Moss-Covered Boulders in Karlstalschlucht
Moss-Covered Boulders in Karlstalschlucht
Hiking Highlight
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This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Karlstalschlucht
Location: Trippstadt, Landkreis Kaiserslautern, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
The "Karlstal" is located near Trippstadt in the district of Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate.
- nature reserve
- There is a path right by the stream
- "created around 1790
- designed by Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell, (master gardener)
- was an extension of the Trippstadt palace garden into a landscape park in the English style
- In 1862 King Ludwig I of Bavaria, Grand Duke Ludwig III of Hesse and Archduchess Hildegard of Austria visited (a black plaque commemorates the visit)
- Further information: zentrum-pfaelzerwald.de/zentrum-pfaelzerwald/sehen-erleben/felsen-schluchten/karlstalschlucht and
trippstadt.de/entzüge/karlstalschlucht.html
- Highly frequented during the holiday periods and in top hiking weather
- it should be the most visited valley in the Palatinate Forest
- more pictures: komoot.de/highlight/349889
September 26, 2020
The most rustic part of the Karlstal Gorge impresses with the large accumulations of boulders that are wildly distributed on the slopes, in the valley, in the river bed.
June 28, 2021
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