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ザンクト・マーティンからカルミットへのハイキングのハイライトは、フェルゼンメールです。多くの壮大な岩の造形が目を楽しませてくれます。

According to legend, an old woman lived in this former hermitage

The Viewing Chamber (not to be confused with the Dragon's Cave!) is, as the name suggests, open on two sides (southwest and south/northeast) and lies just a few meters below the South Rock. There is NO railing here (except on the stairs). You reach the Viewing Chamber from the South Rock via an entrance at the base of a birch tree (which branches into two trunks) and then via a staircase hewn into the rock, which makes a 90-degree turn and has a metal railing at the bottom. A truly special place! One of the rock faces down here looks like a dragon's face!

According to legend, an old woman lived here. Later, a shepherd and a damsel of the castle met there. When their love was forbidden, both drowned in the Moosalb. Two swans still swim at Klug'sche Mühle today, reminding them of the two young people. The cave is interesting and easy to get to.

If you follow one of the staircases that lead here and there up the rising flanks of the gorge, with a bit of luck you will discover the cave-like hermitage in which a hermit is said to have once lived. Inside there is a simple stone cross on a cracked base. The text on it is repeated on the cast-iron plaque next to it. If you take the trouble to decipher the couplets, you will learn more about the details. According to them, the cross is reminiscent of a tragic love death that is connected to Wilenstein Castle: "At Aschbach and immediately in the grave, the knight's bride is killed by a shepherd boy." The corresponding legend of the unfortunate "Fräulein von Wilenstein" and her beautiful shepherd boy can be found in Friedrich Wilhelm Hebel's collection of Palatinate legends. So the "hermitage" ultimately turns out to be part of an overall design concept that wanted to make the walk through nature a romantic and intellectual experience. A bit of horror story included. Source: https://www.rheinpfalz.de/leo-freizeit-news_artikel,-kurztrip-nach-trippstadt-_arid,5133191.html

Mystical place in great surroundings.

Great adventurous trail along many different rock formations

This castle is worth seeing. A sensation for explorers of all ages! Detailed information can be found on an information board there. About the exciting history of the extensions and renovations; the changing owners with stories that have written about life, politics, natural events and social upheavals. The shield wall is still 18 meters high. You can walk around the castle and also into the cellar, which was carved into the rock and has the astonishing dimensions of 18 by 10 meters. The various parts of the castle are described on the back of the information board. And you have a good view of the valley from here.