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Bruderfelsen – Klingelfels loop from Schönau (Pfalz)

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Bruderfelsen – Klingelfels loop from Schönau (Pfalz)

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Bruderfelsen – Klingelfels loop from Schönau (Pfalz)

03:55

12.8km

440m

Hiking

Moderate hike. 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 17, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord

Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.41 km

Pfaffenfelsen (with long ladder)

Highlight • Viewpoint

Once you have climbed the narrow ladder, you can enjoy the great view of Schönau!

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2.12 km

Bruderfelsen

Highlight • Viewpoint

A few steps lead to a small platform.

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2.29 km

Beautiful little forest trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This beautiful narrow path along the slope can be walked between the brother rock and the gypsy rock.

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4.31 km

Col de Hichtenbach

Mountain Pass

5.86 km

Gypsy Rock (Rocher des Tziganes)

Highlight • Climb

There are only a few traces left that suggest a castle complex. The gypsy rock could have been an outpost of Wasigenstein Castle. In the 18th century, the rock probably served as a shelter for a band of gypsies. Climbing is a bit tricky over a steep ladder and a "slip through" - sure-footedness is essential in any case!

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6.70 km

Klingelfels

Highlight • Natural Monument

Nice little rock, located right next to the parking lot so easy to get to. From the Klingenfels, it is still a relatively short distance to the Wasigenstein castle ruins.

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7.44 km

Col du Maimont (with a nice rest bench)

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A lovely spot for a short rest at the junction of several hiking trails. It offers a beautiful view of the village in the valley and the wooded mountain peaks.

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10.7 km

Au Wasigenstein Restaurant

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This restaurant is the perfect place to end your day with a long, beautiful and exhausting hike and to end the day nicely. The ambience is very pleasant, the waiters very friendly and the food tastes great.

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10.9 km

Saint Joseph Chapel of Wengelsbach

Highlight • Religious Site

Very nice little church in the idyllic former Waldbauerndorf.

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12.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.74 km

3.40 km

886 m

756 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.15 km

3.68 km

2.33 km

801 m

756 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (220 m)

Weather

Saturday 11 July

32°C

18°C

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Comments

May 18, 2022,🇫🇷 Schönau, Château du Wasigenstein, Burgruine Blumenstein

Borrowed today's dream hike from Angi63.
Thank you for this wonderful hike. We started in the border town of Schönau/Palatinate, hiked over the Pfaffenfelsen and Bruderfelsen and we were already in France.
On the 🇩🇪 l 🇫🇷 German-French Castle Trail we took the imposing Gypsy Rock with us before we took our lunch break at the Wasigenstein castle ruins.
After …

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April 9, 2023,Schönau, Pfaffenfelsen, Bruderfelsen, Le rocher des Tziganes, Chateau Wasigenstein, Klingelfels, Burg Blumenstein

A friend sent me a picture of the ringing rock in November. I then looked up where it was. Ok, Wengelsbach / France. The tour was also planned soon...... and was almost forgotten.
Today was the day (what else should you do on a sunny Easter Sunday).
My husband and I started in Schönau and soon came to the Pfaffenfelsen. …

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March 3, 2024,Burgen 🏰und Felsenrunde 🪨im Grenzgebiet bei Schönau(Pfalz)🇩🇪🥾🇫🇷

Beautiful South Palatinate tour, where we started from a parking lot in Schönau. You should bring some time with you, as the tour has many viewpoints, rocks (including Zigeunerfelsen, Bruderfelsen, Klingelfels) and castles (Wasignenstein, Blumenstein) to offer in the D-F border area.

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March 3, 2024,von Schönau(Pfalz) zur Burg Blumenstein und zurück

After the weather report predicted great weather for Sunday, we went with friends to the Palatinate Forest (our favorite forest) again. The start was in Schönau (large parking lot in the middle of the town) below the Pfaffenfelsen. Of course, things go up for the first time. You can reach the Pfaffenfelsen relatively quickly. Climb the ladder and enjoy the …

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November 11, 2021,von Schönau(Pfalz) zur Burg Blumenstein und zurück

Today, after the weather forecast was quite good, drove to the Palatinate Forest again. Namely to Schönau directly on the border with France. From the parking lot we are first to the Pfaffenfelsen and then to the Bruderfelsen. Unfortunately, the view through the fog was not that good. But from then on, the higher we got, the visibility got better …

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June 13, 2022,Pfalz 2022 Pfaffenfels – Bruderfelsen Runde von Schönau (Pfalz)🦖🥾

A nice tour in the Palatinate Forest. I liked the rocks best, which you could also climb up using a ladder.

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June 3, 2026,Schönau (Pfalz): Deutsch-französische Rundtour nach Wengelsbach (Elsass) - mit Pfaffenfelsen, Bruderfelsen, Zigeunerfelsen, Ruine Wasigenstein und schöner Einkehr

Today's tour between Schönau (Pfalz) and the pretty little village of Wengelsbach (Alsace) has been on my mind for a long time, ever since my hike to the Maimont in June 2025. (However, I was probably also inspired by a tour by @Kauai from September 25, 2022: We extended this tour with some "attractions".)

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January 1, 2022,Deutsch-Französische Burgenrunde - Pfaffen-, Bruders- und Zigeunerfels - Ruine Wasigenstein - Maimont (513m) - Friedenskreuz - Ruine Blumenstein - Runde von Wanderparkplatz Wengelsbach

Nice New Years tour, which could have been a late spring tour due to the weather. The many rocks and castles built by me, all of which had to be explored and explored extensively due to the warm sunny weather, made time totally forget and the sun was gone. You could still guess the Blumenstein Castle and the last few …

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Bruderfelsen – Klingelfels loop from Schönau (Pfalz)

Pfaffenfelsen (with long ladder)

Bruderfelsen

Beautiful little forest trail

Gypsy Rock (Rocher des Tziganes)

Klingelfels

Col du Maimont (with a nice rest bench)

Au Wasigenstein Restaurant

Saint Joseph Chapel of Wengelsbach

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