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Landkreis Kaiserslautern

Trippstadt

Old Pump House for Johanniskreuz

Landkreis Kaiserslautern

Trippstadt

Old Pump House for Johanniskreuz

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Old Pump House for Johanniskreuz

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Location: Trippstadt, Landkreis Kaiserslautern, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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December 26, 2020

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From 1896 until the 1960s, Johanniskreuz was supplied with water from here.

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December 30, 2025

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The Pferdsbrunnen (Horse Spring) lies south of Johanniskreuz in the heart of the Palatinate Forest. It is one of three springs that later feed the Schwarzbach stream. In 1896, it was decided to secure the water supply for the forester's lodge in Johanniskreuz by building a pumping station at the source of the Pferdsbach. A turbine-driven pumping station was constructed, which pumped the water 1,911 meters to a reservoir and finally to Johanniskreuz. Today, only the sandstone pump house remains of this system.

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February 9, 2021

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An old pump house on the roadside

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Elevation 510 m

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