Many roads lead to Rome.
More and more people want to make a pilgrimage not only to Santiago de Compostela, but also to reach the eternal city on old pilgrimage routes. Similar to the Ways of St. James, the route of the VIA ROMEA from Northern Germany to Rome was forgotten for many centuries. But for some years now, it has been possible to walk on this old pilgrim route.
The VIA ROMEA of Abbot Albert of Stade is not to be confused with the Via Francigena, the currently most famous pilgrim route to the eternal city. The VIA ROMEA runs vertically from Stade to the south via Austria and the Brenner pass and only meets the Via Francigena on the last section, west of Viterbo.
In his description of Abbot Albert of Stade’s itinerary, the following places appear: Stade, Celle, Rietze, Braunschweig, Hornburg, Wernigerode, Hasselfelde, Nordhausen, Bad Langensalza, Gotha, Schmalkalden, Meiningen, Bad Neustadt, Münnerstadt, Schweinfurt, Würzburg, Ochsenfurt, Aub, Rothenburg, Dinkelsbühl, Marktoffingen, Donauwörth, Augsburg, Igling, Schongau, Oberammergau, Partenkirchen, Mittenwald, Innsbruck, Brixen, Bozen, Trient, Padua, Venedig, Ravenna, Forli, Arezzo, Orvieto, Viterbo, Rom. These form the “basic framework” of the VIA ROMEA today.
VIA ROMEA GERMANICA TOTAL ROUTE IN GERMANY
All information about the route:
From Stade to Mittenwald (Scharnitz), the VIA ROMEA crosses Germany. You can find all information about the route in a comprehensive overview on our hiking portal. Download the GPX track, elevation profile, facts & figures about the entire route, and more.
In Germany, the VIA ROMEA is divided into 12 sections.
You can find a complete overview (link list) of all daily stages in Germany in our PDF list:
IN AUSTRIA, THE VIA ROMEA GERMANICA IS DIVIDED INTO 4 SECTIONS:
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1. Mittenwald - Seefeld TirolMittenwald - Grenze - Scharnitz - Giessenbach - Schlossberg - Seefeld in Tirol
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3. Seefeld Tirol -Innsbruck
Seefeld in Tirol - Engelhof - Reith near Seefeld - Leithen - Zirler Wald - Ruine Fragenstein - Zirl - Kranebitten - Airport - Innsbruck
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3. Innsbruck - Matrei am Brenner
Innsbruck - Poltenhütte - Vill - Igls - Patsch - Mühltal - Ellbögen - Oberellbögen - Pfons - Matrei am Brenner
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4. Matrei - Passo del Brennero
Matrei am Brenner - Tienzens - Mauern - Steinach am Brenner - Steidlhof - St. Jodok am Brenner - Nösslach - Gries am Brenner - St. Sigmund - Brennersee - Passo Del Brennero
IN ITALY, THE VIA ROMEA GERMANICA IS DIVIDED INTO 6 SECTIONS:
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1. Trention - SüdtirolBrennero – Vipiteno – Bressanone – Chiusa - Collalbo - Bolzano - Termeno - Salorno - Trento – Levico Terme – Borgo Valsugana – Cismon del Grappa
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2. Venetien
Cismon del Grappa – Bassano del Grappa – Piazzola – Padova – Monselice – Rovigo – Polesella
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3. Emilia - Romagna
Polesella – Ferrara – Traghetto – Argenta – Campotto - Argenta – Valli di Comacchio – Casalborsetti– Ravenna– Forlì - Ravenna – Cervia – Forlimpopoli – Fratta Terme - Castrocaro – Forli – Cusercoli - Cusercoli – Santa Sofia – Bagno di Romagna – Valle Santa
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4. Toscana
Valle Santa – Chitignano – Subbiano – Capolona – Arezzo – Sassaia – Castiglion Fiorentino – Cortona – Pozzuolo Castiglione del Lago
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5. Umbrien
Pozzuolo – Paciano - Città della Pieve – Ficulle - Paciano – Città della Pieve - Ficulle – Orvieto – Lubriano/Civita di Bagnoregio
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6. Latium
Lubriano/Civita di Bagnoregio – Montefiascone – Viterbo – Vetralla – Sutri – Campagnano di Roma – La Storta – Roma
