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This pilgrimage begins right on the banks of the Havel before the trail turns inland, leading us up into the Premnitz hills and through long wooded stretches on the way to Rathenow. With a lake to swim in along the route, it's an unhurried autumn day between water and forest.

📅 Date & Time

• Date: Saturday, October 10, 2026
• Start: 9:37 am at Premnitz Zentrum Train Station (Travel via RE1 from Berlin-Charlottenburg at 8:12 am, then RB51 from Brandenburg Hauptbahnhof at 9:07 am)
• End: afternoon at Rathenow Train Station (Return via RB51 at 4:07 pm or 5:10 pm to Brandenburg Hauptbahnhof, then RE1 to Berlin)

🗺️ Route Highlights

• Komoot tour: https://www.komoot.com/tour/3167460144
• Premnitz hills and wooded paths
• Long forest stretches through quiet country
• A swim in the Lake Wolzensee

🤔 Why this pilgrimage?

This pilgrimage is an opportunity to slow down, reconnect with nature, and reflect on life's important questions. We'll walk at a relaxed pace, share thoughts, and take time for moments of silence – about 30 minutes to an hour – to listen to nature and our inner voices.

🔔 What to know & bring

• Wear comfortable, weather-appropriate clothing and sturdy walking or hiking shoes.
• Bring enough food and water for the whole day.
• If you'd like to swim, bring swimwear and a towel.
• Please remember your public transport ticket.

📩 Questions & Registration 

If you have questions or need help with planning your trip, feel free to reach out.

You’re also welcome to join our Whatsapp group for updates.

Feel free to contact me here or via WhatsApp message (+4915757652601), if you want to join.

Best,
Alex

Just west of Berlin lies the Döberitz Heath, a wide expanse of open grassland and wilderness that has grown wild again over the decades. This pilgrimage carries us across that landscape: big skies, quiet paths, and a rare density of life, with some 7,000 species of animals, fungi, and plants sharing this ground. It's a long, open-hearted day for those willing to walk far and look closely.

📅 Date & Time

• Date: Saturday, September 5, 2026
• Start: 9:19 am at Elstal Train Station (Travel via RE4 from Berlin Hauptbahnhof, departing 8:45 am)
• End: afternoon at Dallgow-Döberitz Train Station (Return via RE4 or RB12 toward Berlin, every 30 minutes)

🗺️ Route Highlights

• Komoot tour: https://www.komoot.com/tour/3167356240
• The open expanse of the Döberitz Heath, one of the region's richest wilderness areas
• A nature experience center along the way
• An observation tower offering a wide view across the heath

🤔 Why this pilgrimage?

This pilgrimage is an opportunity to slow down, reconnect with nature, and reflect on life's important questions. We'll walk at a relaxed pace, share thoughts, and take time for moments of silence – about 30 minutes to an hour – to listen to nature and our inner voices.

🔔 What to know & bring

• Wear comfortable, weather-appropriate clothing and sturdy walking or hiking shoes.
• Bring enough food and water for the whole day.
• Please remember your public transport ticket.

📩 Questions & Registration 

If you have questions or need help with planning your trip, feel free to reach out.

You’re also welcome to join our Whatsapp group for updates.

Feel free to contact me here or via WhatsApp message (+4915757652601), if you want to join.

Best,
Alex

This pilgrimage follows the water. Setting out from the old town of Templin, we'll trace a chain of quiet lakes – the Templiner Stadtsee, Bruchsee, Fährsee, and Lübbesee – along shoreline paths that keep the water almost always in view. It's a gentle, unhurried day with room to pause, breathe, and step into the lake.

📅 Date & Time

• Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026
• Start: 9:16 am at Templin Stadt Train Station (Travel via RB12, departing Oranienburg at 8:23 am)
• End: afternoon at Templin Stadt Train Station (Return via RB12 to Berlin at 4:35 pm or 5:35 pm)

🗺️ Route Highlights

• Komoot tour: https://www.komoot.com/de-de/tour/3167389110
• The historic old town of Templin as our starting point
• A shoreline trail winding past a string of lakes: Templiner See, Bruchsee, Fährsee, and Lübbesee
• A beach along the way: a natural spot to rest or swim

🤔 Why this pilgrimage?

This pilgrimage is an opportunity to slow down, reconnect with nature, and reflect on life's important questions. We'll walk at a relaxed pace, share thoughts, and take time for moments of silence – about 30 minutes to an hour – to listen to nature and our inner voices.

🔔 What to know & bring

• Wear comfortable, weather-appropriate clothing and sturdy walking or hiking shoes.
• Bring enough food and water for the whole day.
• If you'd like to swim, bring swimwear and a towel.
• Please remember your public transport ticket.

📩 Questions & Registration 

If you have questions or need help with planning your trip, feel free to reach out.

You’re also welcome to join our Whatsapp group for updates.

Feel free to contact me here or via WhatsApp message (+4915757652601), if you want to join.

Best,
Alex

Join us for a one-day pilgrimage along the Brandenburg Camino de Santiago. We start in Jacobsdorf, home of the St. James Society Berlin, and walk via Briesen and Berkenbrück to the cathedral town of Fürstenwalde/Spree.

The route first passes through open fields, later through forests, past small ponds and moorlands. A swim break at the river Spree is planned. If you'd prefer not to walk the longer distance, you can end the walk after 16 km in Berkenbrück and take the return journey from there.

This pilgrimage has an international character. It will be led in both German and English.

At a glance

• Date: Saturday, 1 August 2026
• Route: Jacobsdorf → Berkenbrück → Fürstenwalde/Spree (section of the Brandenburg Camino de Santiago)
• Distance: 16 km (to Berkenbrück) or 25 km (to Fürstenwalde)

Getting there and back

• Start: 9 AM at Jacobsdorf station (arrival via rail replacement service: bus RE1A towards Frankfurt/Oder from Erkner ZOB at 7:40 AM, or bus RE1A towards Erkner at 8:40 AM)
• End: afternoon, at Berkenbrück or Fürstenwalde station (return on bus RE1 towards Erkner/Berlin or Frankfurt every 20–40 minutes)

Route & highlights along the way

• Mostly forest tracks and field paths
• Village churches along the route
• Swim spot on the Spree
• Old town and St. Mary's Cathedral in Fürstenwalde
• Komoot tour: https://www.komoot.com/tour/2757613420

Why this pilgrimage?
This walk brings together nature, community, and pilgrim tradition. Along the way, there'll be time for conversation and personal reflection. One stretch will be walked in intentional silence (around 30–60 minutes). It's a good, accessible way to get to know the Camino and the practice of pilgrimage.

The pilgrimage takes place under the auspices of the St. James Society Berlin.

Practical notes

• Gear: comfortable shoes, weather-appropriate clothing, sun protection, swimwear, backpack
• Food: bring enough water, snacks, and a packed lunch for the full day
• Tickets: please arrange your own travel there and back

Questions & Registration 

If you have questions or need help with planning your trip, feel free to reach out.

You’re also welcome to join our Whatsapp group for updates.

Feel free to contact me here or via WhatsApp message (+4915757652601), if you want to join.

Best,
Alex

Komm mit auf eine besondere eintägige Pilgerwanderung durch eine faszinierende Moorlandschaft an der Ostseeküste! Diese Route führt uns durch das Naturschutzgebiet Ribnitzer Großes Moor, vorbei an Küstenwäldern bis hin zur Ostsee mit ihren Stränden und der Seebrücke von Graal-Müritz. Zwischen Weite und Wald, Wasser und Wind nehmen wir uns Zeit für Stille, Austausch und neue Perspektiven.

📅 Datum & Uhrzeit

• Datum: Samstag, 18. Juli 2026
• Start: 9:53 Uhr am Bahnhof Graal-Müritz (Anreise: ab Rostock Hbf um 9:25 Uhr mit RB12; ab Güstrow um 8:14 Uhr mit der S2 bis Rostock; ab Ribnitz-Damgarten um 9:23 Uhr mit Bus 202; ab Berlin Hbf um 5.46 Uhr mit RE5)
• Ende: 16:02 Uhr am Bahnhof Graal-Müritz (Rückfahrt mit RB12 Richtung Rostock, Zug fährt stündlich)

🗺️ Route & Highlights

• Komoot Tour: https://www.komoot.com/de-de/tour/2154071179
• Start in Graal-Müritz, durch das Ribnitzer Große Moor
• Wanderung durch das Hochmoor mit seiner Flora und Fauna
• Küstenwald & Ostseestrand – mit Zeit für eine Badepause
• Abschluss an der Seebrücke Graal-Müritz

🔔 Wichtige Infos

• Strecke: 16 km, naturbelassene, gut begehbare Waldwege, Strand
• Verpflegung: Bitte ausreichend Essen & Wasser mitbringen (kaum/keine Einkaufsmöglichkeiten unterwegs)
• Kleidung: Wetterangepasste Kleidung, Sonnenschutz und bequeme Schuhe
• Schwimmen: Es besteht die Möglichkeit, am Ostseestrand zu baden – bring gerne Badebekleidung und ein Handtuch mit!

🤔 Warum pilgern?

Diese Pilgerwanderung bietet dir eine Auszeit vom Alltag, eine Begegnung mit der Natur und dir selbst. In Gemeinschaft, im Gehen, in der Stille und im Gespräch kannst du dich neu ausrichten, zur Ruhe kommen und Kraft schöpfen. Etwa 30 bis 60 Minuten der Wanderung verbringen wir bewusst schweigend – ein Raum zum Hören, Fühlen und Ankommen.

📩 Fragen oder Anmeldung

Melde dich gerne per Whatsapp-Nachricht (01575 – 7652601) oder E-Mail (alexander.steinfeldt@outlook.com) bei Pilgerbegleiter Alexander.

I'd like to warmly invite you to our next pilgrim hike through the hilly forests of the Oderland region. This route offers more elevation than most of our hikes – and rewards you with mountain panoramas and deep forest serenity as we practice a simple but demanding focus: being here rather than elsewhere.

📅 Date & Time

• Date: Saturday, July 11, 2026
• Start: 9:44 AM at Bad Freienwalde Train Station (Travel via RE3 from Berlin, transfer to RB60 in Eberswalde)
• End: 4:25 PM at Falkenberg (Mark) Train Station (Return via RB60 through Eberswalde, then RE3 to Berlin)

🗺️ Route Highlights

• Komoot tour: https://www.komoot.com/tour/2153746400
• Trails Oderlandweg & Turmwanderweg
• old town of Bad Freienwalde and its hilltop castle
• a real “mountain stage” for Brandenburg: around 300 m in elevation & summit “Märkischer Watzmann” (106 m)
• panoramic views over the surrounding countryside (Oderbruch)
• dense forests and natural landscapes far from the noise of the city

🤔 Why this pilgrimage?

Much of our attention is often elsewhere – in plans, worries, memories, or expectations. This pilgrimage invites a return to what is immediately given: the body, the breath, the step, and the path ahead.

This pilgrimage is an opportunity to slow down, reconnect with nature, and reflect on life’s important questions. We’ll walk at a relaxed pace, share thoughts, and take time for moments of silence – about 30 minutes to an hour – to listen to nature and our inner voices.

🔔 What to know & bring

• Wear comfortable, weather-appropriate clothing and sturdy walking or hiking shoes.
• Bring enough food and water for the whole day.
• If you’d like to swim, bring swimwear and a towel.
• Please remember your public transport ticket.

📩 Questions & Registration 

If you have questions or need help with planning your trip, feel free to reach out.

You’re also welcome to join our Whatsapp group for updates.

Feel free to contact me here or via WhatsApp message (+4915757652601), if you want to join.

Best,
Alex

Two days (June 6-7), forty kilometres, more than a thousand metres of climbing, up the Brocken, the highest peak in Northern Germany, and down again.

Ascent via Ilse Valley, descent via Bode Valley. Overnight in Schierke.

I liked the physical challenge. Anyone who sits at a desk a lot and otherwise only walks in flat country gets to know their body again here. The route is neither difficult nor does it require special skill but it does ask something of you.

And the Harz is more than a mountain range. A national park with rushing streams, dense forests, weathered crags, and at the same time a landscape under pressure: bark beetle, drought, storm damage, tourism.

It is this friction that makes a place interesting to me.

On top of that, a mythical region full of witches and devils and Walpurgis Night, on paths that Heine and Goethe walked before us.

Komoot: https://www.komoot.com/de-de/tour/3024268398

Brocken, Harz Mountain, Germany

I'd like to warmly invite you to our next pligrimage walk on this Saturday, May 16. This long-distance pilgrimage leads us through the Grumsin Beech Forests, a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site, and along the shores of Lake Wolletzsee. Ancient trees, hiking paths, and open water accompany us on a walk that invites depth, endurance, and trust. As we walk, we reflect on a central theme: trust, perspective, and letting go of control.

📅 Date & Time

• Date: Saturday, May 16, 2026
• Start: 9:23 AM at Angermünde train station (Travel via RE3 from Berlin Hbf at 8:23 AM)
• End: late afternoon at Chorin train station (Return via RE3 toward Berlin; trains run hourly)

🗺️ Route Highlights

• Komoot: https://www.komoot.com/tour/2770976788
• Distance: 26 km
• Grumsin Beech Forests (UNESCO World Heritage)
• Long forest passages with ancient trees
• Lakeside walking along Wolletzsee

🤔 Why this Pilgrimage?

Long walks confront us with our limits – physical, mental, and emotional. Over time, effort replaces planning, and presence replaces control.

This pilgrimage is an opportunity to slow down, reconnect with nature, and reflect on life’s important questions. We’ll walk at a relaxed pace, share thoughts, and take time for moments of silence – about 30 minutes to an hour – to listen to nature and our inner voices.

🔔 What to know & bring

• This is a long and demanding route and requires good physical fitness and walking experience.
• Wear sturdy hiking shoes and weather-appropriate, layered clothing.
• Bring enough food and water for the entire day.
• Please remember your public transport ticket for arrival and departure.

📩 Questions & Registration 

If you have questions or need help with planning your trip, feel free to reach out.

You’re also welcome to join our Whatsapp group for updates.

Feel free to contact me here or via WhatsApp message (+4915757652601), if you want to join.

Best,
Alex

I'd like to warmly invite you to our next pligrimage walk on Thursday, 14 May, a public holiday. It leads us around Lake Mellensee, following walking paths through forests, meadows, fields, and small villages. The wide landscape and steady rhythm of walking create space to reflect on a theme that touches many of us deeply: the balance between effort, rest, and what truly gives our work meaning.

📅 Date & Time

• Date: Thursday, May 14, 2026
• Start: 9:31 AM at Wünsdorf-Waldstadt train station (Travel via RE8 from Berlin Hbf at 8:44 AM)
• End: afternoon at Wünsdorf-Waldstadt train station (Return via RE8 toward Berlin; trains run hourly)

🗺️ Route Highlights

• Komoot: https://www.komoot.com/tour/2771034185
• Circular walk around Mellensee
• Forest paths, open fields, meadows, and small settlements
• Swimming spot at Großer Wünsdorfer See (optional dip)

🤔 Why this Pilgrimage?

Many of us live between constant activity and exhaustion. We work, rest, recover – and often repeat the cycle without pausing to ask what truly sustains us.

This pilgrimage is an opportunity to slow down, reconnect with nature, and reflect on life’s important questions. We’ll walk at a relaxed pace, share thoughts, and take time for moments of silence – about 30 minutes to an hour – to listen to nature and our inner voices.

🔔 What to know & bring

• Wear comfortable, weather-appropriate clothing and sturdy walking or hiking shoes.
• Bring enough food and water for the whole day.
• There will be a break at a swimming spot. If you’d like to swim, bring swimwear and a towel.
• Please remember your public transport ticket for arrival and departure.

📩 Questions & Registration 

If you have questions or need help with planning your trip, feel free to reach out.

You’re also welcome to join our Whatsapp group for updates.

Feel free to contact me here or via WhatsApp message (+4915757652601), if you want to join.

Best,
Alex