Via Jacobi
Einsiedeln, Interlaken, Rüeggisberg, Fribourg, Romont, Moudon, Lausanne, Geneva; Luzern, Bern, Rüeggisberg; Fribourg, Payerne, Moudon
Highest point: Haggenegg 1414m
The E-W routes across Switzerland have recently been revamped.
There are now 4 routes from Austria and SW Germany which converge on Einsiedeln:
- the Schwabenweg from Konstanz
- the Appenzellerweg from the Austrian border and Appenzell
- the St Gallerweg from Rorschach and St Gallen
- the Thurgauer Klosterweg from Schaffhausen
From Einsiedeln there are two routes W across central Switzerland to Lausanne and the GR65 near Geneva: a northern route via Lucerne and Bern, and a southern one via Interlaken. For details of the route, see jakobsweg.ch website. A guidebook in German, Jakobswege durch die Schweiz, and in French, Chemins de Saint-Jacques à travers la Suisse, by Jolanda Blum is published by Ottverlag of Thun.
Detailed mapping overlaid on Swiss topo maps is available on the wanderland.ch site.
Confraternity of St James produces English: | factsheet
Detailed mapping for sections (compare with list above):
- Einsiedeln-Geneva
- Luzern-Rüeggisberg
| km | cumul km | view on map | ||
| Weg Innerschweiz: Einsiedeln - Brunnen | 23.40 | 23.40 | ||
| Weg Innerschweiz: Brunnen - Stans | 22.79 | 46.19 | ||
| Weg Innerschweiz: Stans - Flüeli | 15.98 | 62.17 | ||
| Weg Innerschweiz: Flüeli - Brünigpass | 22.05 | 84.22 | ||
| Berner Oberland Weg: Brünigpass - Brienz | 10.08 | 94.30 | ||
| Berner Oberland Weg: Brienz-Interlaken rechtsufrig | 18.56 | 112.86 | ||
| Berner Oberland Weg: Interlaken - Merligen | 12.69 | 125.55 | ||
| Berner Oberland Weg: Merligen-Thun-Amsoldingen | 24.44 | 149.99 | ||
| Gantrisch/Freiburgweg: Amsoldingen-Schwarzenburg | 30.58 | 180.57 | ||
| Gantrisch/Freiburgweg: Schwarzenburg - Fribourg | 20.12 | 200.69 | ||
| Gantrisch/Freiburgweg: Fribourg - Romont | 29.60 | 230.29 | ||
| Weg der Romandie: Romont - Moudon | 14.78 | 245.07 | ||
| Weg der Romandie: Moudon - Lausanne | 28.69 | 273.76 | ||
| Weg der Romandie: Lausanne - Allaman | 25.18 | 298.94 | ||
| Weg der Romandie: Allaman - Céligny | 26.79 | 325.73 | ||
| Weg der Romandie: Céligny - Genf | 24.41 | 350.14 | ||
| a | Luzernerweg: Luzern - Werthenstein | 20.83 | 20.83 | |
| a | Luzernerweg: Werthenstein - Willisau | 14.04 | 34.87 | |
| a | Luzernerweg: Willisau - Huttwil | 16.26 | 51.13 | |
| a | Luzernerweg: Huttwil - Burgdorf | 23.14 | 74.27 | |
| a | Luzernerweg: Burgdorf - Gümligen | 23.86 | 98.13 | |
| a | Luzernerweg: Gümligen - Schwarzenburg | 31.53 | 129.66 | |
| b | Gantrisch/Freiburgweg: Fribourg - Payerne | 21.73 | 21.73 | |
| b | Gantrisch/Freiburgweg: Payerne - Moudon | 22.40 | 44.13 | |
| v | Variante A | 7.01 | 7.01 | |
| v | Variante B | 4.81 | 11.82 | |
| v | Variante A | 1.41 | 13.23 | |
| v | Variante A | 2.57 | 15.80 | |
| v | Berner Oberland Weg: Brienz-Interlaken linksufrig | 21.92 | 37.72 | |
| v | Berner Oberland Weg: Merligen-Spiez-Amsoldingen | 13.00 | 50.72 |
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- OpenStreetMap/Bing/Google cover all countries; national topo maps only sections in that country
- * display of individual section does not work in popup on route overview page
- ** initial load of Google maps takes longer
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