Picker path

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The Pickerweg was a trade route and pilgrimage route in the Middle Ages . It was first mentioned in a document in 850. Today it is used as a hiking trail by pedestrians and sometimes also by cyclists. The Pickerweg is one of the hiking trails maintained by the Wiehengebirgsverband Weser-Ems .

Between Osnabrück and Mühlenort , the Pickerweg is marked with a white X on a black background, to the north of it with a white P on a black background.

Occasionally there is a marking with a white J along the Pickerweg; this comes from the time when the Jadeweg did not end in Wildeshausen, but continued on the same route as the Pickerweg to Osnabrück. You can often see the yellow scallop shell or the yellow arrow on a blue background. These signs mark the Camino de Santiago, which partly follows the same route.

trail

The section of the old trade route between the Hanseatic cities of Lübeck , Hamburg , Bremen , Osnabrück and Dortmund leading from Wildeshausen to Osnabrück is still called the “Pickerweg” today. A large part of the Pickerweg leads on the historical route parallel to the “ Hansalinie ” ( A1 ) motorway , which has largely taken over the function of the old trade route, over forest roads through smaller villages. It is signposted as a hiking trail for 107 kilometers. In order to make it possible to drive on as many days of the year as possible, the path was mainly laid out on elevated terrain, so that there are repeatedly views of the lower-lying landscape. In the areas of the municipalities of Visbek and Steinfeld and the cities of Vechta and Lohne , the Pickerweg runs partly on the same route as the Meerweg long-distance cycle route .

In a short section in Campemoor , the picker path is integrated into a moor nature trail.

Historic trade route

The trade route led through the varied landscape of the Ems-Hunte- Geest and initially ran mainly above the Diepholzer Moorniederung . At their height, however, he had to go down to cross the Vechta Moorbach . The intersection of the Pickerweg with the Volkweg (also called Reuterweg here ), which runs in an east-west direction , the main connection between the middle Ems and the middle Weser , was protected in the Middle Ages by the Arkeburg , the largest ring wall in northwest Germany. Beyond the Vechtaer Moor Bach who crossed Pickerweg the terminal moraines -Landscape the Dammer mountains and led through northern Osnabrück region to the historic town hall in Osnabrueck . Places like Visbek, Vechta, Lohne, Damme and Engter / Mühlenort were passed through.

Historical pilgrimage route

Research by the museum in the armory in Vechta has shown that the Alexander relics were transferred on the Pickerweg in AD 850/851 . Traces are also documented that point to a Jacob cult along the Pickerweg since the 13th century. Accordingly, the Pickerweg would be a section of the “Via Baltica”, the “Baltic-Westphalian Way”. On the street “Bei Thesings Kreuz” in Oythe near Vechta there is said to have been a Jacob's chapel from 1496, and a statue of Jacob is still in the provost church of St. Georg in Vechta. At the end of May 2008, a pilgrim guide for the Bremen-Osnabrück route on the Pickerweg was published with the support of the Deutsche Jakobusgesellschaft and the museum in the Vechta armory.

literature

Wolfgang Stelljes: The Way of St. James on the doorstep . In: "Kulturland oldenburg" (Ed .: Oldenburgische Landschaft). Issue 4.2016 (No. 170), p. 8f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. fernwege.de: Jakobsweg: Bremen - Vechta - Osnabrück
  2. O. Hagena: The Herzog-Erichsweg (with a map) . In: Yearbook for the history of the Duchy of Oldenburg . Volume 11, 1902, p. 95
  3. The Pickerweg - Along an old trade route. (No longer available online.) In: wgv-weser-ems.de. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 26, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wgv-weser-ems.de  
  4. Paths of the St. James pilgrims in Northern Germany - From Bremen to Osnabrück ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jakobswege-norddeutschland.de
  5. Wolfgang Friemerding: The theory of the picker path as the Way of St. James . 2008 (PDF; 89 kB)
  6. The Baltic - Westphalian Way (Via Baltica - Lower Saxony / Bremen) - Directions -
  7. ↑ Annual press report 2008 of the district of Vechta p. 117f.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.landkreis-vechta.de