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Stage 4: Aschach an der Donau - Wilhering Abbey

This stage is deliberately a little shorter, so we can arrive at Wilhering Abbey in the afternoon. This gives us time for sightseeing, prayer, meditation, washing clothes, etc. 

Today the route is basically flat and always close to the Danube until we finally reach Ottensheim. In Ottensheim we cross the Danube on a ferry, then follow the signs on the other side of the Danube and shortly afterwards we see the Cistercian monastery of Wilhering. Link Wilhering Abbey

At Wilhering Abbey, pilgrims receive a Jerusalem Way stamp with a dove of peace (see photo) and there is pilgrim accommodation!

Note: At Wilhering Abbey the main route of the Jerusalem Way reaches the Danube for the first time! So here is an important junction! Our feeder route coming from Germany joins the Jerusalem Way coming from Spain exactly in front of Wilhering Abbey and connects here to form a common path. Link GPS map Austria 

The Danube will accompany us on to Belgrade, sometimes very close and sometimes from a distance. The longest river in Europe will therefore be our "guideline" on the pilgrimage to Jerusalem for many more weeks. The distance from here to Jerusalem is about 5000 km...

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This distance is almost unimaginable, so we prefer to look to the present day and go to the gate of the monastery. At the gate we can look for a place in the Pilgrim room ask and there is one too Pilgrim stamp! As mentioned at the beginning, we have some time today to visit the monastery complex, it is very worthwhile!

By the way, tomorrow we deliberately have a short stage again, this gives us time for the state capital Linz! We will need the time tomorrow, because Linz is European Capital of Culture and has been since 1986 City of Peace! There are therefore a lot of sights to see, an additional day of rest should be considered.

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Aschach an der Donau - Feldkirchen / Badeseen - Ottensheim - Wilhering Abbey