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Pilgrims' Way in the Ville Forests (Jakobsweg)

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Pilgrims' Way in the Ville Forests (Jakobsweg)

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Pilgrims' Way in the Ville Forests (Jakobsweg)

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Location: Weilerswist, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Naturpark Rheinland - Klüttenweg

16.8km

04:21

100m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Swister Turm – Pilgrims' Way in the Ville Forests (Jakobsweg) loop from Bliesheim

10.7km

02:49

90m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Pilgrims' Way in the Ville Forests (Jakobsweg) – Swister Turm loop from Walberberg

8.23km

02:08

50m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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JakobusPilger

May 8, 2021

The modern network of paths of the Eifelverein meets here in the Ville with an ancient, Europe-wide network of paths, over which millions of people have made pilgrimages to the grave of the apostle James the Elder in Santiago de Compostela since the high Middle Ages. In our time the pilgrimage to St. James is experiencing a renaissance; hundreds of thousands of people move from all over Europe every year ...
That is why in 1987 the Council of Europe called on its member countries to revitalize the Camino de Santiago. Since 1999, the Rhineland Regional Council (LVR) has made it its task to redesign and mark the historical routes of the St. James pilgrims in our region.
(Source: "To the tower between heaven and earth. Hiking on the EifelSpur" Between Ville and Eifel "by Michael Maiworm, in" Die Eifel ", magazine of the Eifelverein, issue 2/2021)

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R.Bungartz

November 6, 2021

The Way of St. James is marked with a stylized scallop shell. The colors yellow and blue and the number of rays are based on the 12 stars of the European flag. The rays symbolize the European ways that converge in the westernmost, twelfth point, in Santiago.

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Karin 🐾 🇺🇦 🕊

January 28, 2022

The pilgrimage route is very well signposted here with its very distinctive signage.

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Location: Weilerswist, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Pilgrims' Way in the Ville Forests (Jakobsweg)

1. Naturpark Rheinland - Klüttenweg

2. Swister Turm – Pilgrims' Way in the Ville Forests (Jakobsweg) loop from Bliesheim

3. Pilgrims' Way in the Ville Forests (Jakobsweg) – Swister Turm loop from Walberberg

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