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Benno of Meissen. It led from

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to Meissen and ran between Grillenburg and

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in the present-day district of

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in the opposite direction and parallel with the Saxon St. James' Way (''Sächsischen Jakobsweg''). Original sections of the route have survived, for example in the

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between Grillenburg and Spechtshausen. Jakobikirche Wilsdruff

Pilgerkreuz Heiliger Weg Tharandter Wald

Sources

* Kurt Osk. Lehm: ''Aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart der bei Tharandt gelegenen Orte Hartha, Grillenburg, Fördergersdorf, Hintergersdorf, Spechtshausen und Porsdorf'', Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1904 * Walter Bachmann: ''Grillenburg'', Mitteilungen des Landesvereines Sächsischer Heimatschutz, Heft 5–8, Band XXV, Dresden, 1936 * Kulturbund der DDR, Ortsgruppe Tharandt (pub.): Der Tharandter Wald, Forststadt Tharandt, Beiträge zur Heimatgeschichte, Heft 7, Tharandt, 1982 * Heinz Weise (ed.): Mark Meißen, F.A. Brockhaus Verlag,

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, 1st ed., 1989 * Heinrich Magirius, Norbert Oelsner, Reinhard Spehr: ''Grillenburg'', Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Sachsen, Arbeitsheft 10, Dresden, 2006,

Literature

* Renate Rettig: ''Der Jakobspilgerweg im Tharandter Wald...'', Förderverein Gästeführer Tharandter Wald-Osterzgebirge e.V. (Hrsg.), Kurort Hartha 2010
''Historischer Pilger- und Jagdweg im Tharandter Wald''
, André Kaiser * Stephan Klingbeil: ''Pilgerpfade sollen Tourismus ankurbeln'', Sächsische Zeitung Freital, 9. Februar 2011, p. 14 * Peter Hertel: ''Die Muschel weist Pilgern den Weg'', Freie Presse Freiberg, 2. Juli 2011, ;. 10
Peter Hertel: ''Wanderer wandeln auf heiligem Weg'', Freie Presse Freiberg, 5. Juli 2011
* Iris Schmidt: ''Im Sinne der Muschel pilgern'', Freitaler Wochenkurier, 20. Juli 2011, p. 2 * Ines Klein: ''Auf dem Weg zu sich selbst'', Sächsische Zeitung Freital, 26. Juli 2011, p. 14
Astrid Ring: ''Auf dem Pilgerweg ins Böhmische'', Freie Presse Freiberg, 26. August 2011

External links

''Ökumenischer Pilgerweg'' im Zuge der ''Via Regia'' in Saxony and Thuringia

''Weg der Jakobspilger'' im Zuge der ''Frankenstraße'' in Saxony

{{Coord, 50.9790, N, 13.5278, E, type:landmark_region:DE-SN, display=title Pilgrimage routes Tharandt