Kunigundenweg

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Kunigundenweg
Kundigundenweg logo
Kundigundenweg logo
Data
length 110 km
location Bavaria

Francs

Starting point Aub
49 ° 31 '32.1 "  N , 10 ° 2' 26.3"  E
Target point Bamberg
49 ° 53 '39 "  N , 10 ° 52' 30.3"  E
Type trail

The Kunigundenweg is a historic connecting route and today's Benedictine hiking trail from the 9th century. Its name refers to St. Kunigunde, who went on horseback riding in her lands here. It is 110 km long and divided into 5 stages.

history

St. Kunigunde used this path, also known as the "donkey path" or "grass path", for rides in their lands. Over the past centuries, many tourists have made pilgrimages and wandered to the tomb of St. Imperial couple in Bamberg Cathedral. Other shrines were usually visited, and especially those churches dedicated to St. Kunigund.

legend

According to a legend, Kunigunde had three veils fly in Bamberg in order to build chapels at the point where they were found. On the church wall of the Kunigunden chapel in Buch near Aub, the starting point of the hiking trail, a 1000-year-old linden tree grows, in whose crown one of the veils is said to have stuck.

course

The path begins a few kilometers east of the village of Aub . The path then passes in an easterly direction through the towns of Hemmersheim , Gollhofen , Ippesheim and then, like the parallel Steigerwald-Panormaweg, crosses the two mountains Hoher Landsberg and Scheinberg - thus also the highest points of the path. He also crosses the Iffigheimer Berg , where there is a well-known observation tower. The path then goes through a longer forest area. After a few more kilometers, the Kundigundenweg reaches Markt Bibart . The hiking trail, which now runs in a north-easterly direction, then reaches Scheinfeld , where the Schwarzenberg Castle is one of the major sights of the tour. Then he passes the Scharfeneck ruin , which is near Oberscheinfeld . After a few more kilometers the path reaches the Burgstall Schloss Pank . The hiking trail then runs parallel to the Rimbach and Haslach streams and then reaches Burghaslach and Schlüsselfeld . Then the hiking trail crosses Burgebrach and Walsdorf and after a total of 110 km it comes to an end near Bamberg .

Stages

stage From To length

in km

1. Aub Bull Home 20.9
2. Bull Home Scheinfeld 22.0
3. Scheinfeld Burghaslach 18.9
4th Burghaslach Burgebrach 21.5
5. Burgebrach Bamberg 13.5

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Places on the hiking trail

Attractions

  • Schwarzenberg Castle

  • Burghaslach Castle

  • Frankenberg Castle

  • Kunigunden chapel

  • Bamberg World Heritage

  • Hohenlandsberg castle ruins

  • Scharfeneck ruins

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kunigundenweg. Retrieved March 29, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Kunigundenweg. Retrieved March 29, 2020 (American English).
  3. ↑ Kunigundenweg. Retrieved March 29, 2020 .
  4. ^ Kunigunden chapel book. Retrieved March 29, 2020 .
  5. ^ BayernAtlas. Retrieved March 29, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Sven: Kunigundenweg stage 5. Accessed on March 29, 2020 (German).