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title: "Jakobsweg Via Imperii from Zwickau via Plauen to Hof"
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description: "The path leads from Zwicker Cathedral St. Marien out of the city to Schönfels, Neumark, Reichenbach, Mylau, Limbach, Plauen, Kürbitz, Ruderitz, Burgstein, Haidt to Hof. In total, many interesting places in Vogtland and historical sites along the cultural route of the Vogt can be visited on approximately 90 km."
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Jakobsweg Via Imperii from Zwickau via Plauen to Hof
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- 89.63 km long
- Difficulty: difficult
- Condition: very difficult
- Pilgrimage route

- 22:52 h
- 89.63 km
- 1,222 m
- 1,000 m
- 261 m
- 583 m
- 322 m
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- Start: Zwickau
- Destination: Hof

On the old imperial road via imperii, pilgrimage through the Vogtland to Rome or to Santiago de Compostela!

The path leads from Zwicker Cathedral St. Marien out of the city to Schönfels, Neumark, Reichenbach, Mylau, Limbach, Plauen, Kürbitz, Ruderitz, Burgstein, Haidt to Hof. In total, many interesting places in Vogtland and historical sites along the cultural route of the Vogt can be visited on approximately 90 km.

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Waypoints
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Start

Start

Zwickau

- Viewpoint/viewing tower

Destination

Destination

Hof

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Pavements

Unknown (4%)

Street (6%)

Asphalt (12%)

Gravel (14%)

Trail (9%)

Path (55%)

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suitable

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Directions

The traditional route leads in 4 stages from Zwickau via Schönfels to Reichenbach (23 km), further via Mühlwand and the Pöhl dam to Plauen (27 km), then via Kürbitz to Burgstein (18 km), and finally via Heinersgrün and Ullitz to Franconian Hof (20 km).

Over time, individual alternative route options of the via imperii have developed, which include rest areas, overnight accommodations, and special places.

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Tour information

- Cultural Interesting

Directions &amp; Parking facilities

**Public transportation**You can reach Zwickau from Plauen with the Vogtlandbahn, from Leipzig with the S-Bahn, from Dresden with the Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn. Information is available, among others, at

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Additional information

More information at

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Author

Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbHBautzner Straße 45/47

01099 Dresden

Organization

Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur

License (master data)

Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

At Burgstein, there are two former pilgrimage churches of the bishoprics of Naumburg and Bamberg, whose border originally ran here.

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Safety guidelines

Responsible for route guidance and waymarking

**Jakobsweg Via Imperii e.V.**
Kirchplatz 5
08496 Neumark

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Contact

08056 Zwickau

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