THE PILGRIM ROUTE

Entire route at a glance

Signs

An abbot on his pilgrimage

2200 kilometres

on the VIA ROMEA from Stade to Rom

1. Stage

Stader Geest – Monastery grounds at the Elbe river

Stade – Harsefeld – Zeven

2. Stage

Heath – Urban isles in wide open fields

Zeven – Gyhum – Scheeßel – Bellen – Neuenkirchen – Soltau – Wietzendorf – Bergen – Sülze – Celle

3. Stage

Ostfalen – State of the Guelphic capitals

Celle – Rietze – Braunschweig – Wolfenbüttel – Hornburg

4. Stage

Harz – Royal area around the Brocken

Hornburg – Osterwieck – Wernigerode – Elbingerode – Hasselfelde – Neustadt/Harz – Nordhausen

5. Stage

Thüringen – Homeland of German history

Nordhausen – Straußberg – Ebeleben – Kirchheilingen – Bad-Langensalza – Gotha – Friedrichroda – Schmalkalden – Meiningen

6. Stage

Rhön- Centre at the Franconian Saale

Meiningen – Mellrichstadt – Bad Neustadt – Münnerstadt – Schweinfurt

7. Stage

Franconian wine country – Area of the bishops of Würzburg

Schweinfurt – Bergtheim – Würzburg – Ochsenfurt – Aub – Rothenburg o.d.T.

8. Stage

Romantic Franconia – Sacred in the heart

Rothenburg o.d.T. – Schillingsfürst – Feuchtwangen – Dinkelsbühl

9. Stage

Donau-Ries- Area created by heaven

Dinkelsbühl – Nördlingen – Harburg – Donauwörth

10. Stage

Swabia- Strolling on Roman paths

Donauwörth – Meitingen – Augsburg – Igling – Schongau

11. Stage

Pfaffenwinkel – Sacred area with Alpine Panorama

Schongau – Peiting – Rottenbuch – Saulgrub

12. Stage

Bavarian Alps- the Werdenfelser area with the Zugspitze

Saulgrub – Oberammergau – Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Klais – Mittenwald

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The VIA ROMEA in Austria

Reith – Innsbruck – Matrei – Brennero

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The VIA ROMEA in Italy

Trentino – Veneto – Emilia Romagna – Toscana – Umbria – Lazio

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