Created in 2013, the 137-kilometer Hildegard Way links key locations from the life of this extraordinary German medieval woman.
The Eibingen Abbey founded by St Hildegard PMW89 - Shutterstock
Bread and spelt grains Ange P - Shutterstock
Hildegard called spelt “the best grain”, crediting it with the power to nourish the body, lighten the mind, and uplift the spirit.
Aerial view of St. Hildegard Abbey near Rüdesheim Harald Lueder - Shutterstock
Abbey built on the remains of the original one founded by Hildegard of Bingen in the 12th century
Ruins of Monastery Disibodenberg. Home of Saint Hildegard of Bingen. Peer Marlow - Shutterstock
This is the monastery where Saint Hildegard of Bingen spent over 30 years of her life and began her religious journey
Vision of the angelic hierarchy by Hildegard von Bingen Illumination from Liber Scivias - Public Domain
The most famous nun of the Middle Ages, Hildegard of Bingen, wrote a famous treatise on the knowledge of God as a spiritual pilgrimage, the “Scivias”
Benedictine German abbey founded in the 7th century with a brewery since 11th century
Benedictine abbey with the second oldest active monastic brewery in the world, with almost a thousand years of activity