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Jungfernfelsen – Palatine World Axis loop from Hungerbrunnen

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Jungfernfelsen – Palatine World Axis loop from Hungerbrunnen

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Jungfernfelsen – Palatine World Axis loop from Hungerbrunnen

03:52

13.6km

310m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 15, 2026

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Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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4.23 km

Jungfernfelsen

Highlight • Natural Monument

Rocky area on the crest of the "Little Cancer". Hard to reach, but to see from the path.

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4.24 km

Jungfernbrunnen Spring with view of Jungfernfels

Highlight • Natural Monument

On the west slope of the Kleiner Krebser near Kaiserslautern you will find the Jungfernbrunnen. This forest fountain is a designated natural monument, a contained spring from which the water …

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5.53 km

Wolfskaut Ritterstein (No. 147)

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The knight stone is supposed to remind of a wolf pit, that was a trap for catching wolves. The wolves tore sheep and there was a wolf premium for a caught wolf.

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9.86 km

Balken Spring

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The PWV knight's stone stands on Bundessstraße and indicates that the fountain is 160 steps away. The name of the fountain is derived from the vineyard beams that were previously …

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10.4 km

Palatine World Axis

Highlight • Monument

The "Pfaelzer Weltachs" goes back to a poem by Paul Münch, which states that the world axis is located in the center of the Palatinate state and the Pfalz was …

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11.2 km

Ritterstein 140: Stable

Highlight • Monument

It's not far from this Ritterstein to the Palatinate World Axis. There's a parking lot right next door, and then there's a nice big stone that proudly proclaims "Kaiserslautern".

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11.9 km

Ritterstein No. 144 – Redoubt 1793

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This is one of over 300 knight's stones of the Palatinate Forest Association.
"The Ritterstein points [with its arrow] to a redoubt on the Harterkopf from the time of the …

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12.3 km

Dam fountain natural monument

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The knight's stone No. 146, dam well, maintained by the PWV sits at the place where a cattle trough with shelter used to be for the cattle.

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13.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

3.18 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.81 km

4.41 km

1.37 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (440 m)

Lowest point (260 m)

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Wednesday 27 May

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Jungfernfelsen – Palatine World Axis loop from Hungerbrunnen

Jungfernfelsen

Jungfernbrunnen Spring with view of Jungfernfels

Wolfskaut Ritterstein (No. 147)

Balken Spring

Palatine World Axis

Ritterstein 140: Stable

Ritterstein No. 144 – Redoubt 1793

Dam fountain natural monument

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