Palatine Ways of St. James

Palatine Ways of St. James
Destination of all the Ways of St. James:
the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Length125 km (north route),
125 bzw. 112 km (south route)
LocationPalatinate (Rhineland-Palatinate), north route c. 5 km in Saarpfalz-Kreis (Saarland), abbey route through North Palatinate into the Saarland
TrailheadsSpeyer (north and south routes), Worms (abbey route); Hornbach and Blieskastel
UseFernwanderweg
Difficultyeasy
Seasonall year round
Waymark(scallop)

The Palatine Ways of St. James (German: Pfälzer Jakobswege) are those sections of the Way of St. James in the Palatinate region of Germany and part of the historic pilgrimage route to the northwest Spanish town of Santiago de Compostela. It was there that, according to Christian tradition, the Apostle Saint James the Greater was buried.

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