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The Jerusalem Way is the world's longest pilgrimage and an international peace and culture route!

The Jerusalem Way connects religions and peoples in a unique peace project.

The Jerusalem Way stands for mutual recognition and tolerance.

Love, the most powerful force in the universe, penetrates, illuminates everything and builds bridges between all people!

 

Pilgrims create openness to encounters, dismantle prejudices and fears, and strengthen trust - basic trust. The supposed boundaries between peoples and religions can be bridged by individuals with love and mutual respect.

Hörsching - Wilhering Abbey
16,10 km / ↓ 336 m / ↑ 311 m
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© Photo Wilhering Abbey (www.stiftwilhering.at) © Photo Wilhering Abbey (www.stiftwilhering.at)

Today's stage is deliberately a little shorter, so we can arrive at Wilhering Abbey in the afternoon. This gives us time for sightseeing, praying, meditating, washing clothes, etc. We start in Hörsching at Brucknerplatz or at the church. Go to Oftheringerstraße and come to Theninger Bundesstraße. At the end of the airport we pass an industrial park and reach the other side of the train tracks through an underpass. We walk along the railway, then turn left and now a dirt road / goods road leads us to Thurnharting. There we go down the hill, follow the markings and come to the road that leads to Hitzing. We go briefly to the right and immediately turn left again in the direction of Dörnbach.

 

In the village of Dörnbach we turn right at an inn and immediately afterwards see the lovely-looking pilgrimage church "Maria vom Guten Rat". From now on it goes uphill and the Jerusalemweg leads us through a large forest area (Kürnbergwald) and the Salzsteigweg until we finally reach the Prinzensteig. We follow the signs down to the left, shortly afterwards see the Cistercian monastery Wilhering and have reached the Danube. Link Wilhering Abbey

 

Important information: At Wilhering Abbey, the Jerusalem Way reaches the Danube for the first time and here is also an important junction! Because the feeder road coming from Passau (Germany) joins the main route here and connects to a common path. Link to route Germany

 

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

 

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 attractions, an additional day of rest should be considered.

VARIANT: A direct route to Linz would be possible (about 6 km shorter). We do not recommend this. This option is only for pilgrims who are in a hurry, you cannot get to Wilhering Abbey. Here click on the variant to open.

 

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Pictures

Wilhering Collegiate Church (Author: Uoaei1, Wikipedia) Wilhering Collegiate Church (Author: Uoaei1, Wikipedia)

Facts & figures

Distance: 16,10 km
Difference in altitude: 204 m
Highest point: 472 m
Lowest point: 268 m
Total ascent: 311 m
Total descent: 336 m