European long-distance hiking trail E5

European long-distance hiking trail E5
Data
length	3,200 km
location	France , Switzerland , Germany , Austria , Italy
Markers
Starting point	Pointe du Raz 48 ° 2 ′ 24.8 "  N , 4 ° 44 ′ 28.1"  W.
Target point	Venice 45 ° 26 ′ 15 ″  N , 12 ° 20 ′ 9 ″  E
Type	Long-distance hiking trail

The European long-distance hiking trail E5 is a European long-distance hiking trail that leads from the Atlantic coast of France in Brittany over the Alps to Verona in Italy . The long-distance hiking trail is 3200 kilometers long.

history

The European long-distance hiking trail E5 was opened together with the E1 (North Sea – Lake Constance – Gotthard – Mediterranean ) on July 2, 1972 as the long-distance hiking trail Bodensee – Adria by the founder of the European hiking association Georg Fahrbach . At that time, a total of six European long-distance hiking trails were planned.

course

France

• Pointe du Raz ← 276 km → Lannion ← 285 km → St-Brieuc ← 273 km → Avranches ← 336 km → Verneuil-sur-Avre ← 323 km → Fontainebleau ← 276 km → Chatillon-sur-Seine ← 192 km → Langres ← 249 km → Montreux (Belfort / Mulhouse) - a total of around 2210 km

The E5 begins in Pointe du Raz , the westernmost mainland point in France, and initially runs jointly with the E9 (from Portugal to Estonia ). It leads to Le Faou along the Atlantic coast and then through the Monts d'Arrée within the Armorique Natural Park . In Plestin-les-Grèves you can reach the coast of the English Channel . The path continues over to Versailles , past Paris to the south. The E3 (from the Black Sea to the Iberian Peninsula ) crosses in Fontainebleau . The road to Dijon leads along the Seine and crosses the E4 several times (from Cape St. Vincent in Portugal to Cyprus ). The path continues into the Vosges and crosses the E2 (from Galway on Ireland to Nice ). Finally, after about 2100 kilometers through France, the route reaches Switzerland .

Höhenbachtal between Kemptner and Memminger hut

Rifugio Generale A. Papa

Rifugio Fraccaroli and Cima Carega

Switzerland

• Montreux (Belfort / Mulhouse) ← 102 km → Rheinfelden ← 158 km → Kreuzlingen (Konstanz) ← 28 km → Arbon ← 18 km → Rheineck - a total of around 306 km

North of Delémont , the path leads through the foothills of the Swiss Jura towards Basel . From here, the path continues on a mostly flat stretch along the High Rhine to the Rhine Falls near Neuhausen , where it meets the E4 and E1 again. The trail leads to the southern shores of lower and upper lake of Lake Constance over to Rheineck and the border with Austria .

Austria Germany

• Rheineck ← 25 km → Bregenz ← 17 km → Staufner Haus ← 15 km → Sonthofen ← 26 km → Kemptner Hut ← 23 km → Memminger Hut ← 13 km → Zams ← 30 km → Braunschweiger Hut ← 14 km → Zwieselstein - total around 163 km

In Bregenz the routes of the E5 and the alpine E4 separate, the E5 runs together with the Maximiliansweg (corresponds to the pre-alpine variant of the E4) to Hittisau and on to Germany. This is where the alpine section begins, which runs on one of the oldest long-distance hiking routes in Europe. The path leads via Oberstdorf up to the Kemptner Hut . At the Untere Mädelejoch the border to Austria is crossed again. Around 50 kilometers of the E5 run through Germany.

Back in Austria, the Allgäu Alps are crossed. The path leads over the Lechtal Alps to the Memminger Hütte , where the path to Zams is a short stretch together with the E4. The path continues over the Venet through the entire Pitztal or, in a newer variant, over the 3030  m high Madatschjoch in the Kaunergrat directly into the valley head of the Pitztal to Mittelberg . On the Geigenkamm between the Pitz and Ötztal valleys , just behind the Braunschweiger Hütte , almost 3000 meters of altitude are reached again. The border with Italy is crossed via the Timmelsjoch , which means that the route leads around 175 kilometers through Austria. Another variant leads over the 3,019 m high Similaunhütte to Italy.

Italy

• Zwieselstein / Timmelsjoch ← 17 km → Moos ← 14 km → Pfandler Alm (Sarntal Alps) ← 14 km → Meraner Hütte ← 19 km → Bozen ← 22 km → Aldein Bletterbachschlucht Schmiederalm , Oberradein (Redagno) ← 15 km → Gfrill (Cauria) ← 20 km → Segonzano ← 17 km → Palai im Fersental (Palú del Fersina) ← 21 km → Lévico Terme ← 12 km → Lusern (Luserna) ← 8 km → Coepass (Passo Coe) ← 13 km → Rifugio Lancia ← 23 km → Rifugio Campogrosso ← 15 km → Giazza ← 22 km → Erbezzo ← 31 km → Avesa (Verona) - a total of around 284 km

At the foot of the Hochwart and Heiligkreuz peak , the hiking trail leads high above the Passeier Valley over the Hirzerhütte , past the Hirzer , over the Meraner Hütte and on to Bolzano in South Tyrol . (A section of the E10 also ends here .) In the South Tyrolean Unterland , the Weißhorn and Schwarzhorn are on the way, which then leaves the German-speaking area via Gfrill near Salurn . Now it goes past the Holy See in Trentino (see also Dürerweg ) to Levico Terme . From here the path leads to the Lavarone plateau . Over the Passo Coe , the Monte Maggio , the Passo della Borcola the path reaches the Pasubio and again the 2000 meters of altitude. The path continues to the Rifugio Lancia , over the Dente Austriaco and Dente Italiano to the Rifugio Achille Papa . On the road of heroes ( it. Strada degli Eroi ) the path leads down to the Passo Pian delle Fugazze and on to the Passo Campogrosso . From here follows the last 2000 mountain group, the Caregagruppe (small Dolomites), in which the Rifugio Fraccaroli (2239 m) is located. The E5 leads through the Revolte Valley down to Giazza and then straight back up to the plateau of the Lessinian Alps . Now the last few kilometers lead him to Erbezzo , to the natural bridge Ponte di Veja , the Burago gorge and finally to Verona. For many hikers, the E5 ends at the Verona Arena because there are no attractive hiking trails between Verona and Venice .

literature

• Christian K. Rupp: E5 Oberstdorf - Meran / Bozen, Conrad Stein Verlag Welver, ISBN 978-3-86686-399-6
• Meike Moshammer: As a woman alone across the Alps - On the E5 from Konstanz via Bozen to Verona , Verlag Haag + Herchen GmbH Hanau, ISBN 978-3-89846-790-2
• Veit Metzler and Hans Jürgen Gorges: Compass hiking guide 'European long-distance hiking trail E5' . 11th edition. German hiking publisher Dr. Mair & Schnabel & Co., Ostfildern 2000, ISBN 3-8134-0170-7 .

Web links

• Alpine crossing on the E5 - experience report with GPS track and packing list on via-ferrata.de
• Preparing to cross the Alps: 14 tips for hiking on the E5 at urbanhiker.de
• Openstreetmap map
• Route and description of the E5 section between Oberstdorf and Meran (German / English)
• Alpine crossing Oberstdorf - Meran, a popular variant of the E5 in 6 stages www.oberstdorf.de/wandern
• Private homepage for a variation of the E5 long-distance hiking trail (alpenfernwandern.de)
• The E5 from Brittany to Verona in the outdoorwiki outdoorseiten.net
• Freddy Langer: The summer that was a winter. In: FAZ.net . August 19, 2011, accessed December 14, 2014 . 
• Numerous tips on the 6 stages of the Alpine crossing between Oberstdorf and Merano

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hans Schmidt: European long-distance hiking trail Bodensee-Adria . Fink - Kümmerly + Frey , Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-7718-0505-8 .

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