Johannesweg

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Johannesweg
Johannesbrunnen and Angel Chapel at the beginning of the Johannesweg
Johannesbrunnen and Angel Chapel at the beginning of the Johannesweg
Data
length 84 kmdep1
location Lower Mühlviertel
Starting point Pierbach
48 ° 21 '54.3 "  N , 14 ° 43' 52"  E
Target point Pierbach
48 ° 21 '54.3 "  N , 14 ° 43' 52"  E
Type Pilgrimage
Height difference 504 m
The highest point 980
Lowest point 494
Level of difficulty medium
season all year round
Viewpoints - Ruttenstein castle ruins (in Pierbach )

- Herrgottsitz and castle ruins Prandegg (in Schönau im Mühlkreis )

- Herzogreither Berg and Haiderberg (in St. Leonhard near Freistadt )

- Kammererberg (in Weitersfelden )

- Wegererstein (in Unterweissenbach )

- Summit cross (in Königswiesen )

particularities Pilgrimage route with 12 places of meditation on texts from the Gospel of John, the route of which is modeled on the outline of a lily.

The Johannesweg is a supraregional hiking and pilgrimage route in the lower Mühlviertel .

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Johannesweg board with the outline of a lily as a logo

The 84 kilometer long Johannesweg, laid out as a circular hiking trail, leads through seven communities in the Freistadt district ( Pierbach , Schönau im Mühlkreis , St. Leonhard bei Freistadt , Weitersfelden , Kaltenberg , Unterweißbach and Königswiesen ).

It is designed as a meditation path, the course of which is modeled on the outline of a lily , and is equipped with 12 meditation locations on passages from the Gospel of John . The Johannesweg is part of the Mühlviertler Alm hiking trail network . The completely signposted route leads on existing local and national hiking and riding trails and was opened on June 24, 2012. It was initiated by Johannes Neuhofer , a doctor from Linz , and the route was first designed in the form of a lily by the Mühlviertler Alm tourist office employee Elisabeth Hackl-Winkler. The theologian Mag. Ferdinand Kaineder, head of the media office of the Austrian religious orders, was closely involved in the design of the stations . The practical implementation was carried out by the Mühlviertler Alm together with the municipal tourism forums. Since then, this spiritual circular hiking trail has been continuously developed by the Mühlviertler Alm and has tried to make the Johannesweg experience even more intense for all hikers.

The highest points on the route of the Johannesweg include the Herrgottsitz (855 m) on the Steinernen Berg (highest elevation of Schönau im Mühlkreis), the Herzogreither Berg (811 m), the Haiderberg (at 907 m the highest mountain of St. Leonhard near Freistadt), the Kammererberg (980 m), the Wegererstein (at 834 m the highest elevation in Unterweißbach) and the summit cross in Königswiesen (920 m).

Are located on the Johannesweg listed parish churches of the adjacent parish places hl (parish church St. Quirin in Pierbach, parish church. James the Elder in Schonau im Mühlkreis, parish church St. Leonhard in St. Leonhard bei Freistadt, Parish Church of St. Ulrich in Weitersfelden, Sanctuary of the Virgin Mary Visitation in Kaltenberg, parish church St. Nikolaus in Unterweißbach and parish church Maria Himmelfahrt in Königswiesen).

The Prandegg and Ruttenstein castle ruins along the Johannesweg are also under monument protection .

The Johannesweg touches or leads along the courses of the Großer and Kleiner Naarn , Waldaist , Schwarzer Aist and Weißer Aist and their tributaries. The river valleys are partly part of the European protected area or FFH area Waldaist-Naarn .

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