Benediktweg (Germany)
| Benediktweg | |
|---|---|
| overall length | 248 km |
| location |
 Bavaria
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| Starting point |
Altötting 48 ° 13 ′ 37.6 " N , 12 ° 40 ′ 29.4" E |
| Target point | Altötting |
| Height difference | lowest point: 356 m above sea level NN highest point: 626 m above sea level NN |
| difficulty | medium |
| Website URL | benediktweg.info |
The Benediktweg is a 248-kilometer cycle path in south-eastern Upper Bavaria , which connects places of childhood and youth of Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI ) as well as places of ecclesiastical and cultural importance in the region.
It was opened on August 17, 2005 and leads back to Altötting on back roads with little traffic and forest or field paths from Altötting via Marktl , Tittmoning , Traunstein and Wasserburg am Inn . Along the route, there are also references to remote places (for example Unterwössen , where Ratzinger spent his vacation several times at the Bischlhof of the Sisters of Mercy).
The Inn-Salzach Tourist Association is responsible for the construction and marketing.
course
- Altötting (older miracle of the Madonna)
- Marktl (birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI.)
- Burghausen
- Branches
- Tittmoning (Here he went to kindergarten and later received the "call")
- Tengling
- Waging by the lake
- Traunstein (Joseph Ratzinger attended the Humanist Gymnasium from 1937 to 1943 (renamed the Chiemgau Gymnasium since 1965). Then he was drafted as an anti-aircraft helper in the area around Munich with part-time lessons at the Maximilians Gymnasium in Munich 1951 Joseph Ratzinger and his brother Georg Ratzinger were ordained priests in the parish church of St. Oswald.)
- Chieming
- Seebruck
- Seeon
- Gstadt (with crossing to Frauenchiemsee , the Fraueninsel in the Chiemsee with the Benedictine monastery , which has formed the spiritual heart of the Chiemgau for almost 1300 years of (almost) unbroken tradition .)
- Eggstätt
- Höslwang
- Amerang
- Evenhausen
- Wasserburg am Inn
- Gars on the Inn
- Au am Inn monastery
- Aschau am Inn
- Mühldorf am Inn
- Polling
- Tüßling
literature
- Ulrike Katrin Peters, Karsten-Thilo Raab: The Benediktweg . Conrad Stein Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86686-208-1 .
- Herbert Bauer: The Benediktweg . Munich: J. Berg Verlag, 2006. ISBN 3-7658-4160-9 .
- bikeline bike tour book: Benediktweg. In the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI. 1: 50,000, Verlag Esterbauer, Rodingersdorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-85000-257-8 .