Camino Routes Germany, Austria, Switzerland & Further East

[Julio Gone Camino]

On a recent trip to Austria, I was out walking just north west of Innsbruck, and came across waymarkings for the Jakobsweg. The signs were new, and the route appeared to run south from Mittenwald in Germany, and on into the Inn valey before, presumably, making it's way into Switzerland.

On returning, I did a bit of searching about this - and came up with a bit of a blank, Which surprised me, given the signs for the Jakobsweg were frequent and obviously quite new.

I did find a bit of info on routes passing through Germany, but these were mainly further to the north, and had no real sense of a connection to Mittenwald.

So I wondered: does anyone know of a good resource of book about the routes in this area and further east? If anyone does, it would be great to know.

Thanks

Julio

 

[Castilian]

On returning, I did a bit of searching about this - and came up with a bit of a blank, Which surprised me, given the signs for the Jakobsweg were frequent and obviously quite new.

For info about the route through Mittenwald:

www.auf-dem-jakobsweg.info
www.wanderkompass.info/Deutschland/jakobsweg-isar-loisach-leutascher-ache-inn.html

P.S.: For info about routes in Germany: www.deutsche-jakobswege.de/wege-uebersicht.html
For info about routes in Austria: www.jakobswege-a.eu

 

[Jodean]

The Jakobsweg comes through Frankfurt and you can get your stamps in 3 different churches here, plus at the Tourist Info.
Here is the route through Germany
http://www.deutsche-jakobswege.de/fulda-mainz.html

 

[amorfati1]

On a recent trip to Austria, I was out walking just north west of Innsbruck, and came across waymarkings for the Jakobsweg. The signs were new, and the route appeared to run south from Mittenwald in Germany, and on into the Inn valey before, presumably, making it's way into Switzerland.

On returning, I did a bit of searching about this - and came up with a bit of a blank, Which surprised me, given the signs for the Jakobsweg were frequent and obviously quite new.

I did find a bit of info on routes passing through Germany, but these were mainly further to the north, and had no real sense of a connection to Mittenwald.

So I wondered: does anyone know of a good resource of book about the routes in this area and further east? If anyone does, it would be great to know.

Thanks

Julio

best wishes for a Buen Camino - wherever it may start

http://www.culture-routes.net/routes/the-via-regia
http://www.via-regia.org/eng/viaregiageschichte/versuch.php

http://www.jakobsweg.info/
http://www.pilgern.ch/
http://www.pilgerherbergen.ch/



http://www.oekumenischer-pilgerweg.de/index.php

http://jakobsweg-spanien.info/links/

http://www.via-jakobsweg.de/jakobuskult.html

 

[t2andreo]

For reference, a Belgian fellow, 46-years old at the time, started from the steps of St. Basil's Orthodox Cathedral in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia in 2014 (if I am recalling correctly). That's the big red edifice with the onion domes in Red Square that served as a backdrop for all those military parades of Soviet might, from 1945 through the early 1990s In fact, I think the Russian Federation still holds these parades.

Anyway this fellow, made pilgrimage along a defined route, across the steppes of Russia, then across Poland. Once he arrived in Germany, he took the usual Sint. Jacobsweg route southwest across Germany, over the Alps, into Western Switzerland, near Geneva.

He eventually crossed over the Alps (again) into France, walking across Provence, and eventually over the Pyrenees at the Somport Pass. There, he followed the Camino Aragones, to Puente La Reina, where it merges into the "spine" of the Camino, the Camino Frances.

He arrived at Santiago some four months and 4,000 Km from his starting point. THAT is likely the longest recorded distance walked by a single pilgrim, but who knows?

I hope this helps.

 

[amorfati1]

For reference, a Belgian fellow, 46-years old at the time, started from the steps of St. Basil's Orthodox Cathedral in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia in 2014 (if I am recalling correctly). That's the big red edifice with the onion domes in Red Square that served as a backdrop for all those military parades of Soviet might, from 1945 through the early 1990s In fact, I think the Russian Federation still holds these parades.

Anyway this fellow, made pilgrimage along a defined route, across the steppes of Russia, then across Poland. Once he arrived in Germany, he took the usual Sint. Jacobsweg route southwest across Germany, over the Alps, into Western Switzerland, near Geneva.

He eventually crossed over the Alps (again) into France, walking across Provence, and eventually over the Pyrenees at the Somport Pass. There, he followed the Camino Aragones, to Puente La Reina, where it merges into the "spine" of the Camino, the Camino Frances.

He arrived at Santiago some four months and 4,000 Km from his starting point. THAT is likely the longest recorded distance walked by a single pilgrim, but who knows?

I hope this helps.

currently one - a chap i met on the portoguese in 2014 - is walking another route - somewhere from poland onwards to SdC - via germany/belgium/france (atlantic coast) left in mid April - still in polonia, and aims to arrive sometimes in november. according to what he shared w/ me, it's around 4000 km -
(for your belgian friend: 4 months for 4K - that's over 33km a day ...every day. whoa!)
just caught up w/ reading his blog - pilgrim history steeped in each mud-puddle there as well
very very interesting - and beautiful medevial sights and places as well. thus far, they are staying mostly in convents, etc

buen camino!

 

[Castilian]

THAT is likely the longest recorded distance walked by a single pilgrim, but who knows?

No, it isn't.

www.blessitt.com has the World Record of longest pilgrimage.

Regarding pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela, I know reports of pilgrimages from Jerusalem made after having walked from Santiago de Compostela to Jerusalem...

 

[t2andreo]

I defer to your superior knowledge...

 

[lovingkindness]

Hi, @Castilian
...I met a fellow a bit like Arthur Blessitt when walking the St Olaf's Leden in Sweden. His name is Urban Widholm. In the 1980s he ran all the way from Gdansk to Sofia, around parts of Africa and Sweden raising more than 3 million kronas for charity. He's still doing fabulously. Here's a link to his book, Running for the World:

http://webbsok.mikromarc.se/Mikromarc3/Web/detail.aspx?Id=45198&Unit=6471&db=orebromissionsskola

 

[Castilian]

...I met a fellow a bit like Arthur Blessitt when walking the St Olaf's Leden in Sweden. His name is Urban Widholm. In the 1980s he ran all the way from Gdansk to Sofia, around parts of Africa and Sweden raising more than 3 million kronas for charity. He's still doing fabulously.

Thanks for the info.

 

[lovingkindness]

Thanks for the info.

...you're welcome, @Castilian. It was a bit off topic, I suppose. Sweden is west.

 

[SYates]

No, it isn't.

www.blesitt.com has the World Record of longest pilgrimage.

Regarding pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela, I know reports of pilgrimages from Jerusalem made after having walked from Santiago de Compostela to Jerusalem...

Sadly that link isn't working for me ... SY

 

[Castilian]

Sadly that link isn't working for me ... SY

Thanks for letting me know! There was a typo. I edited it and it should work now.