THE PILGRIM ROUTE
Entire route at a glance
Signs
An abbot on his pilgrimage
1. Stage
„Stader Geest“ – Monastery grounds at the Elbe river
Stade – Harsefeld – Zeven
2. Stage
„Heath“ – Urban isles in wide open fields
Zeven – Gyhum – Scheeßel – Bellen – Neuenkirchen – Soltau – Wietzendorf – Bergen – Sülze – Celle
3. Stage
„Ostfalen“ – State of the Guelphic capitals
Celle – Rietze – Braunschweig – Wolfenbüttel – Hornburg
4. Stage
„Harz“ – Royal area around the „Brocken“
Hornburg – Osterwieck – Wernigerode – Elbingerode – Hasselfelde – Neustadt/Harz – Nordhausen
5. Stage
„Thüringen“ – Homeland of German history
Nordhausen – Straußberg – Ebeleben – Kirchheilingen – Bad-Langensalza – Gotha – Friedrichroda – Schmalkalden – Meiningen
6. Stage
„Rhön“- Centre at the Franconian „Saale“
Meiningen – Mellrichstadt – Bad Neustadt – Münnerstadt – Schweinfurt
7. Stage
„Franconian wine country“ – Area of the bishops of Würzburg
Schweinfurt – Bergtheim – Würzburg – Ochsenfurt – Aub – Rothenburg o.d.T.
8. Stage
„Romantic Franconia“ – Sacred in the heart
Rothenburg o.d.T. – Schillingsfürst – Feuchtwangen – Dinkelsbühl
9. Stage
„Donau-Ries“- Area created by heaven
Dinkelsbühl – Nördlingen – Harburg – Donauwörth
10. Stage
„Swabia“- Strolling on Roman paths
Donauwörth – Meitingen – Augsburg – Igling – Schongau
11. Stage
„Pfaffenwinkel“ – Sacred area with Alpine Panorama
Schongau – Peiting – Rottenbuch – Saulgrub
12. Stage
„Bavarian Alps“- the „Werdenfelser“ area with the „Zugspitze“
Saulgrub – Oberammergau – Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Klais – Mittenwald
The VIA ROMEA in Austria
Reith – Innsbruck – Matrei – Brennero
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The VIA ROMEA in Italy
Trentino – Veneto – Emilia Romagna – Toscana – Umbria – Lazio
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