Walking the Via Tirolensis in the Maria-Theresien-Straße in Innsbruck Old Town (Altstadt), Tyrol, Austria, part of two ancient pilgrimage routes, January 2026.
Both the St James Way (Jakobsweg , Camino de Santiago) and the Via Romea Germanica follow this route in Innsbruck.
In the front the statue of Mary (Annasäule). In the background on the right the green copper roof of the medieval Town Tower (Stadtturm) where this East Tyrol route of the Jakobsweg (‘Jakobsweg Osttirol’) merges with the main (east to west) route in Austria : the ‘Jakobsweg Tirol’ running here on the right bank of the Inn River.
Close to this tower , but not visible here, are both the Golden Roof (Goldenes Dachl) and the Innsbruck Cathedral, the Cathedral of St. James (St. Jakob Dom) , also part of this ancient Christian pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James.
Via Tirolensis
The Via Romea Germanica pilgrimage route, goes from Stade near Hamburg in Germany to Rome, Italy. The Tyrolean section (Via Tirolensis) in Austria and Italy of the Via Romea, goes from Mittenwald (German/Austrian border) via Innsbruck to Brenner – Brenner on the Austrian/Italian border), and continues in South-Tyrol to Bolzano, Italy. In Innsbruck
Via Romea Maps
Via Romea in Austria, URL
https://camino-europe.eu/en/eu/oesterreich-en-US/neue-weiterleitungsseite/via-romea-iv
Via Romea in Italy, URL
https://app.forwalk.org/4/9/en/29/?u=m&h=2#11.355401/46.499113/17/0
Camino de Santiago (St James Way , Jakobsweg): The Maria-Theresien-Straße in Innsbruck is part of the Brenner – Innsbruck stage of the East Tyrol route in the Camino de Santiago network in Austria and Italia , the ‘Jakobsweg Osttirol’ .
URL https://www.weitwanderwege.com/jakobsweg/
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