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Pilgrimage in Stade
Of harbour finds, pilgrimage routes and an abbot
The topic of pilgrimage has regained popularity in the general public – not least thanks to Hape Kerkeling’s “Ich bin dann mal weg” (2006), published in 2009 in English under the name of “I’m Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago”. In 2019, almost 350,000 pilgrims travelled the famous Way of St. James, also called Camino de Santiago.
The Hanseatic city of Stade is interwoven with the theme of pilgrimage in various ways: With the Way of St James and the Via Romea Germanica, two pilgrimage routes recognised as “European Cultural Routes” run through Stade. The famous Way of St James runs through the town, while the Via Romea Germanica pilgrimage route even has its starting point here. Abbot Albert of Stade left behind meticuluous notes on his pilgrimage route in his travel notes. Thanks to his “Stade Itinerary”, we can reconstruct the route today and follow in his footsteps.
There are many reasons to set off on your own and explore the medieval traces along the pilgrimage routes. Even if you don’t want to set off on a pilgrimage yourself, you can also go in search of traces directly in the city of Stade.
Sensational: During the 2013 harbour excavation in Stade, thousands of metal objects were recovered, including almost 200 medieval pilgrimage signs made of lead-tin alloys or their fragments as well as three ampoules, which were probably used to hold holy water. This is one of the largest finds of this kind in Germany to date.
The excavated signs can still be admired today in the Schwedenspeicher Museum.
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