Way of St. James Carinthia
| Way of St. James Carinthia | |
|---|---|
 Destination of all the Way of St. James: Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela |
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| Data | |
| length | 216 km |
| location | Drautal |
| Starting point |
Lavamünd 46 ° 36 ′ 17.6 ″ N , 14 ° 59 ′ 6 ″ E |
| Target point |
Oberdrauburg 46 ° 46 ′ 34.4 ″ N , 12 ° 53 ′ 56.6 ″ E |
| Type | Long-distance hiking trail |
| Level of difficulty | light |
| season | all year round |
Map with all coordinates: The Way of St. James in Carinthia is a largely signposted, 216 km long section of the South Austrian Way of St. James in the Austrian Way of St. James .
The pilgrimage route , created on the basis of a thesis by Walter Radl and Josef Sattler, is largely marked with wooden signs, comprises around nine daily stages and runs in the Drautal from Lavamünd to Oberdrauburg .
The signposting of the Jakobsweg with yellow scallops in the Villach area from the Andreas and Jakob Church in Egg am Faaker See (district of Villach) to the capital parish church of Sankt Jakob in Villach , carried out in 2010/2011 in a regional cooperation between the city, municipalities, church and the surrounding area, is considered to be Pilot project for the signage of further sections of the Way of St. James in Carinthia.
In the meantime, other communities have joined this initiative, for example Rosegg , St. Jakob im Rosental , Finkenstein am Faaker See , Paternion , Weißenstein and Ferndorf .
description
The route from Lavamünd to Villach leads via Kühnsdorf , Sankt Margareten im Rosental and Maria Elend . The continuation towards East Tyrol touches the places Feistritz an der Drau , Spittal an der Drau , Lind im Drautal and Dellach im Drautal . Jakobskirchen along this route are in Klopein , Gallizien , Sankt Jakob im Rosental , Villach and Sankt Jakob ob Ferndorf .
literature
- Walter Radl, Josef Sattler: The Way of St. James through Carinthia , diploma thesis, Villach, 2008
- Peter Lindenthal: On the Way of St. James through South Austria, Slovenia and South Tyrol: From Graz via Marburg, Carinthia, East and South Tyrol to Innsbruck , Tyrolia, 2nd edition, 2002, ISBN 9783702224387
- Jörg Oberwalder, Karin Pegoraro: Jakobsweg Austria, Graz - Innsbruck, hiking guide with tour maps and elevation profiles , Kompass-Verlag, 1st edition, 2010, ISBN 9783850260121
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jakobsweg in Villach ( 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.
- ↑ Video opening of the Jakobsweg Villach
- ↑ Jakobsweg Carinthia - municipalities sign the way
