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Old Bathing Pond

Recommended by 60 hikers out of 64

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Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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Location: Heltersberg, Südwestpfalz, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Hirschalb Forest Path – Grauhansen Rock loop from Heltersberg

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2. St. Walburga Water Tower – Historic Village Bread Oven loop from Heltersberg

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3. Barefoot Path – Finsterbrunnen Spring loop from Heltersberg

16.5km

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

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Euphemia Anna 🌳

June 7, 2023

From 1936 to the early 1960s there was an idyllic bathing area with a non-swimmer area, a children's pool and a swimmer's area with a diving board.

"When road traffic to Schmalenberg increased, a dam was built between the water basin and the lawns in the adjacent Rübental and the new Schmalenberger Straße was built there. The direct connection between the water basin and the sunbathing area was thus interrupted. The bath was no longer accepted by the population. At the beginning of the 1960s, people stopped swimming there. [...] Today the old bathing pond is used for fish farming and as a biotope (former children's pool)."

Source (cited in part): information board on site

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Roswittchen

February 24, 2021

Here you can have a nice meal in the shade on a wooden bench with a table.

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Location: Heltersberg, Südwestpfalz, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Old Bathing Pond

1. Hirschalb Forest Path – Grauhansen Rock loop from Heltersberg

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