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Rhineland-Palatinate
Palatinate Forest
Landkreis Bad Dürkheim
Esthal

Esthaler Brunnenweg - Palatinate Forest

Moderate

4.7

(97)

290

hikers

Esthaler Brunnenweg - Palatinate Forest

04:16

15.1km

330m

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: July 31, 2024

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1.34 km

Straufelsbrunnen

Highlight • Monument

In the Esthaler Straufelstal, below the cemetery, is the Straufelsbrunnen fountain. The fountain consists of five troughs and four knocking stones. A very large fountain.

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6.89 km

View of Esthal

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Beautiful view of Esthal. The cows invite you to linger.

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9.19 km

Römerbrunnen Natural Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Roman fountain was supposed to be used to supply drinking water to the Esthal community due to its natural gradient. The plan was abandoned because of the low water …

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10.7 km

Gold Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Gold Well is an artesian well or spring. The water pushes through the sand from below. This means that the surface is very calm, even though the spring delivers a lot of water.

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13.1 km

Wolf Gorge Hut

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A beautiful hut with good, hearty Palatinate food and very reasonable prices. There is a small playground for children and the stream is perfect for splashing around. The large swing is a hit.

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14.4 km

Schelmenteich Fountain

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The fountain is named after the former pond. It is a washing and cattle watering fountain.

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15.1 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.87 km

3.37 km

2.16 km

1.14 km

448 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.17 km

4.51 km

1.85 km

729 m

434 m

363 m

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Highest point (390 m)

Lowest point (280 m)

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Sunday 12 July

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Comments

January 31, 2026,Esthaler Brunnenweg
On Saturday, I hiked the Esthal Fountain Trail. As the name suggests, the trail leads past quite a few fountains, many of which were used as washing fountains or watering troughs for livestock. There's also an audio tour for the western half of the trail, which I hadn't downloaded beforehand. So it wasn't too bad that I hiked half the …

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Inspired by hiking friends from the Palatinate, we finally made it to the furthest corner of the Palatinate Forest today. We had planned this for a long time, but to be honest we couldn't imagine that you can get there by public transport in a reasonable way (except for the Kuckucksbähnel, which runs to the neighboring valley every few weeks). …

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August 15, 2021,Brunnenweg in Esthal
Today on the last summer weekend I decided to do the Brunnenweg tour:
tourenplaner-rheinland-pfalz.de/de/tour/wanderung/brunnenweg-praedikatswanderweg-in-esthal/1524480
For Curly because of the many fountains that she has also tested.


The tour was quite varied over partly new paths not listed in Komoot, but also exhausting with the temperatures. It was much warmer than yesterday in the cool valleys around Pirmasens.
We had a …

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A wonderful route with lots of nature and tranquility.
You have to drive deep into the Palatinate Forest, but the tour is worth it.

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Today I was out with my favorite hiking group and Natalie was also at the start. It was a bit of peeping and yelling until we finally got to the hut, but of course that was a great theatrical performance by my fellow hikers, who challenged me as a hiking guide to my best :-) What a beautiful, entertaining, funny …

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Nice partly exhausting tour from a certain age. But you can make two tours out of it. We moved the starting point a bit because of the parking lot.

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March 17, 2026,Esthaler Brunnenweg
Before heading home, I made a detour into the Palatinate Forest; the Esthal Fountain Trail has been on my list of planned hikes for a long time.

Esthal lies sleepily in the heart of the Palatinate Forest. The hike, a constant up and down, leads, as the name suggests, along a series of historic fountains, which were formerly used mainly …

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January 25, 2025,Esthal Brunnenweg
We dared to do the tour today - despite the weather forecast - and didn't get wet. On the contrary, it was a very nice tour. Very well signposted (we just couldn't find the starting point in the town straight away). But the paths are very varied, and there is a place to sit at every fountain for a short …

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