Way of St. James Austria

Austrian Way of St. James
Destination of all the Way of St. James: Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Data
length	750 km
location	Austria
Starting point	Wolfsthal 48 ° 8 ′ 12 ″  N , 17 ° 0 ′ 23 ″  E
Target point	Feldkirch 47 ° 14 '17 "  N , 9 ° 35' 54"  E
Type	Long-distance hiking trail
The highest point	1865
Lowest point	150
Level of difficulty	light
season	all year round

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The Austrian Way of St. James is a partially signposted, 750 to 800 km long main branch of the Way of St. James in Austria .

Irrespective of regional deviations in terms of route guidance, this is essentially based on the research results of Peter Lindenthal , published for the first time in 1999 .

The signposting and tourist marketing of sections of the Austrian Way of St. James mostly go back to private and public initiatives, whereby regional development projects and funding associations usually ensure that the necessary financial resources are raised. Stimuli for local and regional economic development are expected from the revitalization of the St. James pilgrimage routes in Austria.

description

Lindenthal crossed Austria on the Jakobsroute described by him in 28 detailed daily stages from Pressburg ( Slovakia ) at the Hainburger Pforte Danube upwards along the former Danube Limesstrasse through Vienna , via Linz and Innsbruck to Feldkirch in an east-west direction.

The author describes a continuous hiking route on or parallel to the medieval Way of St. James, which tries to combine authenticity, accessibility and pilgrimage. Quieter forest and field paths are used where old paths have been turned into busy roads. In addition to the numerous Jakobskirchen, local or national pilgrimage sites are also visited.

On the way, the Austrian Way of St. James takes on further branches of the Way of St. James, for example:

• in Haslau-Maria Ellend the Jakobsweg Burgenland , into which a variant of the Hungarian Jakobsweg joins in Halbturn
• in Mautern an der Donau the Jakobsweg Weinviertel
• in Salzburg the paths from Bohemia via the Way of St. James Upper Mühlviertel ( Krumau - Passau ) and the Way of St. James in the Innviertel (Passau – Salzburg)
• in Wörgl the also from Bohemia first by the Upper Mühlviertel leading St. James Bohemia, Bavaria and Tirol
• in Innsbruck the South Austrian Way of St. James (Graz – Innsbruck) leading from Graz via Slovenia , Carinthia , East Tyrol and South Tyrol to Innsbruck .

From Feldkirch there are still about one hundred kilometers to travel to Maria Einsiedeln in Switzerland before the Austrian Way of St. James joins the Central European pilgrimage route, the so-called Oberstraße. This section of the route was signposted and described as part of the cross-border Leader + project Jakobsweg Landeck – Einsiedeln .

Sections of the Austrian Way of St. James

Individual sections of the Austrian Way of St. James have been signposted as part of regional public and private projects and are advertised for tourism, whereby in this context relevant literature including route maps and route descriptions is also available:

Burgenland

The Jakobsweg Burgenland , which runs from Frauenkirchen to Haslau-Maria Ellend , is the only signposted Jakobsweg in Burgenland. It leaves Burgenland near Bruckneudorf and leads the last few kilometers to the confluence with the Austrian Way of St. James over Lower Austria. In Halbturn this path takes on a variant of the Hungarian Way of St. James coming from Lébény.

Lower Austria

The Way of St. James is not continuously marked in Lower Austria and Vienna, as the initiative for signposting is left to regional associations and communities.

• Austrian Way of St. James Purkersdorf – Göttweig - Way of St. James Purkersdorf – Göttweig
• Austrian Way of St. James Section Göttweig – Melk - Wachau Way of St. James
• Austrian Way of St. James Section Southern Waldviertel (Nibelungengau, Melk – Persenbeug / Gottsdorf) - Way of St. James Southern Waldviertel
• Austrian Way of St. James Section Persenbeug – Sankt Pantaleon - Way of St. James Persenbeug – Sankt Pantaleon
• Austrian Way of St. James Weinviertel

Upper Austria

The section of the Austrian Way of St. James leading through Upper Austria essentially follows the old Roman and trade routes from Enns / Lorch to Salzburg . It begins at Mauthausen or Enns and divides in the central area of ​​Linz into a northern and a southern part. The two parts meet again in Hörsching and cross the border to Salzburg at Oberhofen am Irrsee . The path was created in a cooperation between the Diocese of Linz , Upper Austria and Upper Austria. Signs for tourism. There is a network of pilgrims' hostels and relevant information material.

In Upper Austria, the Jakobsweg runs through the upper Mühlviertel and the Jakobsweg Mühlviertel-Ost, parts of the Jakobspilgernetz, which leads from Poland to the Danube and from there either via the Innviertel Way of St. James or directly via the main route to Salzburg .

Salzburg

Salzburg Way of St. James : The section of the Austrian Way of St. James through the Salzburger Land begins in Oberhofen , takes on the Innviertel Way of St. James in Salzburg and then runs through Germany into the Pinzgau , where it leaves the state towards Tyrol near Lofer .

Tyrol

The section of the Way of St. James Austria in Tyrol is part of the Way of St. James in Tyrol and is signposted accordingly.

Jakobsweg Tirol : Under the name "On the Jakobsweg through Tirol", the Jakobsweg leading from Bavaria, Salzburg, East Tyrol and South Tyrol through Tirol were signposted and a brochure was published.

Vorarlberg

Jakobsweg Landeck – Einsiedeln : The starting point of this section on the Austrian Jakobsweg is Landeck , whereby this is identical to the last section of the Jakobsweg Tirol except for the Arlberg . The path leads through Vorarlberg and in two variants either via the Principality of Liechtenstein or directly to Switzerland and on to Einsiedeln .

Sections of the South Austrian Way of St. James

Styria, Slovenia

West Styrian Way of St. James : The continuously signposted Way of St. James through West Styria begins in Thal near Graz and ends at Lavamünd in the South Austrian Way of St. James , which runs through Slovenia and starts in Graz , which on the Carinthian section is also known as the Way of St. James in Carinthia .

Carinthia, Tyrol

Jakobsweg Carinthia : The approx. 250 kilometer long, only partially signposted, Jakobsweg in Carinthia starts coming from Slovenia at Lavamünd and crosses Carinthia mainly along the Drau to the border to East Tyrol near Oberdrauburg . It is a section of the South Austrian Way of St. James , which leads from Graz via Slovenia, through Carinthia, East Tyrol and South Tyrol to Innsbruck .

Networking the Way of St. James

The Austrian Way of St. James is about the 2008 founded and top run -based club profit organization linked to the promotion of Austrian Jakobswege with regional pilgrimage route in Austria and neighboring countries as well as with the national European pilgrimage route.

This association works with the public authorities, tourism organizations and dioceses and supports them in the implementation of national pilgrimage projects. Associated with this is the training of spiritual pilgrims, offers of pilgrimage hikes and meetings of pilgrim friends.

literature

• Peter Lindenthal: On the Way of St. James through Austria – Preßburg to Feldkirch in 28 stages, exact directions with hiking maps , 6th revised and updated edition, Innsbruck 2008, ISBN 9783702221997 (first edition 1999)
• Peter Lindenthal: Way of St. James in South Tyrol (Innichen - Brixen -Brenner; Brixen - Bozen - Salurn; Bozen - Meran - Glurns -Müstair) , Innsbruck 2008, ISBN 9783702229108

Web links

• Way of St. James Austria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Lindenthal: On the Way of St. James through Austria - Preßburg to Feldkirch in 28 stages, exact directions with hiking maps , 6th revised and updated edition, Innsbruck 2008, ISBN 9783702221997 (first edition 1999)
2. ↑ The Way of St. James Austria
3. ↑ Lébény
4. ↑ St. James' Way in Lower Austria
5. ↑ Jakobsweg Purkersdorf – Göttweig (PDF file; 343 kB)
6. ↑ Wachauer Jakobsweg ( Memento of the original from July 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 1.16 MB)  
7. ↑ Jakobsweg Südliches Waldviertel  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ^ The Way of St. James in Upper Austria
9. ↑ Jakobsweg Upper Austria
10. ↑ Upper Mühlviertel <
11. ↑ Perger Church becomes the official St. James pilgrimage site, in: OÖN of April 5, 2016
12. ↑ Jakobsweg Innviertel
13. ↑ Salzburg Way of St. James
14. ↑ The Way of St. James in Tyrol
15. ↑ The Way of St. James in Tyrol
16. ↑ Brochure Jakobsweg Tirol
17. ↑ Jakobsweg Landeck-Einsiedeln  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
18. ↑ Jakobsweg in Vorarlberg
19. ↑ Stages of the West Styrian Way of St. James ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
20. ↑ Jakobsweg West Styria
21. ↑ Jakobswege Austria ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 14 kB)  
22. ^ Association for the Promotion of the Austrian Way of St. James