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Rest benches with dream views – View of Trifels Castle loop from Albersweiler

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Rest benches with dream views – View of Trifels Castle loop from Albersweiler

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Rest benches with dream views – View of Trifels Castle loop from Albersweiler

03:13

10.3km

390m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 29, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Haardtrand - Käfernberg

Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.20 km

Viewpoint

2.05 km

Landauer Nature Friends House at Kiesbuckel

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Is always open on weekends. Hüttendienst make volunteer helper groups. I have already done service. Was a great weekend. Just contacted us through the website 😎👍

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2.20 km

Beautiful hiking trail

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Very good nature trail

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4.37 km

Paragliding landing site with a view of the Palatinate Forest

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Here you also have a beautiful view.

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4.40 km

Paragliding Launch Site Orensberg

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Rest stop, at the same time you can watch the hang gliders during their preparations or starts

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9.01 km

View of the Rhine plain from the Haardtrand

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You have a nice view from the path at the edge of the forest and there are also some benches. But this place also offers shade!

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9.40 km

View of the Frankweiler Kalkgrube vineyards

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Great view from the Palatinate Forest over the Rhine plain to the Black Forest ...

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9.59 km

Rest benches with dream views

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Observation bench with a view of the Trifels Castle

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9.85 km

View of Trifels Castle

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From here you can see Trifels Castle on a clear day.

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10.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.41 km

3.78 km

1.03 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.85 km

2.92 km

691 m

416 m

361 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 5 September

24°C

11°C

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Comments

October 6, 2024,Albersweiler-St.Johann, Kiesbuckelhütte, Orensfels, Landauer Hütte – Runde von Albersweiler, Südpfalz

This hike is essentially a much shorter version of the "Palatinate Hut Tour".
The first part of this tour mostly runs along beautiful, narrow paths. After the Landauer Hut, however, it is almost exclusively farm tracks and asphalt roads.

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February 7, 2026,Naturfreundehaus Kiesbuckel, Orensfels, Zimmerplatz, Landauer Hütte, historische Walddusche,

With such great weather and wonderful impressions, I'm happy today 🫶🌳🍀🥾

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July 20, 2024,🚶🏼‍♀️Pfälzer Wald vom Feinsten - Kiesbuckelhütte - Orensfels - Landauer Hütte - Walddusche

Today's tour comes from the Palatinate Forest Newsletter. I took the wrong path at the beginning, there is a narrow path that goes up from the car park. Then you don't have to walk through the undergrowth. Before my vacation I wanted to go into the forest one more time and have a nice view. So I got up early …

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December 20, 2024,Auf den Orensfels / Pfalz / Frankweiler

Vineyards, forests, wild rocks, wild weather and castles: The Palatinate! Always worth it. Beautiful tour.

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October 23, 2022,🌥️ Walddusche Gleisweiler - Orensfels 🥰 - Oberhalb Frankweiler 🌤️

Unfortunately I had to work yesterday and couldn't use the bright blue sky for a tour 😒 .
Although cloudy with little sun was forecast for today, it should remain dry until the afternoon.
So things were already packed yesterday evening and this morning at 7.00 a.m. we drove to the starting point by car.
If the beginning of the …

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November 14, 2022,St Johann - Walddusche - Orensfels

Orensfels was definitely too low today or there were too many clouds to be able to look at the fog in the sunlight; too bad 😢
Nevertheless, I had a special experience that still makes me smile. 😊
At the forest shower (it was about 8:15 a.m.) I met a woman with her two dogs, who actually began to undress... …

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August 15, 2021,Ringelsberghütte > Landauerhütte > Orensfelsen > NFH Kiesbuckel

I call our tour yesterday the 6-viewpoint (rest 😉) hike.
In Frankweiler we first had a picnic with a view 👀 before we walked up to the Ringelsberghütte, which has a great viewing terrace 👀 and also a nice playground.

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October 21, 2023,Pfälzer Hüttentour - Südtour mit 3 Hütten

This was a lovely tour in lovely cool autumn weather.

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Rest benches with dream views – View of Trifels Castle loop from Albersweiler

Landauer Nature Friends House at Kiesbuckel

Beautiful hiking trail

Paragliding landing site with a view of the Palatinate Forest

Paragliding Launch Site Orensberg

View of the Rhine plain from the Haardtrand

View of the Frankweiler Kalkgrube vineyards

Rest benches with dream views

View of Trifels Castle

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