For more than 1000 years pilgrims routes connecting the people of Europe. In Spain and France are the pilgrimage roads to Santiago de Compostela to include today a symbol of encounter. Many of these pilgrimage routes begin in Germany. But they are largely forgotten and disappeared from the map.
deals since 2000, the Working Group Pilgrimages in Rheinhessen "with the project" re-discovery of the pilgrimage roads and the roads network. As part of an EU-funded employment and training project, a portion the historical path on a 35 km line "discovered" and marked.
Whether the current path of Bingen to Worms was formerly used by pilgrims is not known. however, occupancy is a similar distance, which was used for the Aachen pilgrimage of Worms to Bingen [1] This included the following towns and their districts. Worms, Hochheim, Herrnsheim, Abenheim, Westhofen Bechtheim, Heßloch, Dittelsheim, Gau-or home, Bechtolsheim, Biebelnheim, Wörrstadt, Sulzheim, Vendersheim, Wolfsheim, top Hilbersheim, Aspisheim, Dromersheim, Dieter Heim, Büdesheim and Bingen. A similar
Distance of Bingen to Worms was used by rafters (# Rafting Rhine, Neckar and its tributaries) and Treidler as abbreviation for the return located in Mainz Basel. William Hoffman wrote in 1932 in his book on the Rheinhessen Folklore:
"An ancient Christian worship, the whole of the province of Worms remember to Bingen protracted" Pilgrim Path, which in Westhofen a "pilgrim Born" is on the side, a local Won " desert churches ", OTHERWISE" church means "and" Kirchweg tubs, "whose name is missing for permission each tradition, the" Totenweg "for missing Peter Church, the Mother of God Church of Stadecken, the seventh was said to be in Christendom. "
On 25 July 2005, founded the St. James-Gesellschaft Rheinland-Pfalz-Saarland, headquartered in the State Museum of Mainz. Goal and purpose is the promotion of religion and science with regard to the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Next to the cooperation with similar organizations will be encouraged in other countries. Even the research, preservation and maintenance of the James cult related heritage and religious traditions, is the way, hostels and places of pilgrimage are operated. Furthermore, The aim of the society to strengthen European cooperation, international understanding and support for the environment.
The pilgrimage begins in Bingen on the Rhine to the castle Klopp and leads over the mountain after Rochus Ockenheim past the monastery of Jacob Berg, Petrin and Appenheim, according to Lower and Upper Hilbersheim. Then you have the choice either to go to Wolf's home or via a loop of St. Johann to Vendersheim. Shortly before Wolfsheim one also has the opportunity to switch to the alternative route 1. From Vendersheim we head Sulzheim. Just before the site it is possible to leave the main track and pursue the alternative Route 2. The main route turn off shortly before Sulzheim and runs through round after Wörrstadt Spiesheim. From there we continue to Biebelnheim. From Biebelnheim you can make a detour to Albig and continue walking straight to Framersheim. Alternatively, but also to leave in Biebelnheim the pilgrimage and the Heimersheim Bach in the neighboring Bechtolsheim walk around there in the Alternative Route 1 to enter and Gau-Odernheim/Gau-Köngernheim Framersheim to arrive. From Framersheim there are no designated alternative routes and loops over and the main route continues over Dittelsheim-Heßloch, Bechtheim, Westhofen Osthofen, Abenheim Worms, Worms Herrnsheim to Worms, where the Cathedral of Worms the target of the pilgrimage represents.
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