Key data
Basic information about the Wilheringer Pilgrimage Route
Length: approx. 132 kilometres
Stages: 6 daily stages
Starting and finishing point: Wilhering Cistercian Abbey
Route: The trail follows existing hiking trails to the Cistercian monastery in Hohenfurth/Vyšší Brod in southern Bohemia and back to Wilhering.
Communities along the route: Wilhering, Puchenau, Eidenberg, Geng, Zwettl, Bad Leonfelden, Hohenfurth/Vyšší Brod (CZ), Vorderweißenbach, Traberg, Waxenberg, Oberneukirchen, Neußerling, Gramastetten, Ottensheim
Spiritual stops: 14 churches along the way invite you to reflect on spiritual matters – inspired by Cistercian and Benedictine theology.
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Thematic reflections along the way
Each station along the pilgrimage route is dedicated to a spiritual theme that invites personal reflection. The selection of reflections is as follows:
- BLESSING– Wilhering station
- FEELING– Puchenau station
- MATURING– Eidenberg station
- LISTENING– Geng station
- RESTRAINING– Zwettl station
- SHARING– Bad Leonfelden station
- DREAMING– Hohenfurth station
- CALLING– Vorderweißenbach station
- SUPPORTING– Traberg station
- BEING LOVED – Waxenberg station
- LOVING OTHERS– Oberneukirchen station
- LOVING ONESELF– Neußerling station
- CONTAINING– Gramastetten station
- GUIDING– Ottensheim station
- TRANSFORMING– Return to Wilhering