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Foto: Stadtverwaltung Schwelm / Arno Kowalewski / Mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Stadt.

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All links checked for the last time on June 17th, 2021.

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https://www.schwelm.de/tourismus/sehenswuerdigkeiten/altstadt-mit-christuskirche

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On the Way of St. James, pilgrims also pass the old town of Schwelm and the Christuskirche, the landmark of Schwelm. The Kölner Straße gives an indication of Schwelm's convenient location on the old trade route from Köln to Dortmund. The old town is now traffic-calmed and the seat of numerous shops for retailers and restaurateurs.

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https://www.ruhrgebiet-industriekultur.de/schloss-cappenberg.html

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The Way of St. James is bordered by numerous sights, including castles, palaces, churches and museums. Cappenberg Castle in Werne, for example, has been closely linked to the Way of St. James for centuries: the former monastery estate served pilgrims in the Middle Ages as accommodation.

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https://www.nrw-tourismus.de/a-jakobsweg

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https://jakobsweg-lebensweg.de/santiago-de-compostela/

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According to legend, Jacob is said to have proclaimed the Good News in Spain. After his return to the Holy Land, Herodes Agrippa had him beheaded in 44 n.Ch. His tomb should therefore be presumed in Jerusalem. How the remains got to Spain remains unclear.

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The path leads to a cathedral in northern Spain, in the city of Santiago de Compostela. In the cathedral there are said to be bones that many Christians believe belonged to the apostle Jacob. Jacob was a close follower of Jesus. The first historical origins of the Way of St. James go back to the 8th century.

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https://geschichte-wissen.de/blog/geschichte-jakobsweg-ueberblick/

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At the latest since Hape Kerkeling's book "Ich bin dann mal weg: Meine Reise auf dem Jakobsweg" most Germans know the Way of St. James. But since when has this path even existed? The first mention by name of the Way of St. James can already be found in 1047, where in a document of the hospital of Arconada (province of Palencia) the northern Spanish main traffic axis is described as "path that has been walked since ancient times by pilgrims of St. James and Peter and Paul". This is where the connection is made to the tomb of St. James in Galicia. Thus, in the Middle Ages, the tomb in Santiago de Compostela developed alongside Rome and Jerusalem into the third main goal of the Christian pilgrimage.

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The routes are as follows:

Höxter – Paderborn: 64 km Paderborn – Soest: 61 km
Soest – Dortmund: 53 km Dortmund – Beyenburg: 57 km Paderborn – Elspe: 133 km
Elspe – Köln: 101 km
Minden – Bielefeld: 62 km
Bielefeld – Soest: 83 km
Osnabrück – Münster: 70 km Münster – Dortmund: 75 km Bielefeld – Münster: 85 km Münster- Rheinberg: 125 km Bründersen – Elspe: 102 km

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http://www.deutsche-jakobswege.de/

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A fifth path follows the historic course of the Heidenstraße, which once led from Leipzig via Kassel to Cologne. From the state border of NRW to Cologne, the path is marked, with the last section of the trail from Untereschbach to Cologne running together with the Elisabeth path-Jakobsweg.

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A fourth path branches off to the west in Bielefeld, crosses the path coming from Osnabrück in Münster, reaches the Rhine in Wesel and flows into the North Rhine Way of St. James coming from Nijmegen before Rheinberg.

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A third path leads from Minden via Bielefeld to Soest and leads there into the path Höxter – Dortmund.

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A second path runs along the Hellweg, an important historical trade and pilgrimage route. It leads from Höxter (where the Brunswick Way of St. James ends) via Paderborn and Soest to Dortmund and flows there into the path Osnabrück - Beyenburg.

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https://www.freibeuter-reisen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/jakobsweg-muscheln-jakobsmuschel-wegweiser-freibeuter-reisen.jpg

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The route from Osnabrück to Wuppertal-Beyenburg is the continuation of the Via Baltica. From Osnabrück Cathedral it goes over the Teutoburg Forest to the Münsterland and on to Lünen and Dortmund in the Ruhr area. Then the pilgrim comes over the Bergisch-Sauerland Mountains to Gevelsberg, Schwelm and finally to Wuppertal-Beyenburg.This is where the North Rhine-Westphalia Way of St. James join.

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https://www.freibeuter-reisen.org/der-portugiesische-jakobsweg-quer-durch-galicien/

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The Way of St. James has the symbol with a yellow scallop on a blue background and also serves as a signpost.

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The length in NRW is well over 1000 km and is demanding, strenuous and scenically unique.

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In 2007, just over 114 thousand pilgrims were registered in Santiago. In 2016, there were just under 278 thousand pilgrims. That's almost 2.5 times as many.

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We hope you enjoyed the Padlet!

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This is us, Lena and Sarah: We are students of the Kaufmannsschule 2 in Hagen and want to introduce you to the Way of St. James with this Padlet.