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Totenköpfchen Sandstone Rock

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Totenköpfchen Sandstone Rock

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Totenköpfchen Sandstone Rock

Recommended by 165 hikers out of 171

This Highlight is in a protected area

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

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    Location: Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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    1. Totenköpfchen Sandstone Rock Formation – Velmann Spring loop from Europahöhe

    8.60km

    02:17

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    2. Beilstein Castle Ruins – Totenköpfchen Sandstone Rock loop from Waldleiningen

    9.38km

    02:36

    170m

    170m

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

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    3. Beilstein Castle Ruins – Totenköpfchen Sandstone Rock loop from Kaiserslautern West

    18.5km

    04:48

    110m

    110m

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

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    January 26, 2018

    The skull is a sandstone rock with a length of 7 meters, 6 meters wide and 3 meters in height.

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      December 20, 2020

      Sweet name for such a chunk

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        April 14, 2020

        Beautiful picture of nature as it used to be.

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          May 2, 2023

          Spectacular rock formation just a 5 minute walk southeast from the car park (keep left). Like the Beilstein castle ruins, the skull and crossbones is a natural monument. The excursion to the Totenköpfchen can be easily combined with a hike to the Beilstein castle ruins (3 km in total). Both natural monuments are very easy to reach with a pram and the castle ruins are already in sight on the last climb to the castle.

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            June 27, 2023

            A rock that is not expected here. Daniel Häberle gave it the name Totenköpfchen.

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              April 17, 2021

              Natural monument photographed in the light spring forest

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                June 10, 2025

                interesting rock.

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