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Reipoltskirchen Moated Castle

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Reipoltskirchen Moated Castle

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Location: Reipoltskirchen, Kusel, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Otterberg Abbey Church – Historic Lauter Bridge loop from Bodelschwingh-Zentrum

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04:34

510m

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2. Otterberg Abbey Church – Historic Lauter Bridge loop from Lampertsmühle-Otterbach

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04:08

420m

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3. Reipoltskirchen Moated Castle – Meisenheim Old Town loop from Niederkirchen

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240m

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wolfche

August 19, 2020

Something very special and rare is this beautiful moated castle, which houses a restaurant (opening times Wednesday to Sunday, evenings). There are also art objects all around, as well as a motorhome parking space. The moat with its fish and the adjoining small stream is simply beautiful. A rest area with table and benches as well as individual benches nearby invite you to rest. From the Glan cycle path, Reipoltskirchen can be reached almost entirely on cycle paths.

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Bernd Lohrum

June 30, 2020

Castle, registry office, restaurant, courtyard with seating. Always good for a break. Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

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Pfälzer Bergland

April 21, 2021

The moated castle in Reipoltskirchen is a real gem in the Palatinate Bergland - and worth a visit at any time.

Reipoltskirchen has the best preserved "moated castle" in the Palatinate.

The observation tower is freely accessible all year round.

A new film by Bernd Schmitt ("Palatinate Moves") released in 2018 shows the Reipoltskirchen moated castle with all its facets

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Built in the last third of the 12th century, the castle complex on the artificial hill enclosed by a curtain wall does not look like a ruin, but rather an inhabited castle thanks to the residential buildings along the curtain wall. They are guarded by a seventeen meter high keep, and a wide ditch in which the water of the Odenbach is dammed protects the romantic idyll.

The district of Kusel has polished up the time-honored walls, set up a restaurant and a painting school.

The historical substance was preserved in painstaking detail, and the keep was made accessible again. And so that the old walls can come to life, the Wasserburg restaurant was built in the main part of the castle.

A painting school has been newly built. Courses for all age groups, laypeople and advanced learners take place here on a regular basis. The idea of the painting school was indirectly provided by a celebrity who was baptized, or perhaps even born, in Reipoltskirchen in 1631 at least: Johann Heinrich Roos, called "Raphael the cattle painter" by contemporaries.

With "Art in the Green" and the Sculpture Path, the moated castle is being upgraded as an artistic focus in the Kusel district.

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Location: Reipoltskirchen, Kusel, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Reipoltskirchen Moated Castle

1. Otterberg Abbey Church – Historic Lauter Bridge loop from Bodelschwingh-Zentrum

2. Otterberg Abbey Church – Historic Lauter Bridge loop from Lampertsmühle-Otterbach

3. Reipoltskirchen Moated Castle – Meisenheim Old Town loop from Niederkirchen

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