Way of St. James in the Rhön
The Way of St. James in the Rhön is a connecting route between the Ecumenical and Lower Franconian Way of St. James. It runs from Vacha , the end point of the ecumenical pilgrimage route , through the Rhön region via Fulda to Bad Kissingen , where the route turns into the Camino de Santiago in Lower Franconia .
history
In the past, trade routes or pilgrimage routes were mostly used. Exactly which one can no longer be completely clarified due to the differences. However, it can be assumed that the St. James pilgrims did not go to extra lengths and mostly followed rivers for orientation.
The monk Hermann Künig von Vach comes from Vacha , who served in the Servite monastery there , which was razed during the Peasants' War, and who wrote the first pilgrim guide to Santiago de Compostela in the Middle Ages .
The path today was marked and approved by the Rhön Club .
route
Vacha-Fulda
In Vacha, the Way of St. James begins at the “Bridge of Unity”, a sandstone bridge over the Werra into the city, and leaves Vacha in a southerly direction via Sünna (6 km) in the direction of Bremen (12.5 km) and on to Geisa (6 km) ). The path leaves Geisa in a westerly direction, leads over the former inner-German border point Point Alpha to Rasdorf (5 km) and on to Hünfeld (15 km), the former home of the computer pioneer Konrad Zuse .
From Hünfeld the route leads via Rückers (5 km), Steinau (8 km) to Petersberg (6 km). From the Church of St. Peter (Church of the Holy Sepulcher of St. Lioba ) you have a wide view of the city of Fulda. The episcopal city with its imposing cathedral can be reached after another five kilometers.
Fulda – Bad Kissingen
The Way of St. James continues from the Fulda Cathedral via the Johannesberg provost (4.5 km), Eichenzell (5.5 km), Rothemann (6.5 km) to Thalau (9 km). Following the course of the Romms Water, the path meanders through wooded area up to the Schwedenschanze, reaches Bavarian territory and shortly afterwards the town of Oberweißbrunn (16 km).
From there it is not far to the Kreuzberg (6 km), at 928 meters the third highest mountain in the Rhön, which with its famous crucifixion group, good view and the local Franciscan monastery invites you to linger.
Leaving the summit in a south-westerly direction, the Way of St. James runs via Langenleiten (9 km), Premich (5 km), Frauenroth (8 km) and Stralsbach (3 km) to the spa town of Bad Kissingen (9 km).
Derivatives
Way of St. James Fulda-Mainz-Trier
Behind Fulda, at the level of the Johannesberg provost , branches off an alternative route to Frankfurt and Mainz , which continues from there as Ausoniusstraße (Hunsrück-Camino) to Trier and Speyer .
At the Johannesberg junction there is a board showing the route network of the Way of St. James.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Franconian St. James Society Würzburg eV - Vacha to Fulda. Retrieved January 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Franconian St. James Society Würzburg eV - Fulda to Würzburg. Retrieved January 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Jakobsweg Fulda - Mainz - Trier / Speyer. Retrieved January 28, 2018 .