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📍 🏰 Alt-Dahn castle massif - mystical & mighty

📍 🏰 Alt-Dahn castle massif - mystical & mighty

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📍 🏰 Alt-Dahn castle massif - mystical & mighty

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Location: Dahn, Südwestpfalz, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Martin Schreiner

July 27, 2025

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The castle complex, first mentioned in documents in 1127, impresses with its size and exposed location on a mountain ridge near Dahn.

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Martin Schreiner

August 2, 2025

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The view into the vastness of the Palatinate Forest toward the Großer Eyberg. Millions of trees, thousands of rocks.

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Christiane I

August 1, 2025

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Walking in the rain, steam rising from the valleys, being alone in nature.

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Elevation 320 m

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Wednesday 19 August

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Location: Dahn, Südwestpfalz, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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