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Holderquelle Spring and Rest Area

Natural Monuments

Holderquelle Spring and Rest Area

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Holderquelle Spring and Rest Area

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Please check local regulations for: Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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Location: Annweiler am Trifels, Südliche Weinstraße, Südpfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. View from Großer Adelberg – View of Trifels Castle loop from Annweiler am Trifels

8.84km

02:49

350m

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

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2. Sommerfelsen Rock Arch – View of Trifels Castle loop from Annweiler am Trifels

13.3km

04:02

440m

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3. View of Gräfenhausen (Gräfenhausen Frame) loop from Sarnstall

5.26km

01:42

230m

220m

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

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1Fritz-Marc 🚴🥾🏊🌲

July 4, 2017

The source is named after a co-founder of the Palatine Forest Association, Heinrich Holder.
Heinrich Holder, hiking and climbing friend Grimmeisens and authorized signatory of the company Ullrich won some important Annweiler personalities for the idea of convivial hiking. They formed 1904 the first executive committee of the local group Annweiler of the PWV.
At the Holderquelle there is a pavilion and benches with tables, which are ideal for a picnic or a Schorlepause.

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Euphemia Anna 🌳

May 26, 2022

This spring was discovered in 1906 during the construction of the Grimmeisen Trail. In 1913, it was captured and renamed "Holderquelle" in memory of Heinrich Holder (1876-1908). (Information on the information board at the spring.)
Inscription above the current water outlet: "I do not want to perish in the valley, my last gaze constrained by constraint. I would like to die on a mountain, at the golden sunset. - Heinrich Holder, born January 6, 1876, fell on July 24, 1908, with his friend Grimmeisen on the Wetterhorn, founding member of the PWV Annweiler local group. - Erected in 1913, renovated in 1978, 2002, and 2020."

For Ritterstein fans: The Ritterstein "Holderquelle" is the name stone of the original/old Holderquelle from 1913, including the former water outlet, and is therefore easy to miss. It is located to the right of the present-day Holderquelle spring and is one of the more than 300 knight's stones of the Palatinate Forest Association (PWV). However, it is difficult to identify as such, as the "PWV" abbreviation is missing and the inscription is often not golden yellow.

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Outdoormichel 🚴🏻‍♂️🥾🏃‍♂️

April 1, 2021

At the source there is a lovingly built pavilion and two tables with benches. Nice view towards Neuscharfeneck and Ramburg. The source was named after Heinrich Holder, a co-founder of the PWV.

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1Fritz-Marc 🚴🥾🏊🌲

January 5, 2018

The Ritterstein Holderquelle is located north of Annweiler. He is an exceptionally large knightstone with a spring, the so-called Holderquelle. It was named in honor of Heinrich Holder, a founding member of the Palatine Forest Association. Heinrich Holder died with Albrecht Grimmeisen, also a founding member on a hiking tour in the Bernese Alps on Wetterhorn deadly.

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Numy

June 20, 2019

We came here on our 3-day trekking tour through the Palatinate and have replenished our water supplies. Clear, clean and cold water.

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Tzi

July 20, 2019

Great shady rest area at the Holderquelle. Who like us in the brooding heat wanders, will be glad. In autumn 🍂 and spring it will probably be chilly there.

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Annemarie Ohmer

September 16, 2021

Nice rest area with a pavilion. The spring has been re-edged and a lot of water still flows.

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Franzl wandert 🥾

October 18, 2021

At the source there is a nice resting place with a view and a refuge.

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🚴‍♀️🆘🐗Faustus Heroldus 🥨💪🦸

March 6, 2022

At the beginning of March 2022 still covered with icicle curtains. Really nice to look at.

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Michelly

April 2, 2021

A really large rest area with tables and benches and a shelter if you need a little shade or wind protection. Very lovingly designed by the PWV. Top!

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🚴‍♀️🆘🐗Faustus Heroldus 🥨💪🦸

May 8, 2022

Absolutely beautiful icicle parade in winter. ❄️🥶🧊

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Kalle

April 11, 2021

Rest area with 5 tables and a refuge from 2020

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Thorsten

May 24, 2021

Clear, clean and refreshing water

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Kai

March 27, 2022

Very nice seating in front of the fountain.

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Alois 🚶

May 7, 2022

Gorgeous place after the climb

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Vidar S.

May 9, 2022

Great water, I drank from it without any problems, thanks to the enclosure the source is also easy to reach.

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ichbindannmaldraussen*

May 10, 2022

Very nicely laid out source with a pretty rest area with a view!

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JR on Tour

September 5, 2022

Highest spring in the Palatinate Forest

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Mar💃🏻ina💚🐈🌈🥾🚴🏻‍♀️🛵📷

September 28, 2022

Source and a great view

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JR on Tour

May 31, 2023

The seating groups invite you to linger

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Tilmann

February 26, 2021

Plenty of running drinking water and nice seating

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🍰 Ohne en

June 1, 2023

Invites you to take a break

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🍰 Ohne en

June 8, 2023

Opposite is a pavilion and nice rest areas

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🚴‍♀️🆘🐗Faustus Heroldus 🥨💪🦸

November 17, 2023

You can find a list of knight stones here: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Rittersteine

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Holderquelle Spring and Rest Area

1. View from Großer Adelberg – View of Trifels Castle loop from Annweiler am Trifels

2. Sommerfelsen Rock Arch – View of Trifels Castle loop from Annweiler am Trifels

3. View of Gräfenhausen (Gräfenhausen Frame) loop from Sarnstall

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