![]() The latter leads to the Pilrgrimage Church with the Hildegard-Shrine ("Wallfahrtskirche") and to St. In Bingerbrück, the pilgrimage trail connetcs to the Bingen and the Rüdesheim Trail on the opposite side of the Rhine. ![]() ![]() From there, the trail reaches the Rupertsberg in Bingerbrück, where Hildegard founded her own women Monastery, where she moved with 19 sisters in 1150. Along an old path of Marian Pilgrimage places ("Madonna of the Soonwald") and through the beatiful Bingen Forest the majestic Rhine Valley opens up for view. It continues to the ruins of Böckelheim and Sponheim Castle, where Hildegard might have got an education with her teacher Lady Jutta of Sponheim (1106-1112).Then the 12 century old Cloister Church of Sponheim with a Hildegarden and a lybyrinth in front are a real highlight of the Pigrimage. Past the barefoot path of Bad Sobernheim, the Hildegard Way reaches the historic ruin site of Disibodenberg where Hildegard had lived for about 40 years of her life (1112-1150). It starts in Idar-Oberstein, the famous city of gems (Hildegrds described their heailing effect) and continues past the Medieval town of Herrstein past Niederhosenbach, the family seat and possible birthplace of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179). The Hildegard Way ("Hildegard von Bingen Pilgerwanderweg") is a 137-kilometer long pilgrimage trail. The Hildegard Way - A new Pilgrimage Trail Opening of the Hildegard Way on Septmber 9, 2017 ![]()
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