The Walking Pilgrim

Modern Routes - Route Details

Via Regia/Ökumenischer Pilgerweg
Korczowa, Pilzno; Pilzno, Krakow; Krakow, Góra Świętej Anny; Góra Świętej Anny, Wroclaw, Środa Śląska, Luban, Görlitz; Görlitz, Bautzen, Königsbrück, Leipzig, Freyburg, Erfurt, Teutleben, Eisenach, Wartburg, Vacha; Krzeszow, Jelenia Gora, Luban; Ślęża, Środa Śląska; Glucholazy, Nysa, Skorogoszcz

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The Via Regia was an important medieval road, linking Silesia and the Rhineland. A route based on this is currently being developed.

In Poland, it is known as the Drogo Sw. Jakub Via Regia; currently this is open from Pilzno via Krakow, Góra Świętej Anny and Wroclaw to the German/Polish border at Görlitz. The section from Luban to Görlitz is coincident with the Via Silesiana. Longer term, it should be extended from the Ukrainian border at Korczowa near Jaroslaw.
There are also spurs from Krzeszow and Jelenia Gora - this used to be called the Via Cervimontana or Droga Jeleniogórska but is now known as the Sudecką Droga św.Jakuba - Nysa - the Nyska Droga sw Jakuba - and from Ślęża, the Ślężańska Droga św. Jakuba. See Malopolska Droga for the spur from Lublin and Sandomierz.

In Germany, the section from Görlitz via Leipzig, Erfurt and Eisenach to Vacha-an-der-Werre on the Thüringen/Hessen border is also known as the Ökumenischer Pilgerweg. See Fuldaer Land Jakobsweg and Jakobsweg von der Fulda an den Main for continuation of Via Regia to Frankfurt am Main.

Detailed mapping for sections (compare with list above):

  • Pilzno-Krakow
  • Krakow-Góra Świętej Anny
  • Góra Świętej Anny-Görlitz
  • Görlitz-Vacha
  • Krzeszow-Luban
  • Ślęża-Środa Śląska
  • Glucholazy-Skorogoszcz
kmcumul kmview on map
Via Regia - Pilzno - Kraków159.26159.26
Via Regia - Kraków - Góra św. Anny193.49352.75
Via Regia - Góra św. Anny - Luban311.46664.21
Via Regia - Luban - Zgorzelec32.88697.09
01 Buchholz28.65725.74
02 Bautzen25.80751.54
03 Panschwitz-Kuckau20.45771.99
04 Königsbrück26.38798.37
05 Großenhain32.29830.66
06 Strehla26.69857.35
07 Nepperwitz42.92900.27
08 Leipzig25.71925.98
09 Merseburg32.93958.91
10 Freyburg23.28982.19
11 Eckartsberga34.971,017.16
12 Erfurt48.331,065.49
13 Siebleben23.331,088.82
14 Eisenach35.811,124.63
15 Oberellen13.081,137.71
16 Vacha24.251,161.96
dSudecka Droga św. Jakuba - Via Cervimontana43.4743.47
dSudecka Droga św. Jakuba - Via Cervimontana51.2894.75
eŚlężańska Droga św. Jakuba4.424.42
eŚlężańska Droga św. Jakuba47.3651.78
fNyska Droga śW. Jakuba89.7189.71
vOEPW_Variante-Muecheln-Nord21.3721.37
vVariante Mücheln-Süd11.8433.21
vVia Regia - szlak biały - Oława24.9958.20
vVia Regia - szlak biały - Wrocław2.1960.39
vVia Regia - szlak biały - Legnica57.46117.85
vVia Regia - szlak biały - Św. Katarzyna5.81123.66
vŚlężańska Droga św. Jakuba5.49129.15
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