Mönchsweg

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Mönchsweg
overall length	530 km
location	Bremen Lower Saxony Schleswig-Holstein
Starting point	Bremen 53 ° 4 ′ 33.2 ″  N , 8 ° 48 ′ 26.3 ″  E
Target point	Puttgarden 54 ° 29 ′ 46.3 "  N , 11 ° 12 ′ 45.2"  E
Flooring	mostly paved
Height difference	mostly flat, partly easy inclines
difficulty	easy - medium
Traffic volume	low
Website URL	moenchsweg.de

The Mönchsweg is a 530 km long long- distance cycle path from Bremen to the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn .

The long-distance route began in 2007 with the 342 km long route from Glückstadt an der Elbe to Fehmarn. It leads from west to east through the four districts of Steinburg (80 km), Segeberg (85 km), Plön (26 km), and Ostholstein (151 km).

The Mönchsweg is a cooperation project between the four neighboring districts and the North Elbe regional church . 71 political communities and 47 parishes are located directly on Mönchsweg. The supra-regional, thematic long -distance cycle path runs in an east-west direction and complements the network of Schleswig-Holstein long -distance cycle paths such as the Ochsenweg , the Baltic Sea Cycle Path or the North Sea Coast Cycle Path . It integrates five long-distance cycle routes: North and Baltic Sea Cycle Route, Ochsenweg, Elbe Cycle Route and Holstein Switzerland Tour .

Route description

As a thematic long-distance cycle path, the Mönchsweg reflects the Schleswig-Holstein church history . Those who follow the Mönchsweg are walking in the footsteps of the Christianization of the north. The Mönchsweg largely follows the founding of churches by Vizelin with Bad Segeberg , Bornhöved and Bosau and leads via Oldenburg , the bishopric of Vizelin, to Fehmarn. Along the route there are churches, monasteries, castle squares and the like that are of touristic importance, with the Christianization of northern Elbe and the gradual mission to the east of Schleswig-Holstein up to the Christianization of the Slavic Wagriens serving as thematic and spatial orientation.

The Mönchsweg leads from Glückstadt along the Störbogen via Itzehoe with its Cistercian monastery and the St. Laurentii church past the Breitenburg castle through the Steinburg district. Via Kellinghusen and the Mönkloh forest chapel , you continue to Bad Bramstedt . From there the path leads - past the Eekholt wildlife park - to Bad Segeberg, where the former St. Marien monastery church of the Augustinian Canons' Monastery , closed in 1566, can be visited. The Mönchsweg follows in Vizelin's footsteps via the Vizelinkirchen in Börnhöved and Bosau to the St. Johanneskirche in Oldenburg, which was once the bishopric of the north German missionary. The Benedictine monastery and the monastery church in Cismar deserve special attention up to the end point in Puttgarden .

history

The basic idea goes back to Mayor Fritz Abel from Mönkloh and Mayor Peter Boyens from Weddelbrook , the first suggestions for the route were developed by the working group of the Hamburg outskirts. The exact route was coordinated with the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church, which in the Public Relations Office drew up an inventory in which important places and historical churches were recorded and evaluated from the point of view of church history.

Furthermore, the following aspects were taken into account when defining the route:

• There are no branches, but a clear and single-line route.
• The route takes into account important cultural sites (e.g. Stellau, Bornhöved) and nature parks ( Eekholt wildlife park , Trappenkamp adventure forest ).
• The Mönchsweg should lead largely over already signposted bike paths.
• There should be clear text signage and additional signs with the Mönchweg logo.

The patronage for the Mönchsweg has taken over the Lübeck Bishop Bärbel Wartenberg-Potter . The project, which costs around 150,000 euros, is funded 50 percent from funding from the State of Schleswig-Holstein and the European Union , the other part being borne by the political communities. The Mönchsweg was opened on May 12, 2007 in Oldenburg by Prime Minister Peter Harry Carstensen , the Lübeck Bishop Bärbel Wartenberg-Potter and the former Archbishop of Hamburg Ludwig Averkamp .

In autumn 2011 the association "Mönchsweg eV" was founded, to which numerous political and ecclesiastical communities along the way, tourism organizations and individuals now belong. The association takes on the tasks of the previous steering group and is committed to the spread of the Mönchsweg.

Extensions

Since June 2011 the route in Denmark has been continued for 141 km from Rødby to Roskilde as "Munkevejen" under route number 88.

On June 9, 2014, the long-distance route from Glückstadt / Wischhafen to Bremen was extended. Corresponding planning took place from 2011.

photos

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  The former beginning in Glückstadt

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  Information sign at Eekholt Wildlife Park

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  At a rest area in Kellinghusen

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  In Mönkloh there is a small forest chapel

See also

• List of long-distance cycle routes in Germany

literature

• Mönchsweg - On historical traces from Glücksstadt to Fehmarn . Spiralo 1: 50,000, BVA Bielefelder Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-87073-417-6

Web links

Commons : Mönchsweg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• official website of the Mönchweg - the entire route was electronically recorded in the geographic information system
• Map of the Mönchsweg
• The Mönchsweg - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany (Northern Church)
• Munkevejen in Denmark

Remarks

1. ↑ At a coordination meeting of church tourism experts in May 2011, the Stader Superintendent said that many parishes were ready to be identified as cycle paths along the route between the Elbe and Weser . Ten municipalities have declared their interest in a connection. "We want to open the way in our region by 2013 at the latest," said Harsefeld tourism expert May-Britt Müller. (Source: Evangelische Zeitung of May 15, 2011)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stages , on moenchsweg.de, accessed on April 24, 2019
2. ↑ Mönchsweg Worth Knowing , on sh-tourismus.de, accessed on April 24, 2019
3. ↑ Make a pilgrimage by bike on the Mönchsweg , on ndr.de, accessed on April 24, 2019
4. ↑ Ratgeber / FAQ , on moenchsweg.de, accessed on April 24, 2019
5. ↑ Tours Mönchsradweg - GPS data and information about the tour , on radtouren-magazin.com, accessed on April 24, 2019