The steep access path to the Melchior rock is well maintained and has 2 small signposts (at the very bottom and further up on a small stone staircase). The rock cave also looks good: a wooden railing and 3 wooden benches (without backrests). An original resting place!

"The rock group was already equipped with table and seating groups in 1963/64 and again in 1970/71 by the Southern Forestry Office in Elmstein. A railing secures the place down the valley where a German soldier in French pay named Melchior is said to have hidden for a long time during the Revolutionary Wars and was secretly supplied with food by the people of Iggelbach." Source (quoted verbatim):
"Die RHEINPFALZ" (Neustadt edition) from January 28, 1982 and June 14, 2017

The regional hiking trail no. 17 and the "Felsenkönigweg" pass by nearby.

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Heimatliebe & Brunnenwasser💦

November 18, 2021

You just have to rest here and linger a bit. So take off your backpack and sit down.

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November 16, 2025

Beautiful, quiet, covered rest area

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Location: Elmstein, Landkreis Bad Dürkheim, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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