Diessen to Wessobrunn or Paterzell

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Diessen

Ziel

Wessobrunn or Praterzell

Weg

 0.00 km - On exiting the ferry pier, BEAR LEFT and walk to the way marker next to the footbridge over the stream.

0.10 km - TURN RIGHT and make your way alongside the stream, to your left, passing under the railway bridge (which is low, so watch your head).Continue along Mulhstrasse, following the K sign to Wessobrunn, until you reach a crossroads controlled by traffic lights.

0.60 km - Go STRAIGHT ON uphill, passing the police station on your left. Then look out for an alleyway to your left with a green sign 'Marien Munster' (by house number 28).

1.30km - TURN LEFT following a green sign on a cobbled path under an arch to find the enormous Cathedral of Diessen on your left.Pass alongside the Cathedral until you reach its mighty front entrance.

1.50 km - BEAR RIGHT away from the front of theCathedral onto a path signposted ‘Wessobrunn KL-W’. Continue to reach the road.

1.80 km - TURN LEFT onto road and continue to the first turning on the right.

1.90 km - TURN RIGHT and then take the path to your LEFT, following the K sign.Walk alongside a small stream to your right.Carry on alongside field to your left to a footbridge.

2.40 km - Go STRAIGHT ON over footbridgeand then take a narrow path to your LEFT, following K sign to ‘Wessobrunn 11.3K’.Continue, with residential area to your right and fields to your left. Carry on until you come to a road ahead of you.

2.90 km - TURN LEFT and continue along the edge of a field towards houses, following the small wooden K sign (which looks ready to collapse!).Carry on along the path which then turns right and leads you between houses to reach a road.

3.20 km - TURN LEFT onto the road and continue to reach a track to your right.

3.30 km - TURN RIGHT onto a track, following the K signs which then direct you onto an indistinct path across a field to a house by a 3-way road crossing.

3.70 km - TURN LEFT and go uphill on a road/track, following the small K sign and a brown sign for ‘Waldlehrpfad’.Carry on to a car parking area and forest.

4.00 km - Go STRAIGHT ON uphill on a narrowing track through the forest (ignore the white and blue K sign on tree on path to your right).Continue to a fork in the track/path.

4.40 km - FORK RIGHT onto the path, following the K sign.Pass a shrine to St Michael on the left and then climb steps to reach a shrine/chapel at the forest edge.

5.00 km - Go STRAIGHT ON with the field to your left and mountains in the far distance.Continue to a fork in the track.

5.40 km - FORK RIGHT and continue to a single track asphalt road.

5.50 km - TURN LEFT onto road and walk through open pastureland towards mountains. Carry on until you reach a road to your right.

6.50 km - TURN RIGHT following the K sign to ‘Wessobrunn 8.4K’.Continue through fields and then forest (largely to your left) to reach a small track on your right with a small KLW sign and a green sign, 'Runweg 6'.

8.30 km - TURN RIGHT and continue, with the forest to your left and a field/clearing to your right.Continue to a T-junction.

8.50 km - TURN LEFT, following the K sign into the forest. Continue to a fork in the road.

8.70 km - FORK RIGHT and continue to a T junction.

9.60 km - TURN LEFT and continue to a fork in the road.

9.70 km - FORK LEFT (do NOT go right in direction of the green sign to Wessobrunn).Carry on to yet another fork in the road.

10.10 km - FORK RIGHT following the K sign to a crossroad.

10.70 km - Go STRAIGHT ON following the K sign to ‘Wessobrunn 4.9K’.Now continue along a very straight dirt road through the forest to reach a T junction.

11.30 km - TURN RIGHT following the K sign to a turning on your left.

11.80 km - TURN LEFT following the K sign downhill to cross a bridge before ascending to then reach a field at the forest edge.

12.20 km - TURN RIGHT, following the bend of the road and continue uphill with a field to your left.Then pass through a patch of forest and then go yet further uphill through open fields. At the apex of the hill, Wessobrunn comes into sight. Carry on to a staggered 4-way crossing.

13.00 km - Go STRAIGHT ON, following the K sign to ‘Wessobrunn 1.5K’. Continue on the road until you reach a crucifix to your right by a tree, where there is a small turning downhill to your left.

13.50 km - TURN LEFT and descend to a T junction.

13.60 km - TURN RIGHT at the T junction. Continue to find Wessobrunn Monastery, to your left (where there is a small side entrance).Carry on with the perimeter wall to your left to reach the arch entrance of the monastery.Go through the arch and continue to the way marker ahead of you.

13.80 km - ARRIVE at Wessobrunn Monastery square. If you are staying in Wessobrunn this evening (Check your accommodation details) your walk ends here. If you are staying in Paterzell this evening, please continue on the trail, following the GPS track. From Wessobrun, continue on the main road south out of Wessobrunn. Following the 'K' trail markers, continue on winding paths as the trail descends gently to Paterzell.