European long-distance hiking trail E3

European long-distance hiking trail E3
Marking of the long-distance hiking trail E3 Atlantic - Ardennes - Bohemian Forest near Munzenberg , also Jakobsweg region Vogelsberg
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Data
length	6,950 km
location	Spain , France , Belgium , Luxembourg , Germany , Czech Republic , Poland , Slovakia , Hungary , Romania & Bulgaria
Supervised by	Local hiking clubs
Markers
Starting point	Santiago d. Comp. 42 ° 52 '49.7 "  N , 8 ° 32' 44.6"  W.
Target point	Cape Emine , Nessebar 42 ° 42 ′ 17.3 "  N , 27 ° 53 ′ 57.9"  E
Type	Long-distance hiking trail

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

The European long-distance hiking trail E3 is part of the European long-distance hiking trail network and is intended to lead from the Iberian Peninsula to the Black Sea . The already completed part of the long-distance hiking trail crosses parts of Spain , France , Belgium , Luxembourg , Germany , the Czech Republic , Poland , Slovakia , Hungary , Romania , Serbia and Bulgaria .

Details

A start of the trail in Portugal at Cape St. Vincent is planned. For the time being, it begins in Santiago de Compostela and in parts leads along old Jacob's pilgrimage routes . In Western Europe, it is mostly given the additional designation Atlantic - Ardennes - Bohemian Forest , as a route from the Atlantic over the Ardennes to the Bohemian Forest used to be marked.

Signpost in Jägerhaus

The 250-kilometer route in the Saxon Ore Mountains runs from Mühlleithen via Carlsfeld , Wildenthal , Auersberg , Sosa , Jägerhaus , Lauter , Schwarzenberg / Erzgeb. , Markersbach , Annaberg-Buchholz , Pöhlberg , Mauersberg , Großrückerswalde , Marienberg , Lauterbach , Zöblitz , Rübenau , Olbernhau , Seiffen , Sayda , Rechenberg-Bienenmühle , Rehefeld , Kahleberg , Altenberg , Lauenstein and Bad Gottleuba to Bahratal .

Between the Eastern Ore Mountains ( e.g. Rechenberg-Bienenmühle) and the Slovakian-Hungarian border (near Satoraljaujhely ), the E3 largely follows the route of the International Mountain Hiking Trail of the Eisenach-Budapest Friendship, established in 1983 .

The Hungarian section follows a larger section of the Alföldi Kéktúra between Satoraljaujhely and Nagykereki .

The Romanian section runs for 683 kilometers from Oradea via the Munții Apuseni and the Munții Banatului to Gura Văii and is currently being marked.

In Serbia, the tour between the Iron Gate and Dimitrovgrad can alternatively continue on the route of the E4 .

In Bulgaria, the trail leads as a marked mountain hiking trail Kom-Emine in a west-east direction from the Serbian border over the Schipka Pass and the Central Balkan National Park on the ridge of the Balkan Mountains .

So far there is no marking of the route from Cape Emine on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast to Istanbul in Turkey .

The route between Santiago de Compostela and Cape Emine has a total length of approximately 6950 km.

Web links

Commons : European long distance path E3  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: E3 European long-distance path  - travel guide

• Openstreetmap map (not yet complete)
• Detailed descriptions of the stages from Perl on the Luxembourg border to Schmilka (Elbe) on the Czech border. Private website with GPX files (GPS data), course sketches, elevation profiles and photos

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Transylvanian Carpathian Society: traseu E3 si E8. In: www.skv.ro. Retrieved December 19, 2017 (Romanian). 
2. ↑ Ralf Sudrigian: 683 kilometers on the E3 through the West Mountains and the Banat Mountains. In: General German newspaper for Romania. December 17, 2014, accessed February 29, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Transylvanian Carpathian Association: E3 & E8. In: www.skv.ro. Retrieved December 19, 2017 (Romanian). 
4. ↑ Branislav Božović, Boris Mićić, Momčilo Vuković, Veroljub Kovačević: Through Serbia with an easy step. Hiking trails E4 and E7 . Ed .: European Ramblers Association . Planinarski Savez Srbije, Belgrade 2011. (also in English)

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