Camino de Santiago from Missen to Lindau, respectively Nonnenhorn (main route)

Missen - Stiefenhofen - Weiler - Scheidegg - Niederstaufen - Sigmarszell - Weißensberg - Lindau - Wasserburg - Nonnenhorn

Credentials:
Guest office Stiefenhofen, Hauptstraße 7
Genhofen (St. Stephen's chapel)
Hopfen (St. Martin's chapel)

Nagelshub - Weiler
Coming from Burkartshofen we reach Nagelshub. There, we follow the hiking trail R9/10 on the right hand side. Shortly after, we turn left towards Simmerberg. In the village centre near the inn "Gasthof Krone" we take the road "Rieder Straße" towards Weiler. Thereby, we pass under the alpine road "Deutsche Alpenstraße" and reach the centre of Weiler via Kapfmühle. In the area of the cemetery, the church St. Blaise and the Hausbach stream, the Camino de Santiago divides. We choose the variant via Scheidegg where you find a pilgrimage centre with overnight accomodations.The second variant leads you via Lindenberg.

Weiler-Scheidegg
We follow the stream Hausbach along the cemetery wall in a parallel way to the road Hausbachstraße and pass downwards the St. Wendelin's chapel. In the village Bremenried, we turn right into the road "Scheidegger Straße". Shortly before we reach the village exit, we leave the road towardss Altenburg to the left.
Credentials:
Gasthof Krone, Alte Salzstraße 50, Simmerberg
Parish Church St.Josef, Simmerberg
Catholic rectory St. Blaise, Schulstr. 11, Weiler
Tourist Information, Hauptstr.14, Weiler
Gasthof Engel, Kirchplatz 5, Weiler

Altenburg – Scheidegg –Allmansried
Coming from Weiler-Simmerberg, the pathway runs from Altenburg (partly on the "Kneipprundwanderweg) via the village Forstenhäuser to the village Böserscheidegg. On the ecumenical chapel path "Pathways for body and soul" we walk towards the village Schalkenried (1 kilometre) with a marvellous panoramic view onto the Alps. In the village Ablers, we turn right and then uphill along the "Kurstraße", passing the health clinics, towards the village centre of Scheidegg. From the village centre/Scheidegg tourism we follow the "Bräuhausstraße" towards Bieslings. From here on, we move on to the village Gretenmühle and cross the alpine road B 308. From Gretenmühle we move on to Allmannsried. At the farm "Rappenfluh", we come across route 3 coming from Lindenberg.
At the farm Rappenfluh the pathway leads us into the woods. After 10 minutes we can see the glittering Lake Constance and the impressive Alpstein massif with its main peaks Säntis and Altmann behind the vast meadow area. Before we reach Lötz, we turn to the chapel of St. Wendelin. After that, we go straight to a farm called "Kinberg".
Credentials:
Scheidegg Tourism, Rathausplatz 8
Pilgrimage centre at the Protestant church, Am Hammerbach 14,
Tel. 0151 54875791

Kinberg - Niederstaufen - Schlachters - Weißensberger Halde - Streitelsfingen
Having passed the farm "Kinberg" we turn to the forest on the right hand side. After 80 metres in the forest, we follow a steep pathway to the left downhill, that is fortified with stairs. We come across a broad forest path and follow it to the left hand side. After 400 metres, we reach a fork. There, we go right, along meadows. We reach the hamlet Adelberg on a steep downhill path. On a paved road, we continue downhill. Shortly before we reach Niederstaufen, we turn left into a grove and we walk along the edge of the grove towards the church of Niederstaufen. We ignore the church and  walk along the "Allgäustraße" on the right side. Passing a grocery store, we reach the branch to the left, leading us to the small river Leiblach.
Here we come across the Leiblach hiking trail, which is called "Leiblach-Uferweg" on another signpost. We follow the trail downstream. On a narrow steel bridge, we cross the Leiblach. On the other side of the river, we walk on a paved road 400 metres uphill and then we turn left in the woods. On a romantic forest and meadow path, the Leiblach hiking trail leads us southwards. Later on, a narrow path leads us back to the river. We cross a bridge over a creek, flowing into the Leiblach. Now we come across a broader forest path, on which we follow the river.

Path through a ravine and through Sigmarszell
(scenic but more demanding)
We know cross the B 308 (a tunnel is about to be build soon) and follow the path straight to the village Dornach. Shortly before we reach Dornach we follow the right turn and come across more houses of the village Dornach. Here, we go right, at first. After 150 metres we turn left, following the mark of the Leiblach hiking trail onto a small meadow path, that leads us through a dingle with a number of stairs and a bridge towards Sigmarszell.
Note: the path through the ravine is not paved and dangerous when wet.
We directly reach the church. From here, we turn right and follow the straight road uphill to Biesings. Before we reach the ramp onto B 308, we turn left and walk along the road until we reach Schlachters via an underpass.

Less demanding variant along the B308
After crossing the B 308 we walk 2 kilometres on a cycleway/footpath along the B 308 until we reach Biesings. We cross a side road until we reach Schlachters via an underpass.

We continue our way from Schlachters
We walk along the main street, passing the town hall and turn to the left into the "Weiherstraße", shortly before we reach the pharmacy. The "Weiherstraße" leads us into the forest, passing the sports field and the pond of Schlachters. We cross the motorway A 96 on a bridge and immediately turn to the right onto a forest path that leads us in a left turn near the railroad tracks. We go left here and walk slightly uphill to the viewpoint "Weißensberger Halde". This little climb will be rewarded with a marvellous view onto Lake Constance and the Alps. A panorama sign at the freestanding chapel helps us to find the names and heights of the mountains we can see. We climb down the "Weißensberger Halde" on a narrow path with a handrail. Downhill, we come across a narrow and paved footpath that we follow to the left. The path leads to a connecting road that we walk downhill to the right. At the next confluence, we turn left, cross under the B 308 and turn right towards Streitelsfingen at the fork. From this road on we turn right after 500 metres and follow this path to Streitelsfingen.
Credentials:
Town hall Sigmarszell-Schlachters, Hauptstraße 28

Streitelsfingen - Isle of Lindau
We walk the street passing the hotel Montfort Schlösschen in Streitelsfingen. After approx. 100 metres we turn left into a meadow path that leads us through orchards, always at the height. At the end of the meadow path we descend turning to the right and reach the road "Röntgenstraße" which we follow. Now we reach a residential area. First we pass the junctions "Bäuerlinshalde", "Bantingstraße" and "Otto-Hahn-Straße". We then turn right into a narrow meadow path. We follow this path and then turn right into the road "Oberreutiner Weg". There, the Jacobus Pilgrims refuge is loacated. We pass the cemetery and the church Saint Verena. The path leads us left a little downhill before we turn left into a narrow footpath called "das Gängle". Atenntion: this path can be overlooked easily. We soon reach the road "Köchlinstraße" which we follow to the right. The road soon turns sharply left. We keep on following the road straight on, passing the savings bank ("Sparkasse") until we reach the road "Kemptener Straße" which we cross carefully. On the other side of the road we come across the road "Bleicheweg" at the idyllic pond "Köchlinweiher". Alongside a little stream, we pass a market garden to our right. Passing the "Bauhof" (on the left hand side) we stay straight ahead and cross the "Bleicheweg"  at the junction "Privatweg". Passing the savings bank building we reach a pedestrian crossing where we cross the highly frequented road "Bregenzer Straße". After the pedestrian crossing we stay right and pass the barrier system of the railway line Lindau-Bregenz and follow the "Bregenzer Straße" towards the isle of Lindau. Having passed a bridge crossing the river Ach we turn left into the municipality area. At the parking lot, we walk until we reach the lake. We follow the shore path to the right until we reach the bridge  we have to cross. Having crossed the bridge we immediately turn left and follow the shore path passing the casino. Having passed a jetty we stay next to the lake and turn right once more at the end of the shore path until we reach the road "Fischergasse". We shortly follow this road to the left, passing the inn "Alte Post". A narrow passage is the entry to the left side of the Gerberschanze. There, a short part of the shore path begins again which we follow, passing the sailing port to Lindau harbour.

Continuation from the bridge to Wasserburg
After viewing the isle of Lindau, we turn to the west on the landside. First we pass the minigolf course along the lakeshore. Then we follow the lakeshore of Aeschach until we reach and cross the railroad crossing. We continue our way straight on a combined bicycle/pedestrian track along the lakeshore and then we come across the road "Schachener Straße" on the road "Giebelbachstraße". Here we follow road turning left and after approx. 500 metres wee turn again left into the road "Oeschländerweg". Soon we can see signposts leading us left to the hotel Bad Schachen. Passing the impressive hotel complex, the path leads us to the "Lindenhofpark" which we partly cross along the lake. Passing the "Lindenhofbad" we reach the path "Lindenhofweg". Infront of the villa "Schloss Alwind" (post recreation home) we turn again left walking down to the lake. After having passed the maintained garden of the castle like building close to the lakeshore we continue our way to the right. up to the road "Uli-Wieland-Straße" and soon we come across
the road "Reutener Straße".
Credentials:
Tourist information Lindau, Alfred-Nobel-Platz 1, opposite the central station

Wasserburg - Reutenen - Nonnenhorn
Coming from Lindau, we reach the "Uli-Wieland-Straße" at the town sign of Wasserburg (district: Reutenen). We follow the road up to the junction with the road "Reutener Straße". Here we can see the gable end of the small Chapel of St.James. It is highly recommended for pilgrims to visit the chapel. However, our route leads us through meadows towards a wayside shrine where we stay left on the not asphalted hiking trail. It takes us back to the "Reutener Straße" passing the outdoor facilities of the open-air pool. Shortly after, we turn left, well visible at the entry of the hall "Sumser Halle". Now we cross a park-like area with the statue of the "Lieber Augustin" at the lakeshore, the children's playground and the tennis courts. We reach the road "Uferstraße" at the first houses. We follow the road until it comes across the road "Halbinselstraße. We take this road up to a fork at the hotel "Zum Lieben Augustin". From here, the path leads us left to the sights of the Wasserburg peninsula. We stay right, passing the restaurant "Hege Strand 3" and the minigolf course and reach an avenue of poplar-trees. We stay on this route near to the shore, that is reserved for hikers and cyclists, passing a nature reserve to the left and we soon can see the town sign of Nonnenhorn.
Credentials:
Office of the parish St. Georg. Outside business hours you can ask the parish priest for credentials.

Nonnenhorn
Coming from the Wasserburg peninsula we reach the town sign of Nonnenhorn after a beautiful avenue of poplar-trees. We stay left at the fork on the road along the lake and take a short side trip to a public access to the lake called "Malerwinkel". Here, we have a beautiful view on the peninsula with the Wasserburg castle and the church of St.George. We follow the road "Wasserburger Straße" again and after 1.5 kilometres we come across the  "Weintorkel" in the centre of Nonnenhorn which is 400 years old and which you should absolutely watch.  From there, we turn left again towards the lake. Passing the tourist info to the right and the jetty to the left, we come across the lido and after a right turn we walk 15o metres uphill to the wine tavern "Weinstube Fürst". There we sharply turn right to the historic square "Kapellenplatz" and there we stand infront of the chapel of St.James built in the 14th century. Directly at the entrance of the chapel there is a display board showing the Camino de Santiago in the Bavarian Swabia region.
At the wall of the opposite inn "Kapelle" we discover an old inn sign displaying St.James.
We can go by ship to Rohrschach starting in Wasserburg or Lindau and continue our way to the town of Einsiedeln on the Swiss  route. Please note the seasonal times from April/May to approx. October at www.bsb-online.com.  Furthermore, you can hike to Friedrichshafen and drive to Konstanz by the catamaran.
Credentials:
Inn "Zur Kapelle" next to the chapel of St.James, Tel. 08382-8274
Tourist information Nonnenhorn, Seehalde 2, Tel. 08382-8250
Bruno Markowski, Im Gehren 6b, Tel. 08382-8085