Hohenzollerischer Jakobusweg - von Hechingen nach Meßkirch

The Hohenzollern Way of St. James is the easier of the two routes across the Swabian Alb. It leads from Hechingen through the deeply carved, charming valleys of the Starzel, Fehla and Lauchert rivers to Sigmaringen and on through open countryside to Meßkirch. Only from Killer up to Ringingen is there a larger ascent to contend with, although this can be bypassed along an alternative route.

Sights
Hechingen: Collegiate Church of St. James: statue and mural of St. James; Hohenz. State Museum in the "Old Castle"; former synagogue; Villa Eugenia; former Franciscan monastery of St. Luzen: Renaissance monastery church with Stations of the Cross and Calvary

Hechingen-Stetten: former monastery church of St. John: place of pilgrimage

Jungingen: pilgrimage church of St. Sylvester: group of apostles with St. James, stained glass window: St. Francis Xavier with St. James' shell on his chest; St. James pilgrim sculpture with archway below the pilgrimage church; St.Anna chapel with St. James figure on the altar (around 1500)

Burladingen-Killer: Mater Dolorosa church: St. James statue (late 15th century) with offering box; ceiling painting) with offering box; ceiling painting: depiction of a pilgrim; Brotherhood of St. James (1488, re-established in 2004); overnight accommodation; German Whip Museum

Burladingen-Ringingen: St. James' wayside shrine in memory of the departed St. James' Chapel (1988); St. Martin's Church: ceiling painting with Sts. St. Francis Xavier and Alexius as pilgrims (Franz Ferdinand Dent), votive plaque with pilgrims of St. James; Chapel of Our Lady with pilgrim patron St. Wendelin

Burladingen: Church of St. Georg; Roman fort

Burladingen-Gauselfingen: Church of St. Peter and Paul

Neufra: Church of St. Mauritius; Mother of God Chapel; Hochberg Chapel: Pilgrimage chapel with votive pictures; Holy Trinity Chapel

Veringenstadt: Parish church of St. Nicholas; Pilgrimage church to Our Lady of Sorrows

Veringenstadt-Veringendorf: St..Michaels-Kirche

Sigmaringen: customs residence town: castle; parish church of St. Johann; birthplace of St. Fidelis

Meßkirch: parish church of St. Martin