Best route through Germany.

[ranthr]

Thinking of starting from Oslo or Fredrikshavn in Denmark and end up in Santiago. Need advice about the shortest route through Germany. There are a lot of Jakobswege in Germany, so I wonder what is the easiest and best marked way south. I know the route through Switzerland is fairly nice, but too expensive for me if I am going to walk for several months. So I would try to avoid it.
Randi

 

[donnercruiser]

Hi ranthr,

there is a german website with interactive map of german Jakobswege. May it will help a little.

Olaf


http://www.deutsche-jakobswege.de/wege-uebersicht.html

 

[FatmaG]

Have a look here, Randi:

http://www.deutsche-jakobswege.de/wege-uebersicht.html


OUPS, Olaf, funny that I did not see your answer when posting this .....

 

[bjorgts]

You know this one from Lovingkindness? http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/trondheim-nidaros-to-santiago-de-compostela.9259/
She goes through Germary too. Bjorg

 

[ranthr]

Thanks!
I have followed Lovingkindness link from her trip and I am not quite sure that she followed the Jakobswege all the time. I have bought some German guidebooks that cover the camino from Flensburg, via Hamburg and Bremen to Køln and from there to Trier and Metz to Le Puy. Think after looking at deutsche-jakobswege.de that it might be the shortest way. But I wonder if somebody can tell me if these routes are well marked or not. And if there are other routes where the frequencies of pilgrims are higher. On a long walk alone it is OK to meet some other pilgrims no and then.
Randi

 

[bjorgts]

I walked the Mosel Camino last June from Koblenz to Trier. That is the only route I know in Germany. It was eight hard days because the route goes up and down between the riverside and the hills around, but it was a wonderful route, and I would be happy to walk it ones more. There were a few albergues, but we usually stayed in hostels. This route was very well marked, no problems finding our way. There are not many other walkers, but we were not quite alone. Here is an address:
www.mosel-camino.info
Conrad Stein Verlag has good guide-books for very many caminos in Germany. We used one of them for the Mosel Camino.
Good Luck!
Bjørg

 

[Kitsambler]

I like the walks in Germany. Although my routes have been in Bavaria (so far!), I have found the German routes very well marked, and the trails well-maintained. Lodging in Gasthaus, complete with one of the most robust breakfasts on the planet, runs around 35 Euros. Hostels and pilgrim-hosts (private homes) are occasionally available, and would be less expensive. The German-language guidebook series from Conrad-Stein (the famous yellow ones) are quite good, with route maps and some lodging info, is the stadard guide. Amazon.de carries them if your local bookseller does not. Having been along the Rhine on non-pilgrim trips, I can attest that the routes near Koln-Trier-Koblenz are indeed well marked. Gute Reise!

 

[FreerangerMartin]

Thinking of starting from Oslo or Fredrikshavn in Denmark and end up in Santiago. Need advice about the shortest route through Germany. There are a lot of Jakobswege in Germany, so I wonder what is the easiest and best marked way south. I know the route through Switzerland is fairly nice, but too expensive for me if I am going to walk for several months. So I would try to avoid it.
Randi

I am setting out on the Jakobusweg from Nürnberg on 2nd April. I aim to walk as far as Einsiedeln. Alison Raju's CSJ Pilgrim Guide is excellent, but needs updating so far as the map section is concerned: The Map Shop, Upton-on-Severn has supplied me with the following:
Kompass 170, 174, 778, 789, 782 - all 1:50,000
Umgebungskarte UK50-21 (Ries Nördlingen Dinkelsbühl) 1:50,000 and
Kompass 11 - a 2-map set covering the Bodensee - 1:35,000
The Jakobusweg is marked on all these maps, which - between them - cover the German section of my Camino, and a little of the Swiss section.
I have taken my scissors to them, to save myself the backache of carrying them complete!
Martin