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Dammbrunnen Natural Monument (Ritterstein No. 146)

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Dammbrunnen Natural Monument (Ritterstein No. 146)

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Dammbrunnen Natural Monument (Ritterstein No. 146)

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Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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Location: Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Best Hikes to Dammbrunnen Natural Monument (Ritterstein No. 146)

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1. Balkenbrunnen – Pfälzer Weltachs loop from Mölschbach

11.7km

03:26

340m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Hungerbrunnen Natural Monument – Hungerbrunnen Natural Monument loop from Mölschbach

5.32km

01:31

120m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Palatinate World Axis – Ritterstein 140: Stable loop from Mölschbach

13.7km

03:53

310m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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1Fritz-Marc 🚴🥾🏊🌲

April 22, 2020

The knight's stone No. 146, dam well, maintained by the PWV sits at the place where a cattle trough with shelter used to be for the cattle.

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Euphemia Anna 🌳

June 8, 2022

This is one of over 300 knight's stones of the Palatinate Forest Association.
At the point where the Ritterstein stands today, “there was once a shelter, a cattle trough and an artificial wallow. The cattle trough and the wallow were fed with water from the nearby mountain spring. The shepherds at that time built a ring-shaped dam and dug up the earth within the dam. A small pond was created that served as a cattle trough. [...] The mountain spring, which once supplied the cattle trough and the wallow with water, was later turned into a well by the forestry office. The water flows through a wooden pipe embedded in the solid sandstone wall. The water flow is usually low, but despite the altitude there is a constant flow of water. The well water seeps into the Dammberg and presumably feeds an underground basin, which in turn fills the hunger well located down in the valley.”
Source (quoted verbatim): kuladig.de Objektansicht/KLD-283462

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Biitii 105 💗💜

May 29, 2021

The dam well is a source in the Stiftswald Kaiserslautern above the Kleiner Dammtal. This knight's stone on the Dammberg plateau is easy to find if you follow the red and white trail markings from the Hungerbrunnen parking lot. Incidentally, it is also listed as a natural monument (ND-7312-273).

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Dammbrunnen Natural Monument (Ritterstein No. 146)

1. Balkenbrunnen – Pfälzer Weltachs loop from Mölschbach

2. Hungerbrunnen Natural Monument – Hungerbrunnen Natural Monument loop from Mölschbach

3. Palatinate World Axis – Ritterstein 140: Stable loop from Mölschbach

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