Lutherweg 1521
| Lutherweg 1521 | |
|---|---|
 Highest point of the Lutherweg 1521 View from Herzberg Castle to Thuringia |
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| Data | |
| length | 399 km |
| location | Between Worms (Rhineland-Palatinate) and the Wartburg (Thuringia) |
| Markers | Green L in Gothic script with the year 1521 on a square white background |
| Starting point |
Worms 49 ° 37 ′ 48 ″ N , 8 ° 21 ′ 40 ″ E |
| Target point |
Wartburg 50 ° 57 ′ 57.3 ″ N , 10 ° 18 ′ 22.5 ″ E |
| Type | Pilgrimage |
| Height difference | 424 m |
| The highest point | 508 m |
| Lowest point | 84 m |
| season | All year round |
| particularities | Path opened continuously since May 2017 |
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The Luther in 1521 since its full opening in May 2017 about 400 km long pilgrimage route / distance footpath of Worms ( Rheinland-Pfalz ) by Hessen to the Wartburg in Eisenach ( Thuringia ).
Luther's Path from 1521
The Lutherweg 1521 replicates the route that Martin Luther covered almost 500 years ago from the Reichstag in Worms to the Wartburg near Eisenach . In the spring of 1521 Luther most likely traveled on the old trade routes from Worms to Frankfurt and from there on the historical route through the short Hesse . In a narrow corridor, the modern pilgrimage and hiking trail Lutherweg 1521 is based on these streets and paths from Luther's time.
The distance
The Lutherweg 1521 runs for around 400 km through a varied natural landscape across Hesse . After starting in Worms and about 50 km through Rheinhessen on the RheinTerrassenWeg , the Lutherweg changes in 1521 at Oppenheim am Rhein to the right bank of the Rhine to Hesse. Through the Ried , the urban area of Frankfurt, the Wetterau , along the northwestern foothills of the Vogelsberg , through Waldhessen and the Seulingswald , the Lutherweg crosses the Werra in 1521 near Berka / Werra. After about 35 km through Thuringia , the destination, the Wartburg , is reached.
The Lutherweg 1521 crosses three federal states (Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Thuringia), three Protestant regional churches ( Hesse-Nassau , Kurhessen-Waldeck , Central Germany ), eight districts, two independent cities and another 37 independent communities with approx. 100 urban / Districts.
Monuments worth seeing, such as churches, monasteries, castles and palaces, bring a centuries-old history of faith to life. In addition, the former inner-German border is crossed. The memory of the peaceful revolution of 1989 is also included in Lutherweg 1521.
The Lutherweg Association in Hesse , based in Romrod, is responsible for the Lutherweg 1521 . The state of Hesse made financial resources available. In addition, the European Union, with EU funds , districts, municipalities as well as donors and sponsors contribute to the financing of the project.
A first section (Berka / Werra — Wartburg) was opened to the public on May 4, 2014. The Hessian sections (Friedewald - Trebur) were opened on May 14, 2017 a. a. by the Hessian Minister of Economics Tarek Al-Wazir (Greens), the President of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau, Volker Jung, and the Bishop of the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck, Martin Hein. Together with the section in Rhineland-Palatinate (Oppenheim-Worms), all sections will be accessible in good time before the end of the Luther Decade 2008-2017.
The Lutherweg 1521 meets the Lutherweg Thuringia at the Wartburg . It is connected to the other seven Luther trails in Bavaria , Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia .
Routes
The stages according to the pilgrim guide Pilgrimage Wartburg - Worms 363 km (west route)
Stage 1: Wartburg - Oberellen - Berka / Werra 20 km
Stage 2: Berka / Werra - Friedewald 26 km
Stage 3: Friedewald - Kathus - Bad Hersfeld 17 km
Stage 4: Bad Hersfeld - Niederaula - Niederjossa 20 km
Stage 5: Niederjossa - Herzberg Castle - Grebenau 16 km
Stage 6: Grebenau - Alsfeld 20 km
Stage 7: Alsfeld - Romrod - Groß-Felda 22 km
Stage 8: Groß-Felda - Mücke 22 km
Stage 9: Mücke - Grünberg - Wetterfeld - Lich 24 km (west route)
Stage 10: Lich - Rockenberg - Nieder-Weisel 21 km (west route)
Stage 11: Nieder-Weisel - Ostheim - Friedberg 17 km (west route)
Stage 12: Friedberg - Bad Vilbel / Massenheim 25 km
Stage 13: Bad Vilbel - Frankfurt city center 12 km
Stage 14: Frankfurt city center - Walldorf 22 km
Stage 15: Walldorf - Trebur 23 km
Stage 16: Trebur - Oppenheim - Guntersblum 20 km
Stage 17: Guntersblum - Abenheim 24 km
Stage 18: Abenheim - Worms center 11 km
West clasp: 49 km
Wetterfeld - Oberbessingen - Lich - Arnsburg Monastery - Munzenberg - Rockenberg - Nieder-Weisel (Butzbach) - Ober-Mörlen - Bad Nauheim - Friedberg (Hessen) Pilgrimage Worms - Wartburg 356 km (east route)
Stage 1: Worms center - Abenheim 11 km
Stage 2: Abenheim - Guntersblum 24 km
Stage 3: Guntersblum - Oppenheim - Trebur 20 km
Stage 4: Trebur - Walldorf 23 km
Stage 5: Walldorf - Frankfurt city center 22 km
Stage 6: Frankfurt city center - Bad Vilbel 14 km
Stage 7: Bad Vilbel - Okarben - Friedberg 25 km
Stage 8: Friedberg - Wölfersheim 12 km (east route)
Stage 9: Wölfersheim - Hungen - Nonnenroth 23 km (east route)
Stage 10: Nonnenroth - Wetterfeld - Grünberg - Mücke 19 km (east route)
Stage 11: Mücke - Ermenrod - Groß-Felda 22 km
Stage 12: Groß-Felda - Romrod - Alsfeld 22 km
Stage 13: Alsfeld - Grebenau 20 km
Stage 14: Grebenau - Herzberg Castle - Niederaula 21 km
Stage 15: Niederaula - Eichhof Castle - Bad Hersfeld 15 km
Stage 16: Bad Hersfeld - Kathus - Friedewald 17 km
Stage 17: Friedewald - Berka / Werra 26 km
Stage 18: Berka / Werra - Oberellen - Wartburg 20 km
Ostspange: 40.7 km
Friedberg (Hessen) - Dorheim - Wölfersheim - Berstadt - Utphe - Trais-Horloff - Hungen - Nonnenroth - Röthges - Wetterfeld
Places on Lutherweg 1521
- Worms is an independent city in the southeast of Rhineland-Palatinate and is located directly on the western bank of the Rhine .
- Guntersblum is a municipality in the Rhine-Main area in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate .
- Oppenheim is a town on the Upper Rhine ( Rheinhessen ), between Mainz and Worms . It is located in the district of Mainz-Bingen in Rhineland-Palatinate .
- Trebur is a municipality in the Groß-Gerau district in Hesse , Germany.
- Mörfelden-Walldorf is a twin town with over 32,000 inhabitants, after Rüsselsheim am Main, the second largest town in the Groß-Gerau district in Hesse .
- The " Huguenot town " of Neu-Isenburg is a medium -sized town in the Offenbach district in the immediate vicinity of Frankfurt am Main and Offenbach am Main .
- Frankfurt am Main is the largest city in the state of Hesse and the fifth largest municipality in the Federal Republic of Germany with 763,380 inhabitants.
- With around 32,000 inhabitants, Bad Vilbel is the largest city in terms of population in the Wetterau district and borders the northern outskirts of Frankfurt am Main .
- Karben is a town in the Wetterau district . It is located about 15 kilometers northeast of Frankfurt am Main .
- Wöllstadt is a municipality in the Wetterau at the gates of the district town Friedberg (Hesse) .
- Friedberg is a town on the northern edge of the Rhine-Main area and the administrative seat of the Wetterau district . The former Free Imperial City and Trade Fair City was one of the most important cities in today's Hesse in the Middle Ages .
- Wölfersheim is a municipality in the Wetteraukreis approx. 40 km north of Frankfurt am Main , not far from the cities of Bad Nauheim , Friedberg (Hessen) and Hungen .
- Hungen is a town in the district of Gießen in Central Hesse . Because of the shepherd's festival that takes place every two years, Hungen is also called "The Shepherd's Town".
- Nonnenroth is a municipality in the central Hessian district of Gießen , 5 kilometers east of the city of Hungen
- Bad Nauheim is a spa town and after Bad Vilbel the second largest town in the Wetterau district .
- Ober-Mörlen is a municipality in the western Wetterau .
- Butzbach is a German city in the Wetterau district at the northeastern transition from the Taunus to the Wetterau .
- Rockenberg is a German municipality in the Wetterau .
- Munzenberg is a town in the Wetterau district .
- Lich is a town in the central Hessian district of Gießen , 15 kilometers southeast of the university town of Gießen .
- Ober-Bessingen is a municipality in the central Hessian district of Gießen , 7 kilometers east of the city of Lich
- Laubach is a small town in central Hesse with 9,598 inhabitants, of which around 6,000 are in the city center .
- Grünberg is a town in the district of Gießen in Hesse . The city is a state-recognized health resort .
- Mücke is a municipality in the Vogelsbergkreis . The place name comes from the Celtic vocabulary.
- Feldatal is a municipality in the Vogelsbergkreis . The community is located 285 to 598 meters above sea level on the northern slope of the Vogelsberg .
- Romrod is a small town in the center of Hesse in the Vogelsbergkreis . The place Rumerode was created at the intersection of the two old streets Diotweg (later Diebsweg, means Volksweg) and the trade and military road through the Kurzen Hessen .
- Alsfeld is a town in central Hesse Vogelsbergkreis - in the center of Hesse . Alsfeld is located in the northern part of the Vogelsbergkreis on the south-western edge of the Knüllgebirge , on the western slope of the Alsfeld basin.
- Grebenau is a town in the Vogelsbergkreis in East Hesse ( Germany ). Grebenau is located at an altitude of 248 to 501 meters north-east of the Vogelsberg, about 26 km north-west of Fulda in the so-called Gründchen , at the confluence of the Schwarza with the Jossa .
- Breitenbach am Herzberg (officially Breitenbach a. Herzberg ) is a municipality in eastern Hesse in the extreme southwest of the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg . The community lies at the foot of the Hirschberg (also called Herzberg) and the Rimberg in the southern Knüll Mountains .
- Niederaula is a market in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district . The market town lies on the Fulda , between the foothills of the Rhön and the Knüllgebirge .
- The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld is the district town of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district . Bad Hersfeld is best known nationwide for the Bad Hersfeld Festival , which has been held annually since 1951 and is held in the ruins of the monastery . The monastery ruins are considered the largest Romanesque church ruins in Europe .
- Friedewald is a municipality in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in East Hesse , directly east of Bad Hersfeld . The office of Friedewald was mentioned in 1392 (with market rights and jurisdiction) and the place Friedewald was first mentioned in writing in 1430.
- Berka / Werra is a country town in the Wartburg district in Thuringia , directly on the border with Hesse . The next larger cities are Eisenach , Bad Hersfeld and the district town of Bad Salzungen .
- Eisenach is a city in the west of Thuringia and one of the so-called Luther cities . It has been an independent city since 1998 and the center of western Thuringia and the neighboring north-eastern Hessian areas.
Web links
- Lutherweg-in-Hessen.de (sponsoring association)
literature
- Reiner Cornelius: Pilgerführer Lutherweg 1521 , publisher: Lutherweg in Hessen eV, Auwel-Verlag Niederaula 2016, ISBN 978-3-9812981-8-5
- Reiner Cornelius: Luther's Wormsreise and the Lutherweg 1521 Wittenberg - Wartburg - Worms , Auwel-Verlag Niederaula 2016, ISBN 978-3-9812981-7-8
Individual evidence
- ↑ lutherweg1521.de/lutherweg-1521/wegeverlauf/habenkarte-beschreibung/