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Rhineland-Palatinate

Palatinate Forest

Landkreis Bad Dürkheim

Wachenheim an der Weinstraße

Dicke Eiche with picnic area – Gate of Hardenburg Castle loop from Festplatz Aybach

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Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Palatinate Forest

Landkreis Bad Dürkheim

Wachenheim an der Weinstraße

Dicke Eiche with picnic area – Gate of Hardenburg Castle loop from Festplatz Aybach

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4.7

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1,578

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Dicke Eiche with picnic area – Gate of Hardenburg Castle loop from Festplatz Aybach

05:56

19.1km

660m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

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Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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5.58 km

Ruins of the Murrmirnichtviel Hunting Lodge

Highlight • Historical Site

Presumably by Johann Friedrich von Leiningen (1661-1722), the tower - as well as only 600 meters away Leiningische hunting lodge Kehrdichannichts - to protect the border of the hunting area …

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6.53 km

Dicke Eiche with picnic area

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Definitely a great place for a break

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7.92 km

Pine Forest Trail in Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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Worthwhile circular route around the Hardenburg. Great nature!

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10.2 km

Gate of Hardenburg Castle

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Shame that the Lindenklause below the Hardenburg is closed.

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11.5 km

Narrow Pine Forest Trail in Pfälzerwald

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There is nothing more to add. Great and idyllic narrow hiking trails in the pine forest. Partly steep!

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13.5 km

View from the Monastery Terrace over Bad Dürkheim

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Beautiful nature with beautiful views.

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13.5 km

Limburg Monastery Ruins

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The coffee in the courtyard of the monastery ruins is fabulous

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16.8 km

Path to Weißer Stein

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Beautiful narrow root path at the white stone

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19.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.6 km

6.68 km

748 m

577 m

490 m

Surfaces

11.2 km

3.83 km

3.29 km

738 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (470 m)

Lowest point (170 m)

Weather

Saturday 11 July

32°C

17°C

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Comments

June 29, 2024,Hardenburg- Klosterruine Limburg Runde von Oppauer Naturfreundehaus

Despite the heat, we went to the Palatinate today, more specifically near Bad Dürkheim. Luckily for us, the Oppauer-Haus nature friends' house was accessible even though the road was actually closed for repairs, so we were able to start our tour as planned. It started well, first steeply up to the white stone and then repeatedly over beautiful single trails …

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November 23, 2023,Klosterruine Limburg – Ruine Hardenburg Runde von Grethen

Today we traveled alone to Bad Dürkheim (Grethen) and started at the Limburg monastery ruins. The first few meters were so-so, but then it was mostly on trails in the category. S1, S2, (S3) initially go uphill and then walk comfortably downhill for about half of the tour.
The weather cooperated nicely and the sun showed up every now and …

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October 23, 2023,Ruine Hardenburg – Oppauer Haus Runde von Bad Dürkheim

To start the week we went on a nice tour to the Hardenburg ruins.
From the Drei Eichen hiking car park we hiked on very beautiful single trails without exception.
Shortly before the end of the tour, we stopped at the Naturfreundehaus Oppauer Haus, had a delicious meal and took the rest of the tour under our hiking boots 🥾. …

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October 23, 2023,Über Ruine Hardenburg zum Oppauer Haus Rundweg von Bad Dürkheim Pfalz

Today we went on a great hike to the Hardenburg ruins and the Naturfreundehaus Oppauer Haus. We almost exclusively had great single trails on the route with a high fun factor. Finally we stopped at the Oppauer Haus and had a delicious meal, what more could you want. Another lovely day spent in the Palatinate.

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December 22, 2024,Hardenburg- NFH Oppauer Haus

The last time I was at the Oppauer Haus, I saw that they had homemade ravioli. Of course I wanted to try them and so I chose the hike so that the rest stop was about halfway through. I have to say the ravioli are really recommended. The hike itself is not very difficult and goes past the NFH Eppental …

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December 27, 2021,Klosterruine Limburg – Toller Pfad Runde von Grethen

I was invited on this tour by my brother and his girlfriend. You can't say no to the Palatinate Forest 😃. Unfortunately the Hardenburg ruins were closed. I would certainly have been able to photograph the landscape in the fog perfectly from there. But still an incredibly beautiful tour

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November 13, 2022,Bad Dü Klosterruine Limburg – Toller Pfad Runde von Grethen 1

Good tour recommended. Unpleasant slope at the beginning but varied overall. 2nd half relatively gentle, but quite long climb.

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April 30, 2023,Klosterruine Limburg – Hardenburg

I saw the tour on komoot, but didn't notice that the route from Limburg to the Drei Eichen car park leads via Hammeltalstraße, so it's paved 😒 But otherwise a great tour 😉

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Dicke Eiche with picnic area – Gate of Hardenburg Castle loop from Festplatz Aybach

Ruins of the Murrmirnichtviel Hunting Lodge

Dicke Eiche with picnic area

Pine Forest Trail in Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

Gate of Hardenburg Castle

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View from the Monastery Terrace over Bad Dürkheim

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Path to Weißer Stein

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