The Walking Pilgrim

Modern Routes - Route Details

Saarland-Moselle
Hornbach, Saarbrücken, St Avold, Metz; Hornbach, Sarreguemines, St Avold

Route map

A route connecting the Pfälzer Jakobsweg via Saarbrücken or Sarreguemines with St Avold and the Trier route at Metz is now complete. Overview descriptions are available on the site of the St. Jakobus-Gesellschaft Rheinland-Pfalz-Saarland. A guide Jakobswege an Saar, Blies und Mosel, by Paul Burgard and Ludwig Linsmayer, is published by the Saarland Landesarchiv, and a brochure Im Zeichen der Muschel is available. The guide to the Pfälzer Jakobsweg also covers the route.

Detailed mapping for sections (compare with list above):

  • Hornbach-Metz
  • Hornbach-St Avold
kmcumul kmview on map
01 Hornbach - Blieskastel14.9014.90
03 Blieskastel - St. Arnual24.3239.22
04 St. Arnual - Herapel19.7959.01
07 Herapel - St. Avold16.6175.62
08 St. Avold - Courcelles Chaussy35.79111.41
09 Courcelles Chaussy - Metz26.39137.80
a05 Hornbach - Gräfinthal29.7429.74
a06 Gräfinthal - Herapel32.8862.62
v02 Kirrberg - Blieskastel17.1417.14
Section overviewAll sectionsIndividual section (select above) *
BKG (Germany) view view view
IGN (France) 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

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