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St. James' Paths/Chemins de St. Jacques

Hornbach - Saarbrücken
Sarreguemines - Metz

Wanderkarte für Pilger/Randonnée pédestre pour les pèlerins

Fittingly for the Año Santo Jacobeo (Holy Compostelan Year), which was celebrated for the 119th time throughout Europe in 2010, the first cross-border hiking map for pilgrims on the cultural axis Hornbach - Saarbrücken/Sarreguemines - Metz was published. The new map series was developed by a Franco-German working group under the leadership of the Saarbrücken Regional Association on the basis of maps published by Galli Verlag.

The walking map for pilgrims is intended as a guide and appetizer and offers a lot of information for all people who want to experience the Way of St. James also in this region.

A special charm is conveyed on these two routes by the encounter of German and French culture. Many people hike the Greater Region in the footsteps of the pilgrims of St. James in order to get to know the special features of these multifaceted cultural and natural landscapes. "Border experiences", pausing for breath and encounters along the way also play a major role in pilgrimage hiking.

This new handy walking map at a scale of 1:50,000 not only shows the exact course of the two routes, but also provides the most important background information on this unique European cultural route, which has been protected by UNESCO as an intellectual heritage site. In addition, the cultural and landscape project "Way of the Stars/Chemin des Étoiles" is presented, in the context of which waymarkers point out special features along the Camino de Santiago routes.

Further information is given on pilgrimage stamp stations, places of interest and tourist contacts. A French summary is addressed to the French friends of pilgrimage.

The new walking map for pilgrims of St. James is available in bookstores.

ISBN 978-3-936990-51-5
Price: 5,90 €

Other sources of supply

Pilgrimage hiking on the "Way of the Stars" from the cultural site Wintringer Chapel

Circular hiking trail (daily stage with approx. 20 to 28 km, 5-7 h, degree of difficulty medium with ascents)

Map detail 

The map section shows the route of the southern route of the Way of St. James, which leads from Hornbach via Gräfinthal Monastery, Gut Hartungshof/Bliesransbach, cultural site Wintringer Chapel further via Auersmacher, Bad Rilchingen-Hanweiler to Sarreguemines. Via Sarreguemines you can hike to the monastery Gräfinthal and from here back to Wintringer farm. You can vary this route as you wish and you will almost always be on the Way of St. James with many wonderful vistas, sights and opportunities for a pilgrimage rest.

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Stations on the way

Pilgrimages on the Way of St. James through the state capital Saarbrücken

From the starting point at the collegiate church in St. Arnual, the route follows the towpath along the Saar River to the castle church. We recommend a visit to the museum, because in the castle church are the most medieval finds from the Saarland. Also worthwhile is a visit to the casemates, which takes you far below the Saarbrücken Castle. The Way of St. James through Saarbrücken leads you further past the Ludwigskirche to the Church of St. James, where there are two wooden sculptures of St. James from the Middle Ages. The signposts of the Way of St. James show you the way to the Deutschherrenkapelle, whose origins date back to the 13th century. The Teutonic Order maintained a hospice, probably also for pilgrims of St. James. Through the town, the path leads you to the Spicherer Höhe over the state border into France. In Gasthaus Woll you have the opportunity of a stop before you return through the Stiftswald to the starting point at the collegiate church.

Map detail 

If you want to extend the stage, Halberg is also recommended as a starting point. Via the Mithrashöhle or Heidenkapelle you will reach the Stiftskirche via the Saarwiesen.

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Tourist offers for pilgrims on the Way of St. James in the Saarpfalz district and the Saarbrücken region

To plan pilgrimages, especially if there are several stages with overnight stays, it is worthwhile to be well prepared. Below you will find the most important sources of information.

Saarland

Lorraine

Palatinate

St. James Societies

St. James Society, Rhineland-Palatinate-Saarland e.V.
www.jakobusgesellschaft.eu

Les Amis de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle
www.st-jacques-lorraine.fr

Museums with medieval exhibits

Pilgrim hostels

Youth hostels

Hotels/Pensions

Pilgrim catering and regional products on the way for groups from 15 pers.

Lecture "Under the sign of the shell"

A search for traces on the Jakobswegen from Hornbach to Metz
Peter Michael Lupp, tel0049 681 / 506-6060, pm.lupp@web.de
Guided walks on the Camino de Santiago

Encounters on the way

Cultural history, landscape and pause for groups from 15 pers. incl. pilgrimage meal.

Saarpfalz-Touristik, Tel. 0049 6841 / 10 41 90, www.saarpfalz-kreis.de
Tourist Information Region Saarbrücken, Tel. 0049 681 / 93 80 9-16, www.die-region-saarbruecken.de