オッターバッハの峡谷・トップ7

The entrance is somewhat hidden at the side of the road; only when you are inside do you realize its size.

The entrance is marked by a small sign, but it is not easy to see.

The narrow entrance is confusing at first glance and can be recognized from the cycle path by the sign.

The Schluchtsteig is a stairway leading from Morlautern into the Eselsbach Valley. A hiking trail.

A little further east of the lock is the gorge path, at the foot of which there is a small waterfall. Well, waterfall means that water falls here. It only falls about half a meter... but it falls.

Uhrkastergraben There were around 10 fish ponds in Hagelgrund until the end of the Middle Ages. The monks of the Lautringer monastery ran a breeding facility here and bred eels that were intended for consumption during the meatless Lent. Monks have always been inventive and said: "Fish is not meat", and from their point of view they were right. The Eselsbach that flows here got its current name from the settlement "Eselsfürth", which consisted of a sawmill and mill. The donkeys that crossed the ford there with the grain sacks to get to the mill gave the settlement and the stream their current name. The local coat of arms of Morlautern from 1960 shows a golden forest hook, the monks' symbol for the Kaiserslautern monastery, and a golden reed stalk, the symbol for the moor in Hagelgrund. The floating silver lily is a heraldic symbol of the Mother of God.

The gorge path has been paved again and is easy to walk on. The railings have been repaired and the landslide at the very back has been secured.

Great adventurous gorge. Some places are a bit tricky, but worth a visit.