The Palatine Ways of St. James (german: Pfälzer Jakobswege) are those sections of the
Way of St. James
The Camino de Santiago ( la, Peregrinatio Compostellana, "Pilgrimage of Compostela"; gl, O Camiño de Santiago), known in English as the Way of St James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the Twelve Apostle ...
in the
Palatinate region
The Palatinate (german: Pfalz; Palatine German: ''Palz'') is a region of Germany. In the Middle Ages it was known as the Rhenish Palatinate (''Rheinpfalz'') and Lower Palatinate (''Unterpfalz''), which strictly speaking designated only the wes ...
of Germany and part of the historic pilgrimage route to the
northwest Spanish town of
Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of St ...
. It was there that, according to
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
tradition, the Apostle
Saint James the Greater
James the Great, also known as James, son of Zebedee, Saint James the Great, Saint James the Greater, Saint James the Elder, or Saint Jacob (Aramaic ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܪ ܙܒܕܝ, Arabic يعقوب, Hebrew בן זבדי , '' Yaʿăqōḇ'', Latin '' ...
was buried.
Overview
Several such pilgrimage routes within the Palatinate have become known. Two, the North Route (''Nordroute'') and the South Route (''Südroute''), begin at the
River Rhine
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at the
imperial cathedral of
Speyer
Speyer (, older spelling ''Speier'', French: ''Spire,'' historical English: ''Spires''; pfl, Schbaija) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the river Rhine, Speyer li ...
and end in the small town of
Hornbach (
Südwestpfalz
Südwestpfalz is a district (''Kreis'' or more precise ''Landkreis'') in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Saarpfalz, the district-free city Zweibrücken, the districts Kaiserslautern and Ba ...
county), where the grave of
Saint Pirmin
Saint Pirmin (latinized ''Pirminius'', born before 700 ( according to many sources), died November 3, 753 in Hornbach), was a Merovingian-era monk and missionary.
He founded or restored numerous monasteries in Alemannia (Swabia), especially in ...
is found in the former
abbey
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns.
The conce ...
. South of Hornbach the now united pilgrimage route crosses the border into
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. Both Palatine routes are waymarked by the
Palatine Forest Club
The Palatine Forest Club (german: Pfälzerwald-Verein) is a hiking club in the former Bavarian Palatinate, i.e. the southern part of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland county of Saarpfalz-Kreis. In 2011 it had 221 local ...
and one link to the French pilgrimage routes follows. In the
Palatine Forest old
footpaths
A footpath (also pedestrian way, walking trail, nature trail) is a type of thoroughfare that is intended for use only by pedestrians and not other forms of traffic such as motorized vehicles, bicycles and horses. They can be found in a wide v ...
have been identified as parts of the Way of St. James.
Earlier sections of the Way of St. James converge from the north and east at Speyer. The northern route is well documented. From the southern boundary of
Rhenish Hesse
Rhenish Hesse or Rhine HesseDickinson, Robert E (1964). ''Germany: A regional and economic geography'' (2nd ed.). London: Methuen, p. 542. . (german: Rheinhessen) is a region and a former government district () in the German state of Rhineland- ...
it should actually be counted as part of the Palatine Ways of St. James. It linked the two other imperial cathedrals in
Mainz
Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...
and
Worms Worms may refer to:
*Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs
Places
*Worms, Germany, a city
**Worms (electoral district)
*Worms, Nebraska, U.S.
*Worms im Veltlintal, the German name for Bormio, Italy
Arts and entertainme ...
– via intermediate stations in
Oppenheim
Oppenheim () is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The town is a well-known wine center, being the home of the German Winegrowing Museum, and is particularly known for the wines from the Oppenheimer Krötenbru ...
and
Frankenthal
Frankenthal (Pfalz) ( pfl, Frongedahl) is a town in southwestern Germany, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
History
Frankenthal was first mentioned in 772. In 1119 an Augustinian monastery was built here, the ruins of which — known, af ...
– with Speyer. In the south of Frankenthal, the district of Pilgerpfad that emerged after the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
took its name from the pilgrimage route. The Way crosses the middle of the district and is marked with the scallop symbol of St. James.
From 2007 to 2011 an Abbey Route (''Klosterroute'') was researched and described that ran from Worms through the Palatinate to Metz. This route joins the North Route at Landstuhl, but does not follow it to Hornbach. In Blieskastel it joins the route that comes from Hornbach via Saarbrücken to Lorraine.
[Paul Burgard, Ludwig Linsenmayer (eds.): ''Jakobswege an Saar, Blies und Mosel''. Wanderführer für die Region. Vereinigung zur Förderung des Landesarchivs, Saarbrucken, 2006]
Routes
North Route
Course
The original, well-known route is the 125-kilometre-long North Route. It leaves Speyer, partly following the
Speyerbach
The Speyerbach is a left tributary of the Rhine in the Palatinate part of Rhineland-Palatinate. In Speyer, the river split into ''Gießhübelbach'' and ''Woogbach''. The Woogbach changes its name to ''Nonnenbach'', then flows into Gießhübe ...
stream, in a westerly direction through the
Anterior Palatinate
The Palatinate (german: Pfalz; Palatine German: ''Palz'') is a region of Germany. In the Middle Ages it was known as the Rhenish Palatinate (''Rheinpfalz'') and Lower Palatinate (''Unterpfalz''), which strictly speaking designated only the wes ...
part of the
Upper Rhine Plain
The Upper Rhine Plain, Rhine Rift Valley or Upper Rhine Graben (German: ''Oberrheinische Tiefebene'', ''Oberrheinisches Tiefland'' or ''Oberrheingraben'', French: ''Vallée du Rhin'') is a major rift, about and on average , between Basel in the s ...
. Near
Neustadt an der Weinstraße
Neustadt an der Weinstraße (, formerly known as ; lb, Neustadt op der Wäistrooss ; pfl, Naischdadt) is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With 53,300 inhabitants , it is the largest town called ''Neustadt''.
Geography
Location
T ...
the route enters the Palatine Forest through the
Haardt mountain chain. Here the Way of St. James heads through the
Elmstein valley and generally climbs along the Speyerbach until it reaches the source region of the stream near
Johanniskreuz
Johanniskreuz is a tiny hamlet in the middle of the Palatine Forest in Germany and belongs to the municipality of Trippstadt in the district of Kaiserslautern in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Geography
Location
Johanniskreuz lies in ...
. There, on the boundary between the Lower and Middle
Frankenweide, it crosses the
watershed between the Rhine and the
River Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...
at a height of 470 metres. Next, it leaves the Palatine Forest heading downhill through the
Karlstal
The Karlstal is the valley of the Moosalb (Schwarzbach), Moosalb stream located near Trippstadt in the Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is registered as a nature reserves of Germany, nature reserve - number 335  ...
valley following the
Moosalb stream to the
Gelterswoog lake. It then runs along the northern edge of the
Sickingen Heights
The Sickingen Heights (german: Sickinger Höhe) form a landscape in the western part of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The region was named after the family of imperial knight, Franz von Sickingen (1481–1523), because most of the are ...
past the town of
Landstuhl
Landstuhl () is a town in the Kaiserslautern district of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. It is the seat of ''Verbandsgemeinde Landstuhl'', a kind of "collective municipality." Landstuhl is situated on the north-west edge of the Palatinate F ...
, only to descend near
Vogelbach to the lowlands of the
Landstuhl Marsh to the former
pilgrimage church
A pilgrimage church (german: Wallfahrtskirche) is a church to which pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the Way of St. James, that is visited by pilgrims.
Pilgrimage churches are often located by the graves ...
. From there the Way runs southwest, and later southwards, via the
Zweibrücken Westrich. From the ''Schlossberg'' hill it grazes the borough of
Homburg at
Kirrberg. In the town of
Zweibrücken
Zweibrücken (; french: Deux-Ponts, ; Palatinate German: ''Zweebrigge'', ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river.
Name
The name ''Zweibrücken'' means 'two bridges'; olde ...
the route crosses the
Schwarzbach stream and enters the water meadows of its left tributary, the
Hornbach. It follows this stream uphill and finally reaches its
eponymous pilgrimage village coming from the north.
Stations
File:150906-Speyer-07.jpg, The start at the cathedral
A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...
in Speyer
Speyer (, older spelling ''Speier'', French: ''Spire,'' historical English: ''Spires''; pfl, Schbaija) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the river Rhine, Speyer li ...
File:Wappen Dudenhofen.svg, Dudenhofen
Dudenhofen is a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated about 3 kilometers west of Speyer. Dudenhofen is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Römerberg-Dudenhofen.
Notable people
* Jürgen ...
File:Marientraut Plan.jpg, Ehem. Marientraut Palace in Hanhofen
Hanhofen is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Sister-city
* Kondoros, Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian ...
File:Geinsheim 03.jpg, Geinsheim
File:Wappen Duttweiler.png, Duttweiler
File:DEU Kirrweiler (Pfalz) COA.svg, Kirrweiler
Kirrweiler is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in E ...
File:Rathaus Diedesfeld.JPG, Diedesfeld
File:150419-Hambach-01.jpg, The castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
above Hambach
File:Bild chron1.gif, Lambrecht in the 19th century
File:Elmstein mit burg.jpg, Elmstein
Elmstein is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
Elmstein lies in the Palatinate ...
File:SteinkreuzeUndRitterstein.JPG, Johanniskreuz
Johanniskreuz is a tiny hamlet in the middle of the Palatine Forest in Germany and belongs to the municipality of Trippstadt in the district of Kaiserslautern in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Geography
Location
Johanniskreuz lies in ...
File:Wappen von Bann.png, Bann
File:Landstuhl.jpg, Sickingen's town of Landstuhl
Landstuhl () is a town in the Kaiserslautern district of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. It is the seat of ''Verbandsgemeinde Landstuhl'', a kind of "collective municipality." Landstuhl is situated on the north-west edge of the Palatinate F ...
File:Wappen von Hauptstuhl.png, Hauptstuhl
Hauptstuhl is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country i ...
File:Wappen von Bruchmühlbach-Miesau.png, Bruchmühlbach-Miesau
File:Vogelbach Kirche.JPG, Former pilgrim church in Vogelbach
File:Wappen Lambsborn.png, Lambsborn
File:Jak weg zeichen.jpeg, Waymark near Bechhofen
Bechhofen is a market town and municipality in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria in Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe af ...
File:Hohenburg 004.jpg, Hohenburg castle ruins in Homburg
File:Merburg1.jpg, Merburg near Kirrberg
File:Zweibrücker Schloss.JPG, The palace
A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which ...
in Zweibrücken
Zweibrücken (; french: Deux-Ponts, ; Palatinate German: ''Zweebrigge'', ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river.
Name
The name ''Zweibrücken'' means 'two bridges'; olde ...
File:Althornbach-Kirche.jpg, Althornbach
File:Hornbach Kirche 01.jpg, The abbey
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns.
The conce ...
at Hornbach with St. Pirmin's grave
South Route
Course
Later, a southern route was also recorded. This branch runs through the southern Palatine Forest, the German part of the
Wasgau
The Wasgau (german: Wasgau, french: Vasgovie) is a Franco-German hill range in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the French departments of Bas-Rhin and Moselle. It is formed from the southern part of the Palatine Forest and the north ...
. The Way runs initially from Speyer towards the south gradually ascending the Rhine valley as far as its confluence with the
Klingbach in an old loop in the Rhine that, since the straightening of the Rhine, has been called the
Michelsbach. The route then follows the Klingbach westwards through the
South Palatinate
The Palatinate (german: Pfalz; Palatine German: ''Palz'') is a region of Germany. In the Middle Ages it was known as the Rhenish Palatinate (''Rheinpfalz'') and Lower Palatinate (''Unterpfalz''), which strictly speaking designated only the wes ...
part of the Rhine Plain.
The adjoining bend to the north via
Landau
Landau ( pfl, Landach), officially Landau in der Pfalz, is an autonomous (''kreisfrei'') town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town (since 1990 ...
, whose stations are marked with an asterisk (*), is a considerable detour (26 instead of 13 kilometres); it is not authentic but was introduced for
touristic reasons. For pilgrims it was clearly more sensible to take the direct route from
Herxheim continuing along the Klingbach to
Klingenmünster
Klingenmünster is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous count ...
and the Palatine Forest, a saving of 3 hours journey time.
The route now crosses the Wasgau – initially in the valley of the
Erlenbach stream and then along the present-day French border – in a northwesterly direction, before arriving at Hornbach from the east, from the
Hackmesserseite region. The entire route of the longer variant via Landau is 125 kilometres long, the more likely direct route upstream along the Klingbach is only 112 kilometres long.
Stations
File:150906-Speyer-05.jpg, Start at the cathedral
A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...
(near ''Jakobspilger'') in Speyer
Speyer (, older spelling ''Speier'', French: ''Spire,'' historical English: ''Spires''; pfl, Schbaija) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the river Rhine, Speyer li ...
File:Wappen Roemerberg.svg, Berghausen and Mechtersheim, today in the municipality of Römerberg
Römerberg is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approximately southwest of Speyer
Speyer (, older spelling ''Speier'', French: ''Spire,'' historical En ...
File:Altrhein-Lingenfeld - 2006-CC-BY-SA SYNTAXYS-Achim-Lammerts.jpg, Lingenfeld
File:Germersheim Weissenburger Tor.jpg, Germersheim
Germersheim () is a town in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, of around 20,000 inhabitants. It is also the seat of the Germersheim (district), Germersheim district. The neighboring towns and cities are Speyer, Landau, Philippsburg, Karlsru ...
File:Wappen von Sondernheim.svg, Sondernheim
File:Wappen Hördt.svg, Hördt
File:Dieterskirchel.jpg, Dieterskirchel near Rülzheim
Rülzheim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km south-west of Germersheim.
Rülzheim is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Rülzh ...
File:Schaedel Herxheim 01.jpg, New Stone Age excavations in Herxheim
File:DEU Offenbach Queich COA.svg, Offenbach*
File:Landau Stiftskirche.JPG, Abbey church in Landau
Landau ( pfl, Landach), officially Landau in der Pfalz, is an autonomous (''kreisfrei'') town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town (since 1990 ...
*
File:Kapelle auf der kleinen Kalmit.jpg, Chapel on the Kleine Kalmit
The Kleine Kalmit ("Little Kalmit"; from Lat. ''calvus mons'' = ''bare hill'') is a hill, high, just outside the eastern edge of the Palatine Forest, and the Haardt range, in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Parts of the hill have been ...
near Arzheim*
File:Ilbesheim 031.jpg, Ilbesheim
Ilbesheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe a ...
*
File:LeinsweilerSlevogthof.jpg, Slevogthof near Leinsweiler*
File:Madenburg 2.jpg, Madenburg
The ruin of Madenburg Castle is one of the biggest and oldest castle complexes in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The castle was built on a cliff on the outskirts of the Palatinate Forest looking towards the Rhine rift valley. The ruin, which is sur ...
near Eschbach*
File:170723-Landeck-01.jpg, Landeck Castle
Landeck Castle (german: Burg Landeck) is a ruined hill castle southwest of Landau, near Klingenmünster in the county of Südliche Weinstraße in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinlan ...
near Klingenmünster
Klingenmünster is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous count ...
File:BadBergzabernSchloss.png, The castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
in Bad Bergzabern
File:Wappen von Birkenhördt.png, Birkenhördt
File:090906-Berwartstein-01.jpg, Berwartstein Castle
Berwartstein Castle (German: Burg Berwartstein) is a castle in the Wasgau, the southern part of the Palatinate Forest in the state Rhineland-Palatinate in southwestern Germany. It was one of the rock castles that were part of defences of the P ...
near Erlenbach
File:Bundenthal 2008.10.13.130058 Chrurch.jpg, Church in Bundenthal
Bundenthal is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe ...
File:Rumbach Fresko.jpg, Frescoes in Christ's Church in Rumbach
Rumbach is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe af ...
File:Fischbach bei Dahn.jpg, Fischbach
File:DEU Eppenbrunn COA.svg, Eppenbrunn
File:Wappen Trulben.png, Trulben
File:Wappen Kroeppen.png, Kröppen
File:DEU Riedelberg COA.svg, Riedelberg
File:DEU Mauschbach COA.svg, Mauschbach
File:Hornbach Kirche 01.jpg, The abbey
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns.
The conce ...
in Hornbach with St. Pirmin's grave
Abbey Route
Course
The Abbey Route (''Klosterroute'') is so named from the large number of (former)
abbey
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns.
The conce ...
s along its course.
The Way begins at
Worms Cathedral
St Peter's Cathedral (German: ''Wormser Dom'') is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral in Worms, southern Germany.
The cathedral is located on the highest point of the inner city of Worms and is the most important building of the Roma ...
and runs westwards to the former pilgrimage village of
Zell Zell may refer to:
Places Austria
* Zell am See, in Salzburg state
* Zell am Ziller, in Tyrol
* Zell, Carinthia, in Carinthia
* in Upper Austria:
** Bad Zell
** Zell am Moos
** Zell an der Pram
** Zell am Pettenfirst
Germany
* Zell im Fichtelg ...
. It continues to
Göllheim
Göllheim () is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated north of the Palatinate forest, approx. 25 km west of Worms. It was the site of the 1298 Battle of Göllheim.
Göllheim is the seat of ...
, where it branches and runs for about 20 kilometres in two roughly parallel legs. The northernmost runs to the old abbey of
Münsterdreisen near Dreisen (Münsterhof); the
abbey church of Otterberg is its next destination. From here it continues straight to Landstuhl or via Kaiserslautern. Here the southern branch which runs from Göllheim and past the ruins of
Rosenthalerhof Abbey reaches the
abbey church in Enkenbach. In
Landstuhl
Landstuhl () is a town in the Kaiserslautern district of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. It is the seat of ''Verbandsgemeinde Landstuhl'', a kind of "collective municipality." Landstuhl is situated on the north-west edge of the Palatinate F ...
the two legs re-unite with the North Route of the Palatine Ways of St. James and run past the
pilgrim church in Vogelbach to
Homburg. Whilst the North Route now heads for Hornbach, the Abbey Route leaves the Palatinate and joins the Saarland Route in
Blieskastel
Blieskastel () is a city in the Saarpfalz (Saar-Palatinate) district, in Saarland, Germany which is divided into villages. It is situated on the river Blies, approximately southwest of Homburg (Saar), west of Zweibrücken, and east of Saarbrüc ...
, which runs from Hornbach via
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...
to
Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...
.
References
Literature
*
*
*
External links
Kuntz Verlag: ''Pfälzer Jakobswege''St. Jakobusgesellschaft Rheinland-Pfalz-Saarland Informationsmaterial und Wegbeschreibungen, retrieved, 31 January 2012
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