Sacred tours
Our area is very rich in sacred values, which are faithfully reflected in the short film recorded on this topic. The purpose of the sacred hiking trails is for those who walk along them to get to know the architectural and natural values related to religion.
The famous pilgrimage route across Central Europe, the way of Mary, also touches the area of the Sopron-Fertőd subregion. The Way of Mary is a network of pilgrim and tourist routes under construction, spanning Central Europe, whose east-west axis leads from Mariazell in Austria to Csíksomlyó in Transylvania, a distance of about 1,400 km, which can be covered on foot in 60 days.
The road or its smaller sections will be accessible in groups or individually, primarily on foot, but also by bicycle. The route will be marked by road signs and signs, recommended accommodations await the pilgrims as well as thetourists and a map-based pilgrim's guide is being prepared. Pilgrims are given a stamp and a unique identification bead at the stations during the route, from which they can string their own rosary along the entire route.In addition to the east-west axis, a north-south route is also planned, so we get a cross spanning Central Europe. This is complemented by further alternatives and branchings, thereby connecting various places of pilgrimage, natural and built as well as cultural values.
You can view the routes on the following map: http://mariaut.hu/tart/bigmap, and you can read more information about the construction of the Road and the pilgrimages here: http://mariaut.hu/
Another sacred route that also appears in our region is the Saint Martin European Cultural Route (Latin: Via Sancti Martini), which was created in 2005. It is interesting that the initiative from France and Hungary started practically at the same time, but independently of each other. The founding declaration was submitted to the Luxembourg-based Institute of European Cultural Routes by the French initiators. The route was declared a "European cultural route of outstanding importance" by the Council of Europe. The St. Martin's Way is organized around two nodes: one node is Szombathely, the ancient Savaria, where Martin was born, and the other is the city of Tours in France, where Martin was elected bishop, (today here the main route connecting the two cities touches Hungary, Slovenia, Italy and France, but it also has branches to Croatia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Germany.
The famous pilgrimage route across Central Europe, the way of Mary, also touches the area of the Sopron-Fertőd subregion. The Way of Mary is a network of pilgrim and tourist routes under construction, spanning Central Europe, whose east-west axis leads from Mariazell in Austria to Csíksomlyó in Transylvania, a distance of about 1,400 km, which can be covered on foot in 60 days.
The road or its smaller sections will be accessible in groups or individually, primarily on foot, but also by bicycle. The route will be marked by road signs and signs, recommended accommodations await the pilgrims as well as thetourists and a map-based pilgrim's guide is being prepared. Pilgrims are given a stamp and a unique identification bead at the stations during the route, from which they can string their own rosary along the entire route.In addition to the east-west axis, a north-south route is also planned, so we get a cross spanning Central Europe. This is complemented by further alternatives and branchings, thereby connecting various places of pilgrimage, natural and built as well as cultural values.
You can view the routes on the following map: http://mariaut.hu/tart/bigmap, and you can read more information about the construction of the Road and the pilgrimages here: http://mariaut.hu/
Another sacred route that also appears in our region is the Saint Martin European Cultural Route (Latin: Via Sancti Martini), which was created in 2005. It is interesting that the initiative from France and Hungary started practically at the same time, but independently of each other. The founding declaration was submitted to the Luxembourg-based Institute of European Cultural Routes by the French initiators. The route was declared a "European cultural route of outstanding importance" by the Council of Europe. The St. Martin's Way is organized around two nodes: one node is Szombathely, the ancient Savaria, where Martin was born, and the other is the city of Tours in France, where Martin was elected bishop, (today here the main route connecting the two cities touches Hungary, Slovenia, Italy and France, but it also has branches to Croatia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Germany.