Caselli from Italy, finds this itinerary about 770 years later. Giovanni Caselli and a German theologian, Dr. Uwe Schott, invited the German mayors of these 28 towns mentioned to a meeting in Ochsenfurt in March 2008. This is the beginning of the restoration of this ancient pilgrim route from Stade to Rome.
Meanwhile, the entire historical route has been explored. International understanding, interreligious dialogue and fostering of peace are the objectives of the "VIA ROMEA" - the route of encounters.
271:33 h
The pilgrim route "VIA ROMEA GERMANICA" is divided into 54 daily stages within Germany. The individual stages can be found via the following links.
Author's recommendation
You go on a pilgrimage on your own accord.
You go on a pilgrimage on your own responsibility.
You go on a pilgrimage with respect for your fellow pilgrims.
You go on a pilgrimage with respect for your hosts.
You go on a pilgrimage with respect for the landscape.
You go on a pilgrimage with respect for the animal and plant life.
You go on a pilgrimage with respect for the needs of your body for water, food and sleep.
You go on a pilgrimage with respect for the spiritual needs of others and yourself.
You go on a pilgrimage with respect for the community in faith, love and hope.
You go on a pilgrimage on a pilgrim route, a heritage of the Christian cultural scene, where others
will be pilgrims after you;
you go an a pilgrimage with respect.
(Author: Thomas Dahms)
Jens Friedrich
Some sections run on low-traffic link roads. Take care.
Sturdy shoes. Clothes adapted to the weather.
Pilgerweg "VIA ROMEA"
If there are questions on the pilgrim trail, the support association of the VIA ROMEA will be happy to help.
Förderverein "Romweg - Abt Albert von Stade" e.V.
c/o Bürgermeister Andreas Memmert (1. Vorsitzender)
Am Weinberg 9
38315 Schladen
kontakt@viaromea.de
Tel. 05335-801-53
Fax 05335-801-52
Facebook page of the support association
Stade, inner courtyard of the former Franciscan monastery, at the statue of Abbot Albert (5 m)
Mittenwald, St. Peter und Paul Kirche (church)
Stage 01 Stade - Harsefeld
We start at the statue of abbot Albert, in the inner courtyard of the former Franciscan monastery. We pass the churches St. Cosmae and Damiani and take the shopping street ("Hökerstraße"), direction "Schiffertor". By taking the underpass, we reach the "Schwinge". We continue straight, direction "Töpferstraße". Then we go left around the "Horstsee". Following the walkway, we reach the "Thuner Straße", which we follow on the right. We cross the B73 and go straight. At the edge of the town, in the "Schwinge" valley, we go further to "Groß Thun". We follow the "Heinekampweg" and the "Fredenbecker Weg" til the "Hagener Mühle". Go straight til the "Schrankenstraße" and turn left there. After a few metres, wie turn right, into the forest. Through the forest, we reach the "Deinster Mühle". Here, we cross the "Hauptstraße" and we continue on the "Loher Weg" and the "Torfweg". Following the road, you will reach a forest. In the forest we reach a crossing: turn left, and after a few metres, turn right again. Follow this way until you reach the "Frankenmoor", which you can cross by going over a dam.
The way turns into an asphalted, rarely used road. We reach "Ohrensen" via the "Herbert-Henry-Dow-Weg". At the "Hauptstraße", we continue our way on the right, "Walkmühle". Go over a wooden bridge until a high railway embankment. In front of the dam, wie turn left, into a little hiking trail. Later, the way turns into an asphalted foot- and cycle path. We reach Harsefeld - go straight ("Am Bockelfeld", "Steinfeldstraße") and you will reach a parc. Here, we turn left and go further, past the monastery ponds, direction "centre". Pass the town hall, turn left into the "Herrenstraße" and turn right, right at the entrance to the monastery parc. On a long wooden bridge we reach the destination, the former monastery grounds with the church of Harsefeld.
Stage 02 - Harsefeld-Zeven
The starting point of the second stage of the pilgrim route "VIA ROMEA" are the ruins of the monastery in Harsefeld. Past the "Marktstraße" and the "Friedrich-Huth-Straße", the way goes past a railway line. Afterwards, we turn left into the "Jahnstraße". We reach "Hollenbeck" via the "Stahmannskamp". Continue right via the "Oberdorf". In the village, we cross the "Hauptstraße", go through the "Unterdorf", then turn left to "Am Brink" and leave the village via the "Buttermoor". We pass a farmstead and go over a field, towards a path, in a curve to the left. We then go towards the link road "Im Draunen". We have to turn right at the next crossroad and then reach the country road "Kakerbeck". Go straight until you reach an erratic with indications concerning the VIA ROMEA, shortly before the end of the village. Here, we turn left and continue direction "Oersdorf". In Oersdorf, turn right and follow the "Hauptstraße" until Kohlenhausen.
At the end of the village, the long straight of the "town-Napoleon-way" starts, which is marked by erratics with different monumental inscriptions. Shortly before a forest area before "Heeslingen", we turn right into a connecting path. We follow this one in a right turn until Heeslingen. Turn right at the "Stader Straße" and then left into the road "Unter den Eichen", until the "Kirchstraße". We follow the latter to the right, cross the "Marktstraße" and take the "Offenser Weg". Then, we turn left into the "Gartenweg" which turns into the "Waldweg". Go straight and then reach "Heidjers Ruh". Here, we cross a wooden bridge ("die Oste") to the left. Continue straight, over a railway line until the outdoor swimming pool of Zeven. At the pool, we turn right, in order to reach the centre of Zeven, through a forest area, along the "Aue-Mehde". At the end of the forest area, we reach the St-Viti-Church, our destination.
Stage 03 - Zeven-Gyhum
From our starting point, the St. Viti-Church in the centre of Zeven, we go on the "Lange Straße". Almost at the end, we turn right into the "Kirchhofsallee". Going straight, we cross the bypass ("Westring") and come directly towards Oldendorf. In Oldendorf, we turn left ("Eichenstraße") and turn right again in the "Heidkamp". Continuing straight, we arrive at the country road "Steinfelder Straße", which we follow to the right for a little distance, until the point where the crash barrier ends on the left. Here, we turn left into the way. Then continue direction "Hermelsmoor". We stay at the wooden edge of the marsh, until we arrive at a crossroad in the marsh that separates both pilgrim trails, the "Jakobsweg" and the "VIA ROMEA". We turn left direction "Königsmoor". After crossing the "Königsmoor", we arrive at "Wehldorf". Here, we turn right and turn left at the end of the village, into the "Gyhumer Straße". We follow this one through a small wood. In front of us there is the little village Gyhum. We reach the centre with the "Margarethenkirche" (Church) on the "Königsall
Stage 04 - Gyhum-Scheeßel
Starting point is the "Margarethenkirche" (church) in the centre of Gyhum. We take the "Bahnhofstraße" and cross the federal motorway A1. Continue over the railway tracks to Hesedorf. At the beginning of the village, turn left into the "Weidenweg". Following the "Weidenweg" to the right, after a few metres, turn right into the "Schulstraße". Here we pass the "Heimatmuseum" (museum of local history) and then turn left into the "Dorfstraße". At the end of the forest, on the right, we turn to the right, to the "Borcheler Weg". At the pond to the right, continue straight ahead, past the "Borcheler Hof". Follow the asphalted road to the "Landstraße", which we follow to the left towards "Langenhörn".
Behind the village, we turn half right into the "Borcheler Straße". Just before we reach the country road, we turn right into a field path. We cross the country road ("Mühlenende") and continue along the opposite field path towards "Bult". Just after we have passed the settlement, direction "Westeresch", the road bends to the left. Here, we turn right into a field path. Between the fields straight ahead, then left, then right, we come to the "Mühlenweg". We follow this one to the right, through the village of "Jeersdorf". On the bottom, we cross the "Wümme", close to the ponds of the "Mühle", and follow the "Mühlenstraße" to the centre of "Scheeßel". Here, we reach the destination, the "St. Lucas Church", in the "Zeevener Straße".
Stage 05 - Scheeßel-Bellen
The start of this stage is at the St. Lucas- Church in the centre of Scheeßel. Via the "Veerser Weg", we leave the village. After crossing a railway bridge, we continue straight ahead and then turn right. Behind a little copse we turn left into a field path. Continuing straight ahead, we cross the "Veerse" over a wooden bridge. Continue straight ahead to "Bartelsdorf". Follow the road "Am Mühlenweg" to the left. Then continue 50 metres along the "Langen Straße" and turn left again, onto the way to Veerse.
Shortly before the settlement "Veerse", we bend to the left, from the road into a field path to the right. This path takes us along the Veerse River, until we cross the "Bartelsdorfer Chaussee" road. On the opposite side, we continue on the asphalted road. Past the "Großes Lohmoor" (with viewing platform), continue on the "Großer Loh" (high ground), in the direction of "Brockel". In "Brockel", we follow the "Birkenweg", "Kirchstraße" and "Ostende". Shortly before the end of the village, we turn right into the "Großer Weideweg".
We reach a former railway line, which we follow to the left straight ahead, over a bridge. At the "Holderweg", we turn left and walk along a rarely used country road, which connects "Bothel" to "Bellen". After a few kilometres, we reach the settlement "Bellen".
Stage 06 - Bellen-Neuenkirchen
We start in Bellen. We leave Bellen behind us and go about 200 metres on the country road, direction of Rosebruch. Then we turn left into a field path. We follow this path over a wooden bridge and cross the "Hahnenbach". Continue through the forest and the bog, until we reach the village road of "Moordorf". At the end of the road, we continue to the right on the country road. We cross a road bridge and turn left at the bus stop, following the road direction "Brochdorf".
At the crossroads which leads to the right to the hamlet "Hartböhn", we turn right. After a left-hand bend, we go through "Hartböhn" and then continue towards "Rutenmühle". In "Rutenmühle", we turn left and then right again, into a forest path. To the right is the "Hahnenbach". Continue straight ahead until we are shortly before the "Bundesstrasse 71". Before the B71, we turn right and walk through a small grove on a field path, which becomes the "Oehrensweg". In Neuenkirchen, we go on the main road to the left and reach the destination, the St. Bartholomäuskirche (Church) in the town centre.
Stage 07 - Neuenkirchen-Soltau
Starting point is in Neuenkirchen, the town centre with the St. Bartholomäuskirche (Church). We go on the main road to the east and turn right into the Bundesstraße B71 ("Soltauer Straße") at a large crossroads. We follow it a small stretch, then go straight on the "Falshorner Straße" in a left-bend.
Follow this road straight ahead for a long time. It leads us out of Soltau and shows us the picturesque landscape of the Heath with its bogs. We cross the settlement "Falshorn" and continue along the asphalted road towards the houses of "Wiedingen". Behind the houses, we turn right in a left-bend. Passing a shelter we continue on a forest road, until we come across a cross-country path. Follow this one to the left, across the river "Soltau".
The road is now called "Wiedinger Weg" and takes us to the town of Soltau. Continue along the "Seilerstraße" and the "Bahnhofstraße" to the Bundesstraße B71 ("Kirchstraße"). Follow this road to the right over the "Poststraße", "Wilhelmstraße" and "Lüneburger Straße" til the corner "Birkenstraße". Here we see our present goal, the Lutherkirche (Church) with the "Jakobsleiter".
Stage 08 - Soltau-Wietzendorf
Starting point of the hike from Soltau to Wietzendorf is the Lutherkirche (Church) on the corner of "Lüneburger Straße" / "Birkenstraße". Follow the "Birkenstraße" to the south and then turn left into "Reinickendorfer Straße". At the "Heidlandstraße", turn right until the road "Trift". Follow the road "Trift" to the left and continue straight ahead. Under a railway embankment, to another railway embankment, which we follow to the left. We follow the railway line. On the river "Große Aue", we cross under the railway line. At the railway crossing "Tiegen", we cross the railway line to the left. Then turn right again. At the "Abelbecker Weg", we cross under the railway line for the third time.
The "Abelbecker Weg" leads us straight ahead and then crosses the federal highway A7. Past the Abelbeck farmstead til the NATO military training base "Munster". We follow the "Panzerringstraße" to the left. We go on the rarely used country road.
Just before the end of the forest, a forest trail leads away from the "Panzerringstraße". Follow the signs of the "Heidschnuckenweg" and go through the forest for a long time. Crossing of the river "Wietze" off "Königsberg", through a hamlet continuing to Wietzendorf. We reach the campsite "Südsee-Camp" before Wietzendorf. We turn to the right on the way to the forest. We get to the busy county road "K41", cross it and continue straight on the road "High Field" to Wietzendorf. After arriving in the village, we turn to the right on the road "Über der Brücke" and reach the "Jakobikirche" (Church), following the "Hauptstraße".
Stage 09 - Wietzendorf-Bergen
Starting point is the St. Jakobi church in the town centre of Wietzendorf. We walk out of the village on the "Kampstraße", past the railway lines. Before a forest, we turn off the "Relohweg" to the left into the "Wietzendorfer Moor" (Bog). We go straight through the bog, until we come to a T-junction with a paved road. Here we go left and then right again. After we have crossed the railway track, we turn right and follow the path, along the railway track to Becklingen. Shortly before Becklingen, we reach the "settlement on the Bahnhofstraße". Shortly before the railway line we turn left into a field path. After we have walked through the forest, we turn left and go along the forest, then go right across the field. After crossing the field on a field path, we go to the right, past the farmstead "Klein Berlin". Follow the paved road along the railway embankment to Wardböhmen.
We leave the village on the right, and after crossing the railway line again, we continue on the "Dageförder Weg" towards a forest. At a Y-junction, we go right through the forest, then along an alley to the hamlet "Dageförde". Here, we turn right and cross the country road. A climb up to the "Bleckmarberg". At the crossroads, we turn left and then turn right again and head towards "Hagen".
In Hagen, we turn left and right again. Follow a small section of the local road, then turn left again and turn right again. Then we continue straight on the road, which leads us to Bergen. In Bergen, follow the road "Am Weinberg" until the intersection with the federal road B3. To the left, following the "Harburger Straße", we reach the town centre with the St. Lambertikirche (Church) and the museum of local history, "Römstedthaus", on the "Friedensplatz".
Stage 10 - Bergen-Sülze
Starting point is the St. Lambertikirche at the "Friedensplatz" in Bergen. We go over the "Hauptstraße", continue on the road "Deichend" until we come to a railway line. We cross this one and follow the road "An der Bahn" on the right. At the next intersection, turn left into "Kampweg". Continue straight on to a grove. After the grove turn right, past barrows, on the country road towards Wohlde. We follow the country road to the right and reach Wohlde.
After crossing the traffic lights, keep left and turn into "Marktstraße". At the end of the street, there was once the pilgrimage church of Wohlde. Follow the road "Kapellenweg" to the right and turn left at "Hünenburger Weg". Continue straight ahead over the railway tracks. After walking straight at a crossroads, we walk along a left-hand forest. At the end of the forest, we turn right into a field path (nice avenue). We come to Diesten across the Horstberg.
Here, we cross the railway line and continue towards the town centre. After we have crossed the main road, we continue straight ahead on the right. After the end of the houses, we turn right and walk towards Sülze. Cross the "Am Heidberg" path straight ahead. In a right-bend, we continue straight on the footpath "Krempelstieg". At the main road, we stick to the lleft and reach the town centre of Sülze. Our destination, the Fabian and Sebastian church, is located in the centre of "Am Salinenplatz".
Stage 11 - Sülze-Celle
The starting point of the Pilgrim tour on the VIA ROMEA is the Fabian and Sebastin church in Sülze. The church building in the back, we turn left and leave the village of Sülze across the roads: "Am Damm", "Hermann-Ehlers-Weg" and then "Am Mühlenbach", direction Eversen.
In Eversen, we pass the "Kirchweg" and then go on the "Dorfstraße", past a pond. Behind the pond, we turn left at the main road and cross the bridge of the "Örtze". Follow the main road to the exit. Here we turn left into the "Feldweg" ("Geilgraben"). This trail takes us through a forest area. Past the settlement "Miele" with a pond, we meet the E1 long-distance trail. We follow this one to the right.
We cross the "Sunderbach" and walk past the ponds at "Wildeck" towards the South. On the left, we can see the training location of the German Armed Forces of Celle-Scheuen. At this practice place, we turn right towards Scheuen. We cross the village of Scheuen and follow the signs of the "Fernwanderweg E1". At the "Heinhof", we turn left to turn right on the next road. In "Tannhof", we cross a railway line and come to "Hehlentor". After another railway crossing, we will take the Bundesstraße B 191. Here we turn right and then turn left again, along the cemetery.
We are still on the E1 and come to the river "Aller". On the right, we see a bridge over the "Allter" that we cross. We reach the town centre of Celle and our destination for the day, the town church.
Stage 12 - Celle-Eltze/Rietze
The starting point of the tour from Celle to Rietze is located at the town church in the centre of Celle (Market). Via the "Zöllnerstraße", turn right into the street "Am Heiligen Kreuz". Then turn left, crossing the federal road B 214, into the "Steintor". The street becomes an all-foot and bike path, which we follow around a sports field. At an intersection ("Allerdeich / Osterdeich"), we turn left and come directly to the banks of the "Aller".
Following the path, we arrive at "Altencelle". At the entrance, there is the old St. Gertruden church. Cross the road of the same name and follow the signs to the town centre. Here we turn left into the "Dorfstraße". Over the "Aller" and then turn right into the "Osterloher Landstraße" to Osterloh. At the end of the village, we cross the "Aller" again and then continue to the left on the banks of the "Aller", until we reach a copse. Here, the path goes into a right curve and leads to "Bockelskamp". Follow the "Alte Poststraße" to the left on a country road ("Lange Straße", "Celler Straße") to Wienhausen.
In "Wienhausen", we continue straight on the "Celler Straße" and later on the "Haupstraße". Before leaving the village, turn into "Lageweg" and then turn right again into "Appelweg". The path goes into a forest path. We continue through the forest. At an open area in the forest, we turn left and follow the path along the left edge of the forest, until you reach the asphalted path. At the entrance to Sandlingen, turn right into "Buerskopperstraße" and, after a few metres, turn left into "Fasenweg". Right past the Scheppels settlement, continue straight ahead until the road turns to the left (east).
At the next crossroads, we turn right and cross the busy federal road B 214. We continue on the road to Bröckel. Through the village, we always follow the "Hauptstraße". We cross the country road to Uetze and continue straight ahead. The route then continues to the left (south). Continue straight ahead, parallel to the country road, the, at a crossroads with an asphalted path, we turn left and go to Abbeile. In Abbeile, we cross the federal road B188 to the left and continue over the agricultural land direction Benrode. Via the "Bendorfer Straße" and the road "Zur Eltzer Mühle", we reach Eltze.
Take the "Plockhorster Straße" in the direction of Plockhorst. In an arc, we bypass the rails. We continue along the ponds of a gravel plant to Eickenrode. Cross the "Alte Postweg" and then turn left to the "Lehmkuhlenweg", leaving Eickenrode. Cross the "Brandheide", past a weekend house settlement ("Lobbenbüttel"), we continue through a forest and reach our destination of the day, Rietze.
Stage 13 - Eltze/Rietze-Braunschweig
Starting point of the stage from Rietze to Braunschweig on the Pilgrim route of the "Via Romea" is in Rietze, "Wasserreihe". Head south on the "Alte Herrenstraße", out of the village, until you reach a crossing country road. We cross this road half-right and then go on the "Ersestraße", past the Wipshausen station. On the "Ersestraße", we go through Horst and Wipshausen.
In Wipshausen, the "Ersestraße" becomes the "Kirchstraße". We continue straight on, between some gravel mining piles to the "Judenburg". Here we keep to the right and cross the country road between Wense and Ersehof. We continue on the road to Harvesse. On the "Wenser Straße", we arrive at an intersection in Harvesse. Here we turn right on the "Wendenburger Straße" and follow the foot / bike path under the Bundesautobahn A2, to Wendenburg.
In Wendenburg, we turn left after a supermarket, into the "Braunschweiger Straße". Follow the foot / bike path towards Bortfeld. Via the "Mittellandkanal", we reach the village Bortfeld. Here, we follow the main road "Bortfelder Straße" and turn left after a right turn, following the "Bortfelder Straße". Then we turn left for a second time, into the "Glinderweg".
We go towards Braunschweig. Get past the Agricultural Research Institute and turn left at a country road, "Bundesallee". In the part of "Kanzlerfeld", we turn right and follow the "Bundesallee" to the part of Lehndorf. The road becomes the "Saarstraße". We cross the federal highway A391 and then end up on the "Hildesheimer Straße". Cross a roundabout (straight) and then turn left into "Petristraße". At a T-junction, we follow the "Celler Straße" to the right and cross the river "Oker".
Afterwards, we keep to the right and reach the old town of Braunschweig with the cathedral.
Stage 14 - Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
Starting point is the "Domplatz"(Cathedral square) in Braunschweig. We turn south and take the "Müntzstraße", turn right at the crossroads and then turn left again into "Leopoldstraße". "Am Bruchtorwall" a little bit to the left and then again to the right into "Nimesstraße". At the "Bürgerpark" a few metres to the south, then go right over the bridge. After crossing the river "Oker", turn left to the south.
After we have reached the "Werkstättenweg", we follow this road and follow the "Eisenbüttlerstraße". We cross a railway line and stay on the western side of the "Oker", always along the shore. We cross the federal highway A 39 and then turn left after a right turn. We follow the road between the "Südsee" and the" Oker". At "Rüninger Weg", take a few steps to the right and then immediately left again on the foot / bike path, before the railway crossing. After a few metres, we see a weir to the left, which we cross. Afterwards, we continue south to the right.
We follow the "Wilhelm-Bornstedt-Weg" and arrive in Stöckheim. Past the church, we stay on the way, until we meet a road. Follow the "Leiferder Straße" to the left and then turn right at a T-junction into the dirt road. In the further, we cross the federal highway A 395 and then go along the forest to Wolfenbüttel, always following the "Alter Weg" to the city centre. At the crossroads with the "Neue Weg", we go to the right. Cross the junction and a roundabout straight ahead.
At the entrance to the old town, we turn right into "Lange Herzogstraße". We reach the "Stadtmarkt" via the "Kanzerstraße".
Stage 15 - Wolfenbüttel-Hornburg
Our hike to Hornburg on the "Via Romea" starts on the municipal market in Wolfenbüttel. Turn left into "Reichsstraße", then the "Holzmarkt" (past the "Trinitatiskirche") via "Landshuter Platz" and "Wallstraße" to "Marktstraße". We follow the "Marktstraße" to the right and cross the river "Oker". Then turn right into "Lindener Straße". We follow this one direction south, until it becomes "Neindorfer Straße". Continue straight ahead following the road to "Neindorf".
We cross the village on "Lindener Straße". At the end of the village, turn to the right and after a left turn, we go south again. After we have passed the golf course, we reach a country road "Allee", which leads us to the left to "Kissenbrück". We follow the main road one time to the right and then to the left. Then we turn off the road and go to the manor "Hedwigsburg". Here we see a barn at the edge of the forest on the left. We pass this barn and follow the path along the edge of the forest. After a right-hand bend, we cross a railway line and then turn left, along the "Oker". After a broad left curve, we cross the railway line again and arrive at the village of Bornum.
In Bornum, we go to the village centre via the "Westernstraße". Here we keep right and then turn right into "Sundernweg". We use the next opportunity to turn left ("Windmühlenweg") to stay south again. We reach Börßum via the "Backhausweg". We follow this one until the "Hauptstraße". Turn right and walk a few metres, until we turn left into "Kleine Dorfstraße". Via the "Graube", we reach again the open field. We continue straight ahead and pass the "Vorwerk Tempelhof". After we have bypassed the buildings, we continue a little part half-right to turn left at the next intersection. Along the "Mühlen-Ilse", we reach the outskirts of Hornburg.
At the federal road, we turn right towards the centre. Then turn left into "Kurt-Sattler-Straße". After only a few steps, we turn right again and follow the footpath along the "Mühlen-Ilse". Continuing straight ahead, via the "Wasserstraße", we reach the "Marienkirche" (Pope-Clemens-Memorial Church).
Stage 16 - Hornburg-Osterwieck
Starting point is the monument of Pope Clemens II at the "Marienkirche" in the town centre in Hornburg. We follow the "Marktstraße" and the "Schlossbergstraße", away from the old town. Turn right into "Osterwiecker Straße" and then turn left at the end of town into a path. This leads us in its course on the ridge route of the "Kleiner Fallstein". Here we come through the partly still existing border installations to Saxony-Anhalt. Going straight, we will soon see the towers of St. Stephanie's Church in Osterwieck. Above the town, we turn right and walk down the "Kirchbergsweg", into the town. In the town centre, we reach our destination, the St. Stephanikirche.
Stage 17 - Osterwieck-Wernigerode
Starting point is the St. Stephani church in Osterwieck. Through a small alley, we come to "Mittelstraße" and continue on "Neukirchenstraße". After crossing the "Ilse" river on the road "Vor dem Neuenkirchtor", turn left into a field path. We follow this one for a long time. We follow the country road to Berßel for a short distance to turn right into a field path, just before the start of the village. In the course of this field path, we pass Berßel, to meet the river "Ilse" again at the end of the village. Along the "Ilse" (parallel to the "Ilseradweg"), we come to "Wasserleben". Going through "Wasserleben", we ​​pass the old "Gutspark" and then come to the former monastery church. Continue through the village, along the "Ilse" to Veckenstedt. Continue along "Alter Stadtweg" towards "Charlottenlust". Here we have reached the highest point of our hike and have a nice view of Wernigerode and the Harz mountains, which are right in front of us. Down the hill we reach Wernigerode. In the centre, there is the town hall (worth seeing!) on the market square, where the hike ends.
Stage 18 - Wernigerode-Elbingerode
Starting point is the market square in Wernigerode. We pass the town hall, along "Marktstrasse", the "Zillierbach", past the "Schöne Ecke", passing the town. At the end of the "Promenade", we can make a detour to the left, to the pretty "Theobaldikapelle". Otherwise, we keep to the right, along the "Ewaldsweg", "Pulvergarten", "Am Vogelsang", until we can cross the federal road (Bundesstraße) 244 over a small bridge. From here, we follow the path "Voigtstieg" through the forest, always uphill. Shortly before the Landstraße (K1347) between Elbingerode and Heimburg, we reach the "Dreiherrenstein". After crossing the country road, we turn right at the next intersection and cross a boggy valley with a creek via a long wooden bridge. The route then leads directly to Elbingerode via a high plateau. In the town, we go across the streets "Bleichenkopf", "Wolfshagen", "Steinweg" to our destination, the market.
Stage 19 - Elbingerode-Hasselfelde
From the starting point on the market in Elbingerode, we go south and cross the B 27. Follow the "Karl-Marx-Straße" to the right and turn left into "Torstrasse". Keeping straight ahead, we leave the town and come to a chulk mining area. Following the broad gravel path, we approach the forest on a high plateau. Continuing southwards, following a sweeping right curve and a sharp left-hand bend, we reach the wall of the "Königshütte" crossover barrier. We cross this one and follow the path along the water. Just before we reach the village of "Königshütte", we can make a detour to the "Königsburg". From there, we can enjoy the view and rest. After a steep descent, continue in a valley to the south. After a steep ascent, we continue along a crossroads with a wide path to the south. At another crossroads, follow the road to the east and reach the "Rappbodevorsperre" wall. We cross this road and follow the path again to the south. After leaving the forest, we follow an avenue of birch trees to "Hasselfelde". Just before entering the village, there is a crossroads on the left. In the village itself,we pass the "Hagenmühle" and the "Hagenstraße", towards the centre. At the "Breite Straße", we turn left and reach the market of "Hasselfelde".
Stage 20 - Hasselfelde-Neustadt / Harz
We start at St. Antoniuskirche (Church) at the market in Hasselfelde. At the traffic lights, we turn right into "Stieger Straße". At the Hassel river, we turn left into the "Kittelstraße", which ends in a field path. Over the pasture of Hassel, the path leads us to the "Domäne", a farmstead with a bus stop on the B242. At the farmstead, we turn left again into a wide gravel road and continue up to "Landstraße L 95". We cross this to the right and then go to the village of "Stiege". In the village, we walk past the Stieger Castle and the church, cross the main road and continue along "Lange Straße", towards the station. Behind the station, we turn left and then continue straight ahead after a right curve. At the stop of the Harzer narrow gauge railway "Birkenmoor", continue straight ahead. Continuing further south, we cross the "Beere" river (border of the federal states of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia). At the "Birkenmoor" forestry half left (straight ahead), following the "Alte Poststraße". We walk past the dam of Neustadt (to the left), then turn right towards the Hohnstein castle ruins. From the castle ruins, we go downhill towards Neustadt. In the town centre, we reach the destination, the St. Georg church.
Stage 21 - Neustadt/Harz-Nordhausen
We start at the St. Georg-Church in Neustadt / Harz. The "Steinstraße" and the "Torstraße" lead us across the "Landesstraße" to the left into the "Rüdigsdorfer Weg". After a right turn, it becomes a field path. Afterwards, we go to a wooded height. After we have crossed this one, we go again down to a valley and then straight back to a mountain range. Through a wooded area, the route takes us to "Rüdigsdorf". Go straight through Rüdigsdorf ("Wolfsgasse", "Winkelberg") and then continue on the country road to Nordhausen. After a long right turn on the country road, we turn left into a field path. The path leads uphill again. Once up, we follow the ridge path and then go back down the mountain. Just before Nordhausen, the road turns into the concrete way and then into a street ("Am Kuhberg"). Continue on the "Gumpestrasse" to the Bundesstrasse (federal road) 4, which we follow to the left, towards the town centre ("Parkallee"). We then turn left into the street "Am Alten Tor". We reach the centre via the roads "Altendorf", "Barfüßerstraße", "Kranichstraße" and "Engelsburg". At the town hall, we reach the destination of the tour.
Stage 22 - Nordhausen-Straußberg
We start our the tour on the VIA ROMEA at the Roland in Nordhausen, at the "Lutherplatz". We follow the road "Königshof" to the town wall and walk down the "Kutteltreppe". To the left, follow the street "Lohmarkt", then turn right into the street "Auf dem Sand" and go to the big crossroads. Cross the intersection straight ahead and continue along "Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße". Over the railway tracks to the roundabout which we leave to the right on the "Darrweg". At the end of the road, turn left into the road "An der Brückenmühle", which becomes a field path behind the "Helme" bridge.
Continue straight to the south for a few kilometres. Cross the A38 motorway and the "Schatebach", follow the right curve, past the airfield of the model planes. After the medieval crossroads turn left, direction "Rüxleben". We cross "Rüxleben" via the streets "Darre", "Neusiedler Straße", "Schulstraße" and then turn right into "Sandweg". Via the railway line, via the "Wipper" to "Rüxlebener Zoll".
From here, we follow the country road to Straußberg, past the adventure park and the holiday camp of "Feuerkuppe". In the centre of Straußberg, we reach the destination.
Stage 23 - Straußberg-Ebeleben
In Straußberg, we start in the town centre. We go in the direction of "Feuerkuppe" and then turn to the "Schernberger Weg", to the right. We follow the stony field path and continue straight ahead direction south, until the village of Schernberg.
We cross Schernberg via the roads "Zum grünen Herz", "Sonderhäusener Straße", "Marktstraße", from which we turn right into the "Untertor" and then turn left again into the "Gunderslebener Straße", which becomes the "Ebelebener Weg" , After crossing a railway line, we go to the right and cross the railway line again. Go up the high ground and then turn left again on the alley to "Marksußra".
We cross a railway line again and go into the village via the "Himmelsberger Weg". Turn half right into "Industriestraße". We reach the "Lindenstraße" via a footpath, which we follow to the right. At the end of the road, we keep left and reach the village centre of Ebeleben with the market.
Stage 24 - Ebeleben-Kirchheilingen
We start in Ebeleben at the market. We go in the direction of "Lindenstraße". Here, we turn into the foot and cycle path (former railway line). Follow this road until you reach the village exit and then turn right, leaving Ebeleben/ Marksußra on the "Rockstädter Weg". We come to Rockstädt and cross the village on the "Gunderslebener Straße", then turn right into the "Hauptstraße" and out of the village again, on the "Abtsbessinger Straße".
We cross Abtsbessingen, continuing straight direction south, on the "Bellstedter Straße", "Lindenstraße", "Mittelstraße" and "Südstraße". The field path leads us downhill to the "Willerbach". Turn right to Allmenhausen at the brook (second crossroads). On the outskirts of Allmenhausen, we walk on the busy federal road for a short time, to the left, and then turn left again, into the street "Neues Tor" (country road to "Freienbessingen"). We walk on this country road for a short distance, until a field path turns to the right which leads towards a grove.
We go towards the grove. At the edge of the forest, turn right and then turn left into the forest and cross the forest. Then turn left at the edge of the forest and follow the road south to Blankenburg, after a right curve. In Blankenburg, we cross the "Kirchheilinger Straße" and follow the "Hauptstraße" straight ahead. After a right turn, the "Hauptstraße" turns left and becomes the "Blankenburger Weg".
We continue along the asphalted path, past a grove and turn the second paved road to the right. Now we are heading straight to Kirchheilingen. After crossing the federal road in Kirchheilingen half right, we go over the "Breite Gasse", "Wassergasse" and the "Ernst-Thälmann-Platz" to the church, our destination.
Stage 25 - Kirchheilingen-Bad Langensalza
Starting point in Kirchheilingen is the church in the town centre. We cross the "Steile Gasse" and the "Brühlgasse" and cross the federal road. After the crossing, we turn right into "Bahnhofstraße". At the former railway station building, we come to a foot-cycle path (former railway line). Follow the road to the right. We pass Kleinwelsbach and Großwelsbach on this former railway line and then reach Thamsbrück.
In Thamsbrück, we follow the street "Am Bahnhof", then we follow "Sundhäuserstraße" to the right and then turn left again into the "Merxlebener Weg". The road becomes an asphalted path and turns half right ("Unstrut" cycle path). After we have crossed the "Unstrut", we continue straight up until a war memorial. Here, we follow the alley to the right and go to Bad Langensalza.
In the urban area, we follow the roads "Feldstraße", "Niederhöferstraße", "Neustädter Straße", "Kepfe" and "Jüdengasse". We arrive at our destination, the market church of Bad Langensalza.
Stage 26 - Bad Langensalza-Gotha
We start at the market church in Bad Langensalza. Follow the "Marktstraße" and then turn left into "Rathausstraße". This one becomes the "Lange Straße". After a few metres, we turn left into the street "Beim Barfüßer" and continue on the "Steinweg" and "Bahnhofstraße". In front of the station of Bad Langensalza, we turn left, via the "Steubnerstraße", to the "Gothaer Landstraße". We cross this one half left and then turn into "Hannoversche Straße". In a left curve, we turn right.
We cross two railway lines and then go left, along the railway line. After the crossing of the federal road, we turn right (crossing the rails) and then turn left again, along the railway line. At the next crossroads, turn left until the "Landstraße" and turn right into the village of "Illeben". We cross the village by keeping to the right. We cross the railway line again and then go left along the rails and then enter the village of Eckardtsleben (once again, a railway pass). Go to the centre of the village and then keep right on the street "Zum Bahnhof", direction south. At the road "Am Auweg", we turn left and then turn right again in the direction of "Aschara".
We go into Aschara and go through the whole village on the "Hauptstraße". At the exit of the village, turn left into the field path "Ascharerer Weg". To the right, immediately to the left, the field path follows a federal road after a right bend. We follow this one to the left for a little while and turn to the left into a farm road at the next occasion. At the next turning, turn right to Westhausen.
In Westhausen, turn left at the "Hochheimer Straße" and then turn right again into "Kirchstraße". Then take the "Hauptstraße" to the right and then turn left into "Feuergasse". We go to the village of Warza. We cross the village along the main road. Shortly before the exit, turn right into "Remstädter Weg". After a left bend, continue straight ahead to Remstädt.
In Remstädt, we go on the "Warzaer Straße" to the "Oststraße". Turn right here and turn left again into "Hauptstraße". The road becomes "Am Furtfeld". At the exit, turn right after a pond and then turn left again into the "Heutalsweg". Via the "Rennstädter Weg", we reach the centre of Gotha. We cross the "Gartenstraße" and come across the "Lutherweg" and "Marktstraße" to the "Hauptmarkt", our destination.
Stage 27 - Gotha-Friedrichroda
Starting point is the market square in Gotha. Above the square, we can see Friedenstein Castle, which is our first striking point on the stage from Gotha to Friedrichroda. After crossing the courtyard of the castle, we keep to the right and walk through the castle park until the street "Parkallee". Follow this road a little while to the right until the road "Lindenauallee". At this intersection, we cross the "Parkallee" and continue in the opposite park, crossing the canal ("Leinakanal").
After we have crossed the park, we come across the "Parkstraße". We turn right to the intersection with "Lindenauallee". Here we cross the "Parkstraße" and enter the opposite park. Cross the "Leinakanal" and come to the "Parkstraße" on the other side of the parc. Follow this road to the right to the intersection with "Uelleber Straße". Here we turn left, cross a railway track and follow the road straight ahead. To the right, the "Friedrich-Ebert-Straße" turns off, we follow this one and come to the end of Gotha.
Continue straight ahead (cycle footpath) and cross "Krusewitzstraße". Follow the "Siedelhofstraße" to Sundhausen. Through the old town centre, the route takes us along the roads "Hauptstraße", "Kirchhög", "Pfarrstraße" and "Mönchstraße". We come to an intersection "Hauptstraße", corner "Inselsbergstraße". Here we go left, until the street turns right "Am Stockborn". Along a railway track, we go to a crossroads. Here, we do not take the straight field path to the left and we do not cross the track section, but take the middle path towards the aqueduct of the "Leinakanal". We cross this one on a narrow bridge and continue straight along the forest trail, until we reach a paved road. Follow this road to the left and then come to the federal motorway A4.
After crossing the motorway bridge and crossing the rails of the "Thüringerwaldbahn", we keep to the right and reach the village of "Leina". Follow the "Hauptstraße" in a long curve and turn right into the "Wahlwinkler Straße" just before the end of the town. After a few metres, a field path turns left. This one takes us straight to "Schnepfenthal". In the village, at the "Cumbacher Straße", we turn right and follow the "Poststraße" straight ahead, until we come across "Rheinhardtsbrunner Straße". After a few metres to the left, just before the exit of the village, a path with a ascent to the left at the edge of the village goes up into the forest.
We follow the signs for Friedrichroda. The ascent up and then, keeping to the right, we cross the forest. The route takes us directly to Friedrichroda. Via the "Rödlicher Weg", "Max Küstner Straße" and "Buschmannstraße", we reach the town centre.
We reach our destination, the church of Sankt Blasius, via the "Lindenstraße", until the corner "Marktstraße".
Stage 28 - Friedrichroda-Schmalkalden
Starting point of the stage from Friedrichroda to Schmalkalden on the pilgrim trail of the VIA ROMEA is the "Sankt Blasiuskirche" (church) in Friedrichroda. Via "Marktstraße", "Kirchgasse" and "Hauptstraße", we come to "Schmalkaldener Straße". This one leads us for a while uphill, out of the village, through a valley. Behind the mill, turn left onto a forest trail called "Roter Weg", uphill, in the direction of "Spießberghaus". At the "Spießberghaus", we follow the path which takes us straight to the "Rennsteig".
Follow the trail "Rennsteig" to the left. Following the signs "Ebertswiese", we reach "Ebertswiese" on the Rennsteig trail. From here, we follow the broad road to "Floh". Keeping downhill, we reach the village of "Floh" on the "Höhnbergstraße". In "Floh", we take the "Bahnhofstraße" to come to the "Mommelstein-Radwanderweg (cycle path)". This one runs straight on a former railway line to Schmalkalden. At the "Neuen Teich" in Schmalkalden, we keep to the left and reach the old town and the "St. Georg" church on the "Altmarkt".
Stage 29 - Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Starting point of the stage on the VIA ROMEA to Meiningen is the town church of St. Georg on the "Altmarkt". The "Auer Gasse" takes you out of the old town. We turn left at the end of the street and then turn left again into the street "Hinter der Stadt". To the right there is a footpath, which we follow through the crossing of a railway line. Go up the "Grasberg" and then follow the "Wolfsberg" to the left, further uphill. This road becomes the road "Am Volksgarten" and then the road "Welgerstal", which we follow to the right. In a zig-zag (once right, then left again), we leave Schmalkalden.
We continue along the edge of the forest to "Notstraße". Follow this road to the right and pass the "Heim" (Henneberger Haus). At a fork junction, we keep to the right and walk along the forest edge. Continue along the main road straight ahead and go through the forest for a while, until the Oberwallbach Mill. Continue straight ahead, following the Wallbach. Following the valley, we reach Wallbach. Cross the village via the "Obere and Untere Dorfstraße".
Continuing on the link road ("Wallbacher Straße"), we reach a crossroads with the federal road B19. Go a short stretch to the left and then over the bridge of the Werra. We cross the "Bahnhofstraße" and go into the village of Walldorf. Follow the "Fritz Aßmus Straße" and then turn left into "Scheergasse". Follow this path (Werratal Cycle Trail), continuing straight ahead through the broad Werratal valley.
Following the cycle path further and further, we reach Meiningen. We leave the Werra always left hand and continue straight to the town centre ("Am Weidig", "Am Bielstein"). Crossing a pedestrian bridge over the Werra to the left, we pass Meiningen Castle. Via the "Schloßplatz", the "Schloßgasse", the "Ernestinerstraße" and "Luisenstraße", we reach the market square of Meiningen.
Stage 30 - Meiningen-Mellrichstadt
The pilgrim tour on the VIA ROMEA from Meiningen to Mellrichstadt starts at the town church on the market square in Meiningen. We leave the town via the "Anton-Ulrich-Straße", go right along the "Henneberger Straße", until we turn left into "Walkmühlenweg" (Werra cycle path). Just before we reach the busy country road, the cycle path turns left. We go to the country road instead, cross it and go about 150 metres to the left. The "Sülzetal cycle path" turns right. We follow this one up a mountain and continue straight on towards Sülzfeld.
In Sülzfeld, we follow the roads "Mühlstraße", "Dorfstraße" and "Ringstraße". Outside the village, we cross the country road and go up to the forest and walk a little bit into the forest to reach an economic road. We follow this one to the right and cross the path which becomes a forest road to Henneberg. We cross the village on the "Hauptstraße", up to the country road. We go up the mountain on the busy country road for a little while. On the left, a path leads to the forest (signs posted "VIA ROMEA"). We take the the forest path until the Thuringian-Bavarian border with the border museum and the sculpture parc "Eußenhausen".
Through the former border systems down the mountain, we reach the country road again, which we cross. On the opposite side, we go up the mountain and turn to the right after a loop. Through the forest, we go towards Eußenhausen. We cross the village until we come to the main road, the "Mellrichstädter Straße". We follow this one to the right. For a few kilometres, we continue straight on to Mellrichstadt via a cycle and foot path. Via the "Meininger Landstraße" and the "Hauptstraße", we reach the town centre with the market square.
Stage 31 - Mellrichstadt-Bad Neustadt
We start at the market square in Mellrichstadt. We go down the main road, direction bridge. After crossing this one, we go left, across the square on a field path, along the "Streu" river. After a railway bridge, keep left to "Stein-Mühle". At the mill, we turn right along the "Streu" through a tree alley. Continue along the river to the Mocken Mill. After we have crossed a small industrial estate, we come to the "Mönchshof". Here, we turn right and cross the bridge via the two rivers "Bahra" and "Streu".
After crossing the bridge, turn left into "Braugartenweg". After a right turn, we turn left. After crossing the "Streu" again, we turn to the right via the "Steinweg" towards the "Mittelstreu". We stay above the village and continue straight on the "Loheweg". In a right curve, we turn left and go straight on the field path. The trail leads as a slope along the forest, then through the forest towards "Unsleben". We cross a road that leads into the village on the right, over a bridge. Here, however, we continue straight ahead, past a crossroads. The "Streu" always remains on our right. Following the trail for a few turns, we reach the village of "Heustreu". Cross the village via the roads "Am Salzbrunnen" and "Wetterstraße".
On the outskirts of "Heustreu", we cross the federal road B279. Then, we continue on the left side of the road (foot- and cycle path). Crossing the "Saale", following the path, we continue to "Bad Neustadt". Before we cross a high bridge, we turn right and follow the path to "Herschfeld". At the end of the "Erlenweg", turn right and turn left again. We arrive at a Saale bridge. We cross this one and then continue to the right, on a tree alley. We follow the foot- and cycle path until we have passed through an underpass. Afterwards, we keep to the left and go over a small wooden bridge. Via the "Otto-Hahn-Straße", under the road bridge, we reach the old town of "Bad Neustadt". The streets "Am Zollberg" and "Spörleinstraße" lead directly to the market square.
Stage 32 - Bad Neustadt-Münnerstadt
Starting point is the market square in Bad Neustadt. We take the "Hohnstraße" to the right and, after a few metres, turn left into "Salzpforte". Then go over the pedestrian bridge, past the bus station and continue straight ahead. Go on the right side of "Mühlbacher Straße", via a foot and bike path, over the bridge of the Saale and continue straight ahead until the junction of "Mühlbacher Straße" and "Salzstraße". Here you turn left under a railway bridge to the right into "Löhrieter Straße". Keep going uphill, turn right across the "Grasberg" to the airfield.
At the airfield up to the left, along the trees, until the asphalted road (information signs), then go left, down the path. A right-hand curve leads you the quarry. Here we go past the viewing platform with information signs, straight on to a T-junction. Turn right around the mountain (forest) to "Strahlungen".
We cross the village of "Strahlungen" via the streets "Karlsbergstraße", to the right via "Sonnenstraße", turn left, past the church, down the main road, then right again through the "Tränkegasse" and turn right again into "Münnerstädter Straße". Shortly before the exit of the villge, follow the "Münnerstädter Straße", which becomes a country road, to the left. We follow the country road for a few metres and then turn left at a cross (stone), into an asphalted field path.
Following the path through a grove, we walk along a path with magnificent views. Go parallel to the federal road for a little while and then turn left via the B287. We follow the way to Münnerstadt and, after a few metres, turn left, following the signs to the campsite. We pass the campsite to the right and turn right into a forest path, after a long left curve.
Following the path straight ahead, we reach the village edge of Münnerstadt, at the "Verlobungstempel" (Engagement Temple). Continuing down the mountain via "Leo-Weismantel-Strasse" and "Zentstraße", we go towards the old town. At the "Meininger Straße", we keep to the left and reach the destination of the hike via the "Riemenschneiderstraße", the market square of Münnerstadt.
Stage 33 - Münnerstadt-Schweinfurt
Starting point is the market square in Münnerstadt. We go through "Riemenschneiderstraße", then turn right, past the "Magdalenenkirche" (church) and through the "Jörgentorgasse", out of the old town. Behind the gate, turn right on the "Ludwig-Nübling-Weg", until the "Oberes Tor". Follow the "Talweg" to the left, direction south. Continue up the wide valley, cross the railway line twice, to the "Thalkapelle" and past the "Thalhof". A few kilometers further, along the main road, we come to the A71 motorway.
Here we go to the right, parallel to the highway, through the forest. After a left turn, straight ahead and then over the bridge of the highway. After crossing the A71, turn right. Continue along the field path towards "Rannungen". Shortly before "Rannungen", we turn left ("Talweg"), then on the right, along the "Hauptstraße", until the centre with the church. Then, continue on the "Raiffeisenstraße" and "Brunnenstraße", out of the village. Follow the signs of the "VIA ROMEA" to Pfändhausen.
In Pfändhausen, take the road "Am Trieb", turn right, up the "Greßhügel". Continue on the "Milchhöfer Straße" to the right and, after a few metres, turn left into "Zum Wasserturm". At the edge of the forest, we turn right to the cycling and hiking trail, towards "Hambach". This path runs parallel to the edge of the forest and the country road until Hambach.
In Hambach, we keep to the left and continue on the "Hambacher Hauptstraße", straight ahead, and cross the village. After the sign of the end of the village, we stay on the left side and follow the cycle- and hiking trail. At the village entrance, we change the side of the road and follow the asphalted cycling- and hiking trail to the city centre of Schweinfurt. Via the streets "Dittelbrunner Straße", "Deutschhoferstraße", "Kornmarkt" and "Obere Straße", we come to the market square of Schweinfurt.
Stage 34 - Schweinfurt-Bergtheim
On the way from Schweinfurt to Bergtheim, we start at the "Marktplatz" (market square) in Schweinfurt. We leave the square via "Spitalstraße" and turn left at the station "Schweinfurt Mitte" to the "Mainufer". We walk on the waterfront to the right. After crossing the federal road and the motorway, we turn right at a crossroads and walk on a path through the motorway bank. We do not go through this one, but, instead, turn left and go parallel to the motorway. After we have walked along a garden area, we turn sharply to the right and then get to "Bergrheinfeld", in a long link curve, along the access road to the motorway entrance.
We cross the village straight on the "Goethestraße". Continue straight on the street "Am langen Graben" and the street "Im Keilgarten". At the sports field, we turn right and then turn left at "Jahnstraße". We go on a wide road towards a busy country road. We cross this one and then go to the left, along the parallel cycle- and hiking path. At the next intersection, turn left towards Garstadt. Go along the country road for a little while, then over a hiking- and bike path and then continue on the "Weinbergstraße". Shortly before the church, we go down the mountain to the left and take the "Dorfstraße" to the "Mainufer" (banks of the Main river).
Along the Main river, at a site for camping vehicles, we go up again, to "Dorfstraße". Then continue straight along the country road. This is how we get to Wipfeld. At the car ferry, we turn right into the village and leave the banks of the Main river. Via "Engelbert-Klüpfel-Straße" and via "Schwanfelder Straße", we leave Wipfeld.
Along the vineyards we reach Schwanfeld via "Wipfelder Straße". Continue straight ahead until "Hauptstraße", then turn left until the intersection with "Heiligenthaler Straße". We go to the right and pass the "Gut Heiligenthal". In the settlement "Neuheiligenthal", we go towards the forest, half left. We cross the forest straight ahead. We go towards a railway embankment, across agricultural land. We cross this one and turn left into "Industriestraße". At the "Bahnhofstraße", turn right and go via the "Untere Hauptstraße" towards the market square with the church.
Stage 35 - Bergtheim-Würzburg
Start of the tour to Würzburg is the church in Bergtheim ("Am Marktplatz"). We take the "Untere Hauptstraße" for a while and then turn right into "Schulstraße". Then turn right into "Gartenweg", then turn left into "Nelkenweg". We cross a street and leave Bergtheim on the "Hollerstocksweg". At a T-junction, turn left towards the country road, which we then follow to the right, until "Oberpleichfeld".
Shortly after the sign for "Oberpleichfeld", turn right towards "Unterpleichfeld". Follow the agricultural path to the outskirts of "Unterpleichfeld". Here we turn left, cross the country road and continue straight ahead until we reach a crossroads before "Kürnach". We either go along the country road above "Kürnach" and then turn left at the end of the village into the village and go down to the "Kürntal". At the crossroads, however, we can also go directly into the town and reach the town centre via "Prosselsheimer Straße".
From "Kürnach", we go along the "Rottendorfer Weg" above the "Kürnach". We pass the Patriarch's Cross, rebuilt a few years ago, and cross the motorway. Continue along the cycle-hiking path to "Estenfeld". In "Estenfeld", we take the "Elsweg" and the road "Am Eichelein", along the edge of the village. We turn right and come across "Mühlgasse" and "Untere Straße" onto "Lengfelder Straße". At the roundabout straight ahead and then turn right at the "Weiße Mühle" towards "Lengfeld / Würzburg" via the cycle and hiking path. Via "Kürnachtalstraße", we come across "Lengfeld". At the "Alte Würzburger Straße", turn left, via the pedestrian crossing to the right. Then continue along the sports fields until "Werner-von-Siemens-Straße". Follow the road to the left. Just before the road bridge, turn right into "Hertzstraße". Turn left into "Ohmstraße", after crossing the road bridge turn right into "Rosenmühlweg". At the end, continue along the footpath "Aumühlweg", towards the city centre.
Follow the "Nürnberger Straße" to the right and then turn left over a large intersection on the "Schweinfurter Straße". At the "Berliner Platz" roundabout, take the "Ludwigstraße". We reach the Würzburg Cathedral via the streets in the old town.
Stage 36 - Würzburg-Ochsenfurt
The day stage on the VIA ROMEA to Ochsenfurt starts at the Cathedral in Würzburg. We leave the Cathedral behind us and walk towards the "Main" Bridge. There, we keep to the left and follow the "Mainradweg" (Main cycle- and hiking path) to the south, towards Ochsenfurt.
We go through the villages of "Randersacker", "Eibelstadt" and "Sommerhausen". Then, we reach "Klein-Ochsenfurt". Here, we go on a bridge over the "Main" river and reach the day destination, the town church of Ochsenfurt, in the "Brückenstraße", corner "Hauptstraße".
An alternative is the "Panoramaweg" (panorama route) starting in Sommerhausen, through the vineyards.
Stage 37 - Ochsenfurt-Aub
Starting point in Ochsenfurt is the town church. We go over the "Hauptstraße", keep to the right and then turn left into "Brunnenstraße", through the railway underpass. Over the "Klinge", we leave the town and go straight up to a country road. On an opposite field path, we follow the country road to the right. At the end of the field path, continue on the street for a little while and then turn left into the field path to "Hopferstadt".
In "Hopferstadt", we cross the "Auber Straße" and then keep right. Via the "Dorfstraße", "Schulstraße", "Grubenweg" and "Duttenhöferstraße", we leave the village. Always heading south on field paths, we come to "Oellingen". We cross the village and then leave "Oellingen" via "Hemmersheimer Straße".
On the connecting route, we go towards "Hemmersheim", until we can turn right into a path ("Main-Donau-Bodensee-Weg") to Aub. We reach the centre via the "Julius-Echter-Straße" and "Ochsenfurter Straße".
Stage 38 - Aub-Rothenburg o.d.T.
We leave "Aub" via the "Hauptstraße", heading south. At the exit, turn right and follow the field path. At the next crossroads, turn left and, after a few metres, go straight at the intersection. At a T-junction, we turn right and then left again, to the outskirts of "Waldmannshofen". We cross the village and go straight on to "Sechselbach" on field paths.
After we have crossed this village, we continue on a field path towards a grove. After walking a few metres along the edge of the forest, we turn left, into the forest. After the grove, we continue to the right. At the next intersection, turn left and then take the next right. In an arc, we go to the village of "Frauental". We cross the village. At "Alte Burg", turn left into a field path. Along the edge of the forest, we come to "Freudenbach".
We cross "Freudenbach", direction south. After leaving the village, we turn left and follow the connection road, towards the forest. At the edge of the forest, we go right, through the forest. We go down to Tauberzell. In the town center, on the main road, we turn left and then go over the bridge of the Tauber river. From here we follow the path along the Tauber river. Go past Tauberscheckenbach. Shortly before "Bettwar", go over the Tauberbrücke, through the village and again back on the other bank of the Tauber river.
Continue along the Taubertal (Tauber valley) to Detwang. We cross the village to the left, cross "Hindenburgstraße" twice and continue on the "Romantic Road" to the centre of Rothenburg.
Stage 39 - Rothenburg o.d.T.-Schillingsfürst
Starting point is the market square in Rothenburg. We leave the town southwards through the town gate and the "Obere / Untere Schmiedgasse" and "Spitalgasse". Afterwards, follow the cycle- and hiking path, next to "Nördlinger Straße", in the direction of St. Leonhard. Below the village, we cross the Tauber river via a bridge. After walking a few metres along the road, we turn left into a path. This one leads us straight on to "Gebsattel.
Via the "Rothenburger Straße" and the "Kirchdorfstraße" to the west, we turn left at the edge of the village and follow the "Romantic Road". We come to Bockenfeld, cross the village and come to the A7 motorway. After crossing the A7, we continue straight through the forest. We then come to Faulenberg. Through the village, past the church (turn right), we keep to the left after the village exit. (Sign posted "Romantic Road") We reach Wohnbach. At the crossroads, we turn left, past the "Obermühle", towards the forest.
We cross the forest to the south and reach "Schafhof". Via the "Schafhofsteige", we come to the Schillingsfürst Castle.
Stage 40 - Schillingsfürst-Feuchtwangen
We go down from the castle and leave the village across the streets "Hohe Straße" and "Schneiderei". Past the "Marienhof", we cross a country road and come to "Ziegelhütte". After crossing the village, we turn right into the forest. At the first forest crossing, turn right and then straight ahead, past the "Ziegelhaus" to "Ziegelhütte" and "Kloster Sulz".
In the middle of the monastery grounds, we keep to the left on the "Hauptstraße". Then to the right, under the railway line. We follow the road to "Bortenberg". We continue past "Baimhofen" and under the motorway.
We arrive at Vehlberg. At the "Bahnhofstraße", we turn right to the village exit. There, we go left. The path leads uphill, into a forest. In the forest, we follow the signs for the "Romantic Road" and go down to "Hinterbreitenthann". After crossing the village, we come to "Vorderbreitenthann". In the centre of the village, we keep to the right and follow the main road. Just before the exit, we turn right towards "Bronnenmühle" and then back to the country road. Here, we follow a small section of the parallel path, then turn right again.
We come to "Glashofen" and continue on the "Romantic Road", direction south. After crossing the country road, we arrive at the outskirts of Feuchtwangen. To arrive in the centre, we follow the streets "Ottonenweg", "Karolingerstraße", "Wittelbacher Straße", "Ansbacher Straße", "Alter Ansbacher Berg"and "Hindenburgstraße", to the "Marktplatz".
Stage 41 - Feuchtwangen-Dinkelsbühl
Starting point is the market square in Feuchtwangen. We take the "Untere Torstraße" and turn left into "Ringstraße", just before the Sulzbach bridge. Continue straight at the roundabout. The road turns into the "Walkmühlweg". We follow this one, continue straight over the second roundabout to the "Walkmühle". Here, we cross the Sulzbach and turn left to the path, direction "Herrnschallbach".
We continue straight ahead on the connecting road to Zehdorf. Here, too, we continue straight ahead. We are on the "Romantic Road". At the edge of the forest, we turn right into the forest and follow the forest trail. Continue straight ahead at the next turn. After a few windmills, we reach a country road, which we follow to the left for a few metres. Then, we turn right into a narrow path into the forest. When we come to a wider road, we go to the right and come through the settlement of "Köhlau". Continue straight on the road to Dickersbrunn. Shortly before the village, we turn left to the forest, and follow the path to the right at the edge of the forest.
Follow the connection road towards Hellenbach. In the town centre, at a T-junction, we turn left and then turn right at the next intersection. After a few steps (at the exit of the village), continue along a field path to the left. We come to the federal road B25 and follow this road to the left, in the direction of Dinkelsbühl. Past the "Unsinnige Mühle", we go to the right and cross a railway line. At the next intersection, turn left into "Larrieder Straße". It becomes the "Martin-Luther-Straße" and then the "Weinmarkt" and the "Marktplatz" (market square).
Stage 42 - Dinkelsbühl-Nördlingen
We start in Dinkelsbühl at the church of St. Georg ("Münster"). We go over the "Ledermarkt" to the "Wörnitz-Tor" (Wörnitz gate) and continue on the "Wörnitzinsel" (isle). Over the isle, we go right along the "Wörnitz" river on the "Romantic Road (RS = Romantische Straße)". Follow the road "Am Brühl" to the left and then take the "Augsburger Straße" (B 25) to the right, past the train station. We follow the wide foot- and bike path just before Wilburgstetten.
Before Wilburgstetten, we cross the federal road and continue along the railway line, past the "Kreuzkapelle" (cross chapel) and over a bridge of the Wörnitz river. Through Wilburgstetten, follow the "Hauptstraße" and follow the signs of the "Romantische Straße". After leaving the village, turn left at the "Eichelweiher", direction "Wolfsbühl". In the village, turn right onto the "Main-Donau-Weg", up into the forest and continue over the heights through the forest to Oberklingen.
In Oberklingen, continue to Bosacker and go through the forest (Oettinger Forst) to Schopflohe. In Schopflohe to the right and, on the road to Fremdingen, continue straight ahead. We go through Fremdingen via "Schopfloher Straße", "Oettinger Straße" and "An der Salch".
We stay on the "Romantic Road" and cross the villages of "Raustetten", "Enslingen" and "Minderoffingen". In "Minderoffingen", just before the exit of the village,, we leave the "Romantische Straße" and turn right. We go straight towards "Marktoffingen". After crossing the village, we go along the federal road B25 through Wengenhausen. At an intersection, we turn left and follow the country road to Wallerstein. We cross the village on "Birkhauser Straße", "Weinstraße" and "Nördlinger Straße". We leave the village direction Ehringen and continue along the federal road to Baldingen. Here we meet the Romantic Road again. We cross Baldingen and, via a railway line, we come towards Nördlingen.
Via the "Würzburger Straße" and "Baldinger Straße", we arrive at the "Marktplatz" (market square) with the St. Georg church in Nördlingen.
Stage 43 - Nördlingen-Harburg
Our start in Nördlingen is the St. Georg church at the market square. We go in the direction of "Reimlinger Tor", turn right into the town moat "Basteigraben", cross the "Herlinstraße" and go towards the "Marienhöhe". Here we can also follow the signs to the "Romantic Road". Follow the ridge pa, tthhrough a grove and over the country road ("Herkheimer Straße") to Reimlingen and, past a forest, to Schmähingen.
We cross Schmähingen on "Stählinstraße" and "Hürnheimer Straße". Turn left into the road "Am Birkle", out of the village, to a country road. We take this one a little bit to the left and then turn right (direction "Forellenteichen"). Around the ponds, turn right at the "Ganzenmühle" and then go into the village of "Niederaltheim". We cross the village via the "Dorfstraße" and the street "Im Unterdorf" and then arrive in the village of "Hohenaltheim". Via the "Weilerstraße", turn right into the "Hauptstraße" and then turn left into the "Rotengasse", through "Hohenaltheim".
We reach Mönchsdeggingen via a field path (turn right at the "E-Werk", then left again). Through the village, crossing the main road "Albstraße", we pass a former monastery to the right into the forest.
A longer section through the forest follows. We follow the signs of the pilgrim trail and the ones of the "Romantische Straße". Past the "Waldschänke Eisbrunn", we reach the viewing platform at the "Hühnerberg". Down from there, we come to the town and to the castle. At the stone bridge, we reach the destination.
Stage 44 - Harburg-Donauwörth
We start in Harburg at the Wörnitz bridge. We cross the bridge and turn left and right again into "Mündlinger Straße". Then continue to the right on "Brünseer Straße", continue straight along the Wörnitz river. Go past Brünsee and Marbach, towards Ebermergen. Take the road "An der Brücke" over the Wörnitz, to Ebermergen.
We cross the village via "Dorfplatz" and "Langgasse". Continue to Wörnitzstein and via the "Oberriedstraße" and the "Graf-Hartmann-Straße", we go to the other shore of the Wörnitz river. After crossing the bridge, turn right into "Wörnitzstraße" which later becomes "Felsheimer Straße". Follow the road to Felsheim. Here we go on the "Konradstraße" through the village. Passing "Osterweiler", we go north around the curve of the Wörnitz river and reach Donauwörth via "Am Röthelfeld".
Via "Sallingerstraße", go a little bit to the left and then turn right into "Zum alten Bahndamm" (foot- and bike path), through the tunnel to the castle ruin of "Mangoldstein" and then further to the right, along the "Promenade". After a few metres, we turn right and walk through the small town gate into "Rathausgasse" with the town hall, our destination.
Stage 45 - Donauwörth-Markt Meitingen
We start at the town hall ("Rathausgasse") in Donauwörth. Go via the "Kapellstraße", past the confluence of the Wörnitz river and the Danube. To the right, over the "Donaubrücke" (bridge over the Danube), we follow the "Augsburger Straße". Cross the "Zusam" river and head towards "Nordheim".
Just before "Nordheim", before the "Schmutter" river, we turn right, over the main road, into "Schmutterstraße". Continue over the railway line, then turn left along the railway line, then turn right, through the road underpass (B16). After the underpass, turn left, then a right curve, then turn left again, towards "Asbach-Bäumenheim". Follow the "Josef-Dunau-Ring" to the right, then continue on the "Alois-Tenschert-Ring" until a T-junction. Here, we go left and follow the street "An der Königsmühle". There are two bridges over the "Schmutter" river, then turn right into "Waldweg", and go at the "Mühlweg" again to the right. We follow a path between river and industrial estate, until we are shortly before Mertingen.
Turn right across the "Schmutterbrücke" (bridge), into the village. Turn right into "Mardostraße", which becomes "Hilaria-Lechner-Straße". On the "Augsburger Straße", we cross the bypass and go towards the village of "Druisheim". In the village, always straight, around the church. We leave the village via "Graf-Treuberg-Straße". Via "Allmannshofen", we come to the "Kloster Holzen" (monastery). Continue straight ahead, at the connecting road between "Ehingen" and "Nordendorf", we go a little bit to the right and then turn left again into a field path to "Blankenburg".
In "Blankenburg", we go over the "Schmutter" river and along the "Blankenburger Straße" to "Nordendorf". At the entrance, turn right again into "Schäfflerstraße". Continue straight ahead to "Westendorf". Take the "Schulstraße" to the right into "Hauptstraße" and immediately turn left again into "Riedstraße". Continue along "Meitinger Straße", along the country road. Through the underpass at the "Bundesstraße 2" (federal road B2), turn left over the railway line and, at the roundabout, turn right into "Langenreichener Straße". Continue on "Hauptstraße", until "Schloßstraße", our destination of the day.
Stage 46 - Markt Meitingen-Augsburg
The day stage on the Via Romea from Meitingen to Augsburg starts at the "Schloßstraße" in Meitingen. The "Hauptstraße" leads us out of the market to "Herbertshofen". We cross the village via "Klemensstraße" and "Ulrichstraße". Afterwards, we walk along the Lech canal for a while. At the roundabout, go straight ahead and take the federal road B2 (Bundesstraße 2) to "Langenweid". Via the "Meitinger Straße" to the "Augsburger Straße" to turn left and cross the village.
At the roundabout, go straight along "Bundesstrasse 2" (federal road B2), on "Donauwörther Straße" through "Stettenhofen". At the roundabout turn right, along the "Bundesstraße 2" for a little while. Then, we cross the federal road until the roundabout and turn right into the "Ludwig-Hermann-Straße". Continue straight ahead through " Gersthofen". In a right curve, the road becomes the "Kirchstraße". Then, we follow the "Donauwörther Straße", which later becomes "Augsburger Straße", to the left. At the roundabout, continue straight ahead and continue through the underpass of the A8 motorway.
Thus, we have reached the municipal area of ​​Augsburg. Via the "Augsburger Straße" and "Donauwörther Straße", we reach the "Wertachbrücke" (bridge). We cross this one and follow the roads "Wertachstraße", "Liebigstraße" and "Thommstraße" and then go to the right, through the "Fischertor", into the centre of Augsburg. Continue on the streets "Frauentorstraße", "Hoher Weg" and "Karolinenstraße" to reach the "Rathausplatz" of Augsburg, the destination of this day stage.
Stage 47 - Augsburg-Igling
The hike on the VIA ROMEA from Augsburg to Igling starts at the "Rathausplatz" (town hall square) in Augsburg. Via the "Maximilianstraße", we reach the "Ulrichsplatz" with the Protestant "Ulrichskirche" (church) and the Basilica of St. Ulrich and Afra. We pass the church buildings and turn left into "Kirchgasse". At the end of the alley, we turn right into "Spitalgasse". Take the "Rote Torwall Straße" and turn right into "Haunstetter Straße". We follow this road straight for a long time, partly on an accompanying foot-bike path.
In "Haunstetten", we turn right into "Landsberger Straße", which later becomes "Königsbrunner Straße". Continue straight ahead. The road becomes "Haunstetter Straße" again and then "Bürgermeister-Wohlfahrts-Straße". Continue straight ahead through "Königsbrunn". The street is now called "Landsberger Straße" again. After "Königsbrunn" and "Neuhaus", we turn right across the federal road B17 on the "Ulrichstraße" to "Kleinaitingen". At the end, turn left into "Hauptstraße". We go out of the village, via "Grabener Straße" to "Graben".
We cross "Graben" via "Fuggerstraße" and "Untermeitinger Straße". In "Untermeitingen", we take the "Fuggerstraße" again and then continue straight on "Welserstraße". We come through "Obermeitingen" on the "Hauptstraße" and continue on the "Hurlacher Straße" to "Hurlach". We cross the village on "Meitinger Straße" and "Iglinger Straße".
We reach "Unter-Igling" and "Ober-Igling" on "Unteriglinger Strasse". With the roundabout in the village, we reach our destination of the day on the VIA ROMEA.
Stage 48 - Igling-Schongau
Starting point of the day stage from Igling to Schongau is the roundabout in Ober-Igling, in the "Landsberger Straße". From here, we head south on "Landsberger Straße" and leave the village. We cross the federal motorway A 96 along the foot-cycling path. Then continue on the country road straight ahead to "Erpfting". On the "Luibachstraße", we go into the village and we leave Erpfting again on the "Ellighofer Straße". Continue on the country road to "Ellighofen".
We cross "Ellighofen" via "Bachfeldstraße" and "Fuchstalstraße". Continue on the country road to "Unterdießen", then take "Ellighofer Straße" which becomes the road "Am Wiesbach". Shortly before the exit of the village, turn left into "Fuchstalstraße". After a long right curve, this road goes straight back southwards to "Asch". Through "Asch", continue on "Lechsbergstraße". After crossing the through road of the village, we go half-right into "Freybergstraße". After a settlement, we turn right into "Schulstraße". At the end, turn left into "Hauptstraße". On this road, we cross the village of "Fuchstal".
We come to "Denklingen". Continue on the "Leederer Straße" to the centre of the village. The road becomes "Bahnhofstraße". After crossing the railroad tracks, we continue on the right. We cross the railway line again and then keep left again along the railway tracks to the south. At the next intersection (feeder road to the B 17), turn right and then left again, along the edge of the forest. We come to the B 17, follow this one a little bit to the right and then turn again at the "Bahnhofstraße" to the right, into the forest. Behind the station building, turn left along the forest path. Continue along the main road straight through the forest, up the hill.
Shortly before "Hohenfurch", we cross the railroad tracks again and enter the village on "Höhenbergstraße". At a T-junction, we turn right and follow the "Hauptstraße" out of the village. We arrive at "Schwabniederhofen" and walk on "Hohenfurcher Straße" to the centre of the village. The road becomes "Burgstraße" and then "Oberdorfstraße", on which we also leave the village again. We go towards a large roundabout. Here, we turn off into "Burgberglachstraße" and arrive in the centre of "Altenstadt".
After crossing the "Schönach", we turn left to "Marienplatz" and then turn right again into "Schongauer Straße". We cross the federal road B17 and come in several curves, via "Altenstadter Straße", to the town centre of "Schongau". At the "Bahnhofstraße", we continue straight through the street "Am Maxtor" and then turn left into "Weinstraße". After a few metres, we reach the "Marienplatz", our destination.
Stage 49 - Schongau-Rottenbuch
Our starting point is at the church "Mariae Himmelfahrt", at the "Marienplatz". We head south via "Lindenplatz", through the "Polizeidienertor". We walk past the tennis courts and come down to the "Lech" river. Here, we keep to the right, until we reach the town wall of the "Lechstufe". We cross the town wall and then keep sharply left and go down again to the banks of the "Lech" river. We follow this one in a wide arc, just before a paper factory. Here, we turn right and follow a steeply sloping path to the "Schlossberg".
Downhill from the "Schlossberg", we arrive on "Wetterstraße", down to "Peitingen". Follow the "Schongauer Straße" to the right until we turn right at "Hauptplatz". Past the St. Michael's Church and the tourist information, we continue on the "Pfarrweg", the "Azamstraße" and the "Bahnhofstraße", passing the monastery "Maria unter der Egg". Then, we turn right into "Bergwerkstraße" and then turn right again into "Zugspitzstraße". We get out of the village via the field path "Der Mittlerer Weg".
At the next crossroads, we go straight on, then take the left curve and then we go to the right, through an underpass ("Ammer-Amper-Radweg") of the B742. We come to the parking lot at the "Ammerleite". From here, we follow the path through the Ammertal ("Ammer" valley). After crossing a bridge, we continue to the left, along the banks of the "Ammer" river. We come to the farm of "Schweinberg", cross it and then turn left towards "Rottenbuch". Going past some ponds, we reach the centre with the monastery grounds.
Stage 50 - Rottenbuch-Saulgrub
Starting point is in Rottenbuch, at the monastery grounds. Via "Franz-von-Heeren-Straße", past the village hall, then turn left into "Lärchenwald". We walk in a wide arc along the forest to the sports field. Here, we get to the foot- and bike path along the federal road B23. We follow this one to the left. Past the "Hof Achen"m we come to a bridge over the "Ammer" river. After crossing this one, we turn right into the foot- and bike path to "Echelsbach", "Geschwendt" and "Bad Bayersoien".
In "Bad Bayersoien", we follow "Ludwigstraße" to get to the centre. Then, we take the "Dorfstraße" to the right. After a few metres, we turn left into "Brandstatt". The road becomes "Kirmesauer Straße". We leave this one after a few steps to the right, in the direction of "Soier See". We go around the lake on the left bank. At the southern end of the trail we turn left, away from the lake, towards "Saulgrub". To our left, the "Mühlbach" emerges. We follow this one and continue to "Saulgrub". We come to an asphalted field path and come across the street "Am Kirchfeld" to the centre of "Saulgrub", with the church "St. Francis of Assisi".
Stage 51 - Saulgrub-Oberammergau
The starting point of the stage on the Via Romea to "Oberammergau" is the "St. Francis of Assisi" church in "Saulgrub". We follow the "Dorfstraße" and walk out of the village. Via "Wetzsteinweg" and past the guest house "Acheleschwaig", we come to the beginning of the forest. Behind the guest house, at the edge of the forest, we turn left at a crossroads. The path takes us downhill, in a right curve, to the "Schwepbach" and then up again. We follow the path in its somewhat curvy course. Thus, we reach the village of "Altenau".
The "Lehenkreutweg" and later the "Eckweg" lead us through the centre of "Altenau". At the end of the "Eckweg", we turn right and follow the road in the direction of the "Ammer" river. The "Ammer" river to our right, we continue to the south and we come to "Unterammergau". "In Unterammergau", we cross the federal road B23. We leave the train station to our right and continue on the "Hofstadelstraße", the "Moosweg", direction "Ammer" river again.
We follow the course of the river which is to our right. Via "Feldiglgasse", we come to "Oberammergau". Follow the "Devrientweg" and the "Ludwig-Thoma-Straße" and take the "Dorfstrasse" to the "Pfarrplatz". Here is the church of "St. Peter and Paul", our destination of the day.
Stage 52 - Oberammergau-Garmisch-Partenkirchen
We start at the church of "St. Peter und Paul" in "Oberammergau". On "Ettaler Straße" turn southwards and then turn right onto "König-Ludwig-Straße". Then go over the bridge of the "Ammer" river. Directly after the bridge, we turn left on a well-secured path along the river. We follow this one, go beneath the federal road, until we reach a bridge leading to the "Ettal" mill.
At the mill, we cross the road and go on the opposite side, onto a field path. Continuing along the edge of the forest, a footpath leads from the forest to the monastery on the other side of the valley. Thus, we have reached the monastery of "Ettal". In the village, we turn right on "Werdenfelser Straße", almost until the exit of the village. Here, the main road runs in an arch to the right, but we continue straight ahead into the "Alte Bergstraße". Afterwards, we come across the federal road and cross this one straight ahead. Then, a stony and steep path leads down to the "Gießenbach" and into the village of "Oberau".
Via "Alte Ettaler Straße", we reach the village centre. Continue along the "Ettaler Straße", below the St. Georg hill-church, and continue to the station of "Oberau". At the station, we cross the railway tracks and afterwards, we cross the bridge of the "Loisach". We continue to the right over a golf course and follow the path along the edge of the forest.
We reach the sports field of "Farchant". Via "Frickenstraße" and "Esterbergstraße", we go along the edge of the village. Then follow the signs of "Philosophenweg". On this way, we reach "Garmisch-Partenkirchen". Here we follow the "Münchner Straße" to the left and reach our destination of the day, the "Sebastianskapelle" (chapel).
Stage 53 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen-Klais
From the "Sebastianskapelle" (chapel) in the "Münchner Straße", we go via "Forsterweg" to the Franciscan monastery of St. Anton. From the pilgrimage church above the village, we continue downhill again. Via "Brunnhäuslweg" and "Ballengasse", we come to the "Ludwigstraße". We go a little bit to the left and then turn left into "Dr.-Wigger-Straße". This road later becomes "Gsteigstraße". We go out of the village along thin woodland.
The path then continues upwards, until it branches off. Here we go down to the right and come onto the federal road. On the accompanying foot-bike path, we arrive at "Kaltenbrunn". We cross the village straight ahead and cross the street at the exit of the village. Continue along the road (left-hand road, right-hand railway line), just before "Gerold". Here we take the crossing again and continue on the other side of the road, through the small settlement of "Gerold".
At the end of "Gerold", we cross the street again and walk towards "Klais". We reach the centre with our destination, the chapel via "Am Welgmann" and "Bahnhofstraße".
Stage 54 - Klais-Mittenwald
In Klais, we start at the chapel in "Bahnhofstraße". We turn right into "Im Kirchfeld" and go up the mountain. We go past a mighty stone which points to a former monastery. Continue on an old Roman road. At the end of the fragment of the Roman road, we turn left into the wide landscape of the "Buckelwiese" (hummocky meadow).
After crossing the country road and the railway line, we head past "Heuhütte", up to "Goasalm" (Geißenalm). Follow the paved road to the left, then turn right again towards Mittenwald. Past the youth hostel, above the railway line and the "Schmalsee" (lake), we go down again to the country road.
We cross this one and go right, up the railway bridge (with stairs). Continue through the forest and then down the railway line into the town of Mittenwald. We follow the "Goethestraße" to the right and thus reach the town centre and the church of "St. Peter und Paul", the destination of the day stage.
Public transport friendly
The individual places along the VIA ROMEA are all at least accessible by public regional bus services. The larger towns dispose of a railway connection and can be reached partly hourly with an ICE (high-speed train). For detailed information on how to arrive, please use the route planner on Google Maps or other online maps.
The places along the VIA ROMEA are all accessible by car. Some of them are located in immediate vicinity of federal motorways or federal roads. Partly, country roads have to be used in order to get to some stages.
Sufficient parking is available everywhere.
Book recommendation by the author
Giovanni Casselli, Thomas Dahms: Via Romea, Pilgerführer Stade - Mittenwald, Ostfalia-Verlag, Osterwieck, 2015. The entire pilgrim trail of the VIA ROMEA in Germany is described in 12 areas and in daily stages. Including general maps, instructions where to go, images and advice concerning sights and things worth seeing on the route. Order possible at: www.ostfalia-verlag.de
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VIA ROMEA- Stade-Ferrara 27.April-28.Juni 2017
Travel Guide: Pilgrim trails in Elbe-Weser Triangle
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