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Wachtenburg Castle Ruins – St. Michael's Chapel, Deidesheim loop from Wachenheim (Pfalz)

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Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
Palatinate Forest
Landkreis Bad Dürkheim
Wachenheim an der Weinstraße

Wachtenburg Castle Ruins – St. Michael's Chapel, Deidesheim loop from Wachenheim (Pfalz)

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Wachtenburg Castle Ruins – St. Michael's Chapel, Deidesheim loop from Wachenheim (Pfalz)

03:02

10.6km

250m

Mountaineering

Moderate mountaineering route. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Haardtrand - Am Bechsteinkopf

Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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864 m

Schloss Wachenheim Sparkling Wine Cellar

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Sparkling wine castle Wachenheim, here you can drink top sparkling wine at reasonable prices. There are also tarte flambée and other trifles when hunger comes.

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1.20 km

Wachenheim Electric Works

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Former power station of Wachenheim

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1.86 km

Wachtenburg Castle Ruins

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The Wachtenburg ruin is being volunteered by
"Friends of the Wachtenburg Ruins Conservation Association"
looked after and maintained by committed members in their free time.
Tasks and goals:
The most …

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3.36 km

Trail over Pechsteinkopf

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Nice path over the Pechsteinkopf

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5.39 km

The Heidenlöcher are the ruins of a hilltop castle near the small Palatinate town of Deidesheim in Rhineland-Palatinate. The remains point to a refuge castle from Carolingian, possibly also from Ottonian times.

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6.02 km

St. Michael's Chapel, Deidesheim

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From the Michael Chapel you have a beautiful view of the wine villages of Deidesheim and Forst. You can see the entire Rhine plain as far as Heidelberg and the …

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9.69 km

Due to its eventful history, St. George's Church does not follow a uniform architectural style. As a result of the Reformation, the church became a simultaneous church in 1707. The …

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9.78 km

On the corner of Weinstrasse and Rathausplatz there is the former guard house from 1829, which is now home to the tourism information office, and the former town hall and …

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10.6 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

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4.55 km

3.09 km

2.80 km

149 m

Surfaces

3.97 km

2.81 km

2.32 km

1.07 km

258 m

157 m

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Saturday 29 August

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