The Walking Pilgrim

Modern Routes - Route Details

Pilgerweg Loccum-Volkenroda
Loccum, Volkenroda; Mariensee, Loccum

Route map

A 300km route via Hameln/Hamlin linking the two Cistercian monasteries of Loccum, W of Hannover, and Volkenroda, near Muhlhausen, was opened in 2005. A guidebook is available.
The 80km Pilgerweg Mariensee-Loccum consists of a circular route, north and south of the Steinhuder Meer, connecting Loccum with the monastery at Mariensee; see brochure from Tourismusregion Hannover.

Detailed mapping for sections (compare with list above):

  • Loccum-Volkenroda
  • Mariensee-Loccum
kmcumul kmview on map
Loccum - Stadthagen19.4319.43
Stadthagen - Rehren15.4634.89
Rehren - Fischbeck15.8850.77
Fischbeck - Hameln6.6757.44
Hameln - Grohnde12.9870.42
Grohnde - Bodenwerder12.2582.67
Bodenwerder - Kirchbrak9.0791.74
Kirchbrak - Amelungsborn10.63102.37
Amelungsborn - Silberborn21.45123.82
Silberborn - Uslar18.67142.49
Uslar - Bursfelde19.69162.18
Bursfelde - Dransfeld13.54175.72
Dransfeld - Friedland23.03198.75
Friedland - Heiligenstadt20.74219.49
Heiligenstadt - Dingelstädt20.60240.09
Dingelstädt - Mühlhausen22.01262.10
Etappe 18 Muehlhausen-Volkenroda15.02277.12
vKloster Loccum - Kloster Mariensee76.0376.03
vHessisch Oldendorf - Kloster Möllenbeck47.44123.47
vAlternative Hameln - Bodenwerder29.26152.73
vAlternative Schönhagen - Bursfelde31.93184.66
vAlternative Uslar - Dransfeld17.03201.69
Section overviewAll sectionsIndividual section (select above) *
BKG (Germany) view view view
OpenStreetMapview view view
Bing mapsview view view
Google maps**view view view

- opens in separate tab/window
- viewing all sections may take long time to load on slow lines and/or machines
- 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

Id: loccum