Via Porta

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Marking the Via Porta

The Via Porta is a pilgrimage route from the Protestant monastery Volkenroda in the Thuringian Unstrut-Hainich district to the Waldsassen monastery in the Upper Palatinate district of Tirschenreuth and is the historical connection between the former Cistercian monastery and its subsidiary monastery .

Route

Via Porta runs over a length of about 300 km through the Thuringian Keuperbecken , the Hainich , the Thuringian Forest and the Thuringian Slate Mountains , then through the Fichtel Mountains to the Upper Palatinate . The path can be walked in 18 daily stages. Two of them lead through the Czech Republic . The route is shown on an information board in the courtyard of Waldsassen Abbey.

history

The path was officially inaugurated on May 2, 2010 in Volkenroda as part of the annual Christ pilgrimage. From May 12 to 16, 2010 it was presented at the Second Ecumenical Church Congress in Munich. The blessing and opening in Waldsassen followed on May 21, 2010.

particularities

Via Porta is an ecumenical project because it connects a Protestant and a Catholic monastery and is supported by both churches. Waldsassen's abbess Laetitia Fech commented on this as follows: "It leads from the Volkenroder crucifix to the vandalized savior of Waldsassen." The Via Porta is also a European project, as it crosses the border between two formerly warring states that are now part of a united Europe. It was therefore also funded by the EU . The path also serves to improve understanding between the federal states of Bavaria and Thuringia, which until 1990 belonged to divided Germany.

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