12. Magdenau (Flawil) to Sankt Gallen

At the exit of the abbey, turn left on the road towards Flawil (Magdenauerstrasse) until the second bend. Shortly before, turn left on the path that crosses the following bends (Wanderweg: Büelwis):

1. The track returns to the main road at the entrance to Flawil. Take the street on the right after the stadium (signposting) (Schützenwiesweg) which arrives on Austrasse. Turn left and continue in this direction with the following streets (Gupfengasse and Unterdorfstrasse) to reach a railway track. Follow the railway track to the right via Dammstrasse which, after a bend, reaches the main road (St Gallerstrasse). Turn left to find the railway track and turn right before the tunnel to follow the railway track again (Burgauerstrasse). 
   
   
2. In Burgau at the fountain, turn left into the road to St Colomban (Columbanweg) which extends into the Burgauerfeld through fields to reach the Glatt Valley. Under the high voltage line before going down into the valley, turn left on the path that leads to a footbridge under the railway viaduct. After the farms, follow and cross the railway (bridge) towards the forest on the north bank of the Glatt. The track follows the edge to a calvary. 
   
   
3. Take the path (Holbleichiweg) opposite, which remains level in the forest above the river and exits into the fields via Marstalstrasse and Fennstrasse (in the axis) to reach the Herisauerstrasse road. Turn right on the busy pavement until the first street on the left (yellow diamond marker Wanderweg) (Huebstrasse). Take the path on the right immediately after the first house, join a circular road (Riewisstrasse) in a residence, turn left and in the first path on the left that leads to Schochenberg Farm. Continue straight ahead (Schochenbergstrasse) and then turn left twice at successive crossroads (Berweid).
   
   
4. Go up to the woods to the top (866m) and, after the ruins of Rosenberg Castle, go down in a yaw to the Rüti residence, cut the yaw from the road to the Rüdlenstrasse which cuts the railway track (tunnel) and leads to the main road and a bicycle / pedestrian path to follow on the left. It cuts a stream, finds the Via Jacobi N°4, skirts an artificial pond and goes up Gübsenstrasse towards the city of Winkel crossing a railway track. After the track in the left bend of Sturzenstrasse, continue in the axis through the pedestrian crossing (Hofweg).
   
   
5. Turn right (Kräzenstrasse) and cross the Sitter ravine into Bruggen followed by St Gall to the abbey, alternately following Via Jacobi N°4 without edge and the yellow diamonds Wanderweg. Continue in the direction at the crossroads with the main street Zürcherstrasse until you reach the Eisenbahnweg on the right, which serves a Lidl supermarket. 
   
   
6. Turn left at the gate and follow the signposted path that runs successively along a stream, fields and a pond (Burweiherweg) in the middle of the town. After the modern church of Lachen at the end of the fields, turn left (Schillerstrasse) to reach an important street on the right (Burgstrasse) followed by a bridge shortly before the station. Before the bridge, turn left to join St Leonhard Strasse, which crosses the tracks and then turns left. Continue on the pavement to the right of this road until you reach the Migro store.
   
   
7. Turn right into Gutenbergstrasse and then left into Vadianstrasse. At the end, cross the Oberer Graben, take the Multergasse opposite, first right Weberstrasse, first left Schmiedgasse and first right Bankgasse to reach the abbey.