Benedikt-Weg
Way of Benedetto in Austria
"Recharge your batteries on the traces of Benedictine monastic tradition"
History
The history of the Benedictine Way goes back to the founder of the order, Benedict of Nursia, and the connecting paths between the Benedictine monasteries in Germany, Austria, Italy and Slovenia.
The Benedictine monks' rule of life is "Actio and Contemplatio" - that means to be outwardly active and inwardly turned - this is the attitude that pilgrims have always practised when walking this pilgrimage path and thus attained a strength-giving rhythm of life.
Path and landscape description
Starting in Passau (border with Germany), the Bendiktweg in Austria leads via the monasteries of Wilhering, Lambach, Schlierbach, Kremsmünster, the former monastery of Spital an der Phyrn, Admont, via Seckau to the monastery of St. Paul in Lavanttal and from there on to its destination in Slovenia. The path, with its ups and downs, widths and narrowness and the effect of nature, is a sensually tangible image of Benedictine spirituality.
The committed members of the “Benedikt be-WEG-t” association want to expand the Way of Benedetto to Pluscarden (Scotland), so that approx. 4,000 km of pilgrimage routes can be experienced connecting peoples beyond borders in both directions.
Website
https://www.benedikt-bewegt.at/
https://www.camminodibenedetto.it/
office@benedikt-bewegt.at (Pilgrim's Passport)
Starting location
Passau / Freinberg
Final destination
Unterdrauburg
Path length / km
415 km