Friedel Junk Square – Pottaschtal Spring loop from Meisenhorn

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Friedel Junk Square – Pottaschtal Spring loop from Meisenhorn

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Friedel Junk Square – Pottaschtal Spring loop from Meisenhorn

03:37

12.4km

320m

Hiking

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

Last updated: September 25, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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2.30 km

Friedel Junk Square

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Nice little platform with benches and a table - but the view is mostly overgrown.

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3.82 km

Pottaschtal Spring

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Beautiful fountain on the way to and from the Böchinger Pottaschtalhütte in the Pottaschtal

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5.03 km

Nice bench (with table) at the crossroads

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slightly elevated above a crossroads - and with a beautiful view of the Birkenthal

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6.47 km

Kaltenbrunnen Water Trough and Historic Waterworks

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A small fountain with a trough from 1888 (year still visible) and to the right of it a large drinking water system from 1887. Below this drinking water system, water flows in a very powerful stream.

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6.50 km

EERES Research Station

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Research station of the Technical University of Kaiserslautern-Landau for ecosystem research on flowing waters and still waters (floodplain basins).
Further information: nuw.rptu.de/ags/eeres

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6.96 km

Fishing Pond Eußerthal

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Here you can fish without a license. The smoked trout are also highly recommended 😋😊

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7.86 km

Trout ponds in Birkental

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In the Birkental, directly behind the Kaltenbrunnen Forestry Office, a large number of ponds were created, which are traversed by the Eußerbach. Here you can buy trout from the trout farm.

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9.83 km

Wooden bridge over a stream in the Pfälzerwald Biosphere Reserve

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12.4 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.14 km

2.29 km

793 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.62 km

3.25 km

2.97 km

383 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (420 m)

Lowest point (200 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

12°C

5°C

77 %

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Max wind speed: 23.0 km/h

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Comments

July 13, 2025,Böchinger Hütte die 2. mit Einkehr bei Freunden

Today I went back to the Böchinger Hut, because my favorite Palatinate Forest club was on hut duty. I actually wanted something warm to eat. But I was already so warm, and Harald had baked such a delicious cake, which was just what I needed 😀.
I wanted to take the return route a different way than I came. That …

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September 17, 2024,Eußerthal: Rundweg durch den herrlichen Wald im Birkenthal und Pottachtal zur wunderschön gelegenen "Böchinger Hütte" (PWV)

Hard to believe: We have never been to the "Böchinger Hütte im Pottaschtal" (PWV Böchingen)! And of course we wanted to change that at last... 😀🌳

So we headed to Eußerthal, where we started opposite the hotel-restaurant "Birkenthaler Hof". (The large Eußerthal hiking car park is currently being "rebuilt").

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August 4, 2024,Wanderung von Eußerthal durchs Birkental zur Böchinger Hütte im Pottaschtal

Hike through the beautiful Birkental and Pottaschtal to the Böchinger Hut.
This is only open on Sundays, but all year round except from Christmas to New Year.
Delicious and inexpensive (Palatinate) food and drinks, coffee and cake.

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October 8, 2023,🚶🏼‍♀️👩🏼‍🤝‍👨🏻Blasmusik auf der Böchinger Hütte

Off to the tapping of the barrel and eating white sausage with brass music at the Böchinger Hütte. Good atmosphere, nice music and good company with @🇺🇦Schlofwandler🕊️, @BH 3000 and their hiking friends. It was sheer 😁

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October 8, 2023,Daxlander Schlauchermusikanten auf der Böchinger Hütte

Lots of mushrooms, a relaxing lunch with white sausage and Baden brass music. And that in the middle of the Palatinate Forest with a great group of disabled people. Only the Badner song was a bit disturbing. Our table loudly sang the Palatinate song and received applause from the band. This is Palatinate Baden friendship👍🏻😁

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