Jakobus Church Hohenberg

The Jakobuskirche on the 568 meter high Hohenberg near Ellwangen is a station on the Franconian-Swabian Way of St. James. The Hohenberg was settled from the Ellwangen monastery in the middle of the 12th century. From up here you have a wonderful view to the south-east of the pilgrimage church of Schönenberg near Ellwangen and to the north of Rosenberg.

The "St. James' Church" is located at the top of Hohenberg Mountain near Rosenberg in the Ostalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg.It is located on the Franconian-Swabian Way of St. James.A place of pilgrimage.The parish priest and artist Sieger Köder decorated the church interior with over 20 stained-glass windows. gemeinde-rosenberg.de/index.php?id=360 He is one of the most famous German painters of Christian art and nativity scene makers of the 20th century.See also: se-virngrund.drs.de/seelsorgeeinheit-virngrund/hohenberg.html

You can also pass here on the 1st stage of the Bühlersteig (via the Hohenberg from Ellwangen to Willa).