Eifel Camino

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Eifel Camino
Destination of the Eifel-Camino in Trier: Benedictine Abbey St. Matthias
Destination of the Eifel-Camino in Trier:
Benedictine Abbey St. Matthias
Data
length 158 kmdep1
location Rhineland-Palatinate
Markers
Muszla Jakuba.svg
Starting point Andernach-Namedy
50 ° 28 ′ 29 ″  N , 7 ° 20 ′ 33.6 ″  E
Target point Trier , Benedictine Abbey of St. Matthias
49 ° 44 ′ 16.8 ″  N , 6 ° 37 ′ 53.1 ″  E
Type Long-distance hiking trail
The highest point 512 m
Lowest point 57 m
Level of difficulty medium
season Spring to autumn

The Eifel-Camino ( camino: Spanish = way ) is a section in the network of the Way of St. James in Germany. It leads from Andernach-Namedy through the romantic Eifel to the Benedictine Abbey of St. Matthias in Trier . From there you can continue your pilgrimage via Schengen to Vézelay , the starting point of the Via Lemovicensis .

history

As early as the late Middle Ages , Christians made pilgrimages to the grave of the apostle Matthias in Trier or made a stopover on their way to Santiago de Compostela . An important pilgrimage route led from Andernach am Rhein to Trier an der Mosel via a former Roman road . The St. Matthias Brotherhood of Mayen has set itself the task of marking the routes of the St. James pilgrims in the Mayen-Koblenz district , starting in 2008 . Later other districts were included, so that today the entire Eifel Camino as far as Trier is provided with signposts.

course

The main route of the Eifel Camino is around 160 kilometers. The path begins at the border between the Mayen-Koblenz district and the Ahrweiler district in the fishing village of Fornich, which no longer exists, and is signposted from the Namedy Schützenplatz over the Eifel heights to Trier.
From Namedy to Miesenheim there is a common route with the St. James Way on the left bank of the Rhine . In Klausen the Eifel Camino meets the Mosel Camino and shortly before Biewer the Via Colonensis joins it coming from Cologne . All three Way of St. James lead the pilgrims to their common goal in Trier.
In addition, there are three feeder routes from Nickenich , Lonnig and Münstermaifeld , all of which join the main route in Mayen . There is also a variant of the route from Kruft in the direction of Maria Laach Abbey , a cross connection in Mendig, and from Plaidt a loop to the baroque church of St. Cäcilia in Saffig .

Suggested stages Stage length Places in order of reaching
Main way
Stage 1 approx. 19 km Namedy - Andernach - Miesenheim - Plaidt - (Saffig) - Kretz - Kruft
Stage 2 approx. 15 km Kruft - Fraukirch - Mayen
Stage 3 approx. 19 km Mayen - Geisbüschhof - Monreal - Heunenhof - Urmersbach - Kaisersesch
Stage 4 approx. 20 km Kaisersesch - Maria Martental - Alflen - Gillenbeuren - Driesch - Lutzerath
Stage 5 approx. 29 km Lutzerath - Kenfus - Bad Bertrich - Hontheim - Wispelt - Bausendorf - Neuerburg - Dorf - Wittlich
Stage 6 approx. 20 km Wittlich - Pohlbach - Klausen - Klüsserath
Stage 7 approx. 19 km Klüsserath - Schweich
Stage 8 approx. 22 km Schweich - Quint - Ehrang - Biewer - Trier
Feeder path from Nickenich to Mayen
Feeder 1 approx. 21 km Maria Laach - Mendig - Kottenheim - Mayen
Feeder path from Lonnig to Mayen
Feeder 2 approx. 21 km Lonnig - Minkelfeld - Kerben - Polch - Hausen - Mayen
Feeder path from Münstermaifeld to Mayen
Feeder 3 approx. 17 km Münstermaifeld - Mertloch - Polch - Hausen - Mayen

James traces

In the course of the Eifel-Camino and its branch lines, some historical as well as modern Jakobus traces or representations can be found.

place description
Main way
Andernach, St. Josef Hospital Chapel Fresco on the east wall
Klausen, pilgrimage church of St. Maria Original scallop shell from Santiago de Compostela on the staircase,
St. James relief on the confessional
Klüsserath, Echternacher Hof James Altar (1935)
Klüsserath, Parish Church of the Rosary Queen James figure on the high altar (1622)
Biewer, Biewerer Strasse St. Jacob's Fountain (1832)
Biewer, parish church of St. James Statues and window pictures
trier Jakobus statue on the Steipe
Jakobus portrait on a column in the Church of Our Lady
Distance to Santiago de Compostela at the fountain in the abbey courtyard of St. Matthias
Jakobus sculpture at the united hospitals and in the former collegiate church
Feeder routes
Niedermendig, parish church of St. Cyriakus Fresco Coronation of the Pilgrims / Charlemagne
Lonnig, parish church St. Jakobus James statue
Lonnig, Jakobus Elementary School James statue

  • Jakobus altar, Klüsserath

  • St. Jacob's Fountain, Biewer

  • James statue, Trier

  • James sculpture, Trier

Special features along the way

With the support of the regional economy and numerous private patrons, pilgrim stones and information steles made of basalt lava were placed along the path in addition to the regular markings. The pilgrim stones are carved with a scallop shell and show pilgrims the right way. The steles were set up in exposed places and provide useful information about them. In September 2011, a five-meter-high Jakobus column with an attached rest area was inaugurated as a special feature of the Eifel-Camino on the “Old Monrealer Weg” between Mayen and Monreal. In 2013, large information boards were set up in some municipalities.

  • Pilgrim fountain, Maria Laach Abbey

  • Pilgrim stone

  • James relief, Mayen

  • Manhole cover, Mayen

  • Information stele

  • Jakobussäule, Old Monreal Way

  • Pilgrim fountain, Kaisersesch

Pilgrim stamp

In almost every stage there is the possibility of getting a pilgrim stamp for your pilgrim ID ( Spanish = credencial ). Most of the stamps were designed exclusively for the Eifel-Camino and contain the representation of a special feature of the respective location within a uniform basic scheme.

Pilgrim hostels

There are currently three pilgrim hostels along the Eifel-Camino: the Refugio zur Pilgerschnecke in Thür, the pilgrim room in Kaisersesch and the Eberhardsklause in Klausen.

Species protection

Species protection on the Eifel-Camino: bird nest box as a guide

On numerous sections of the European Way of St. James, a start has already been made to combine path markings with species protection in order to maintain a broad biodiversity (species diversity). Numerous nesting boxes for birds and bats as well as insect hotels with yellow arrows and scallop symbols have also been hung and set up on the Eifel-Camino .

Hiking maps

The Eifel-Camino with the scallop shell is shown in the following hiking maps:

  • Dream paths in the Rhein-Mosel-Eifel-Land (1: 50,000) . 2nd Edition. LVermGeo Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz 2010, ISBN 978-3-89637-411-0 .
  • Leisure map hiking area Moselle: Maifeld and Untermosel (1: 25,000) . 3. Edition. LVermGeo Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz 2011, ISBN 978-3-89637-255-0 .
  • Hiking map No. 21: Holiday region of thermal baths and maars (1: 25,000) . Eifelverein, 2010, ISBN 978-3-921805-69-5 .
  • Hiking map No. 24: Wittlicher Land (1: 25,000) . 2nd Edition. Eifelverein, 2010, ISBN 978-3-921805-62-6 .
  • Leisure map hiking area Moselle: Neumagen-Drohn - Schweich (1: 25,000) . 3. Edition. LVermGeo Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz 2009, ISBN 978-3-89637-259-8 .

literature

Wolfgang Scholz, Franz Blaeser, Dieter Preß, Heinz Schäfer: Eifel-Camino from Andernach to Trier . 1st edition. Conrad Stein Verlag, Welver 2016, ISBN 978-3-86686-489-4 .

Web links

Commons : Eifel-Camino  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gertraud and Heinz-Egon Rösch: Roman roads between the Moselle and the Rhine . 1st edition. Mainz 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-029335-1 , p. 58-60 .
  2. ^ Eifel-Camino pilgrim stamp. Retrieved December 13, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Species protection and path marking. Retrieved December 13, 2013 .