View of Mühlweiher – Schöntalweiher loop from Château de Fleckenstein

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View of Mühlweiher – Schöntalweiher loop from Château de Fleckenstein

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View of Mühlweiher – Schöntalweiher loop from Château de Fleckenstein

02:47

35.5km

590m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 23, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 32.9 km for 389 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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4.96 km

Picnic area by the stream in Schönau (Pfalz)

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Idyllic rest area in Schönau (Palatinate)

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7.31 km

View of the Ried in the Palatinate Forest Biosphere Reserve

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Just let your mind wander and get a little intoxicated on the swaying sedge

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11.9 km

Schöntalweiher

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The approximately six-acre pond and a maximum of two and a half meters deep pond was created at the beginning of the 20th century. The eastern part is used for …

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18.8 km

Area 1 – Cold War Nuclear Weapons Storage Site

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During the Cold War, nuclear weapons were stored here. Today it is a monument zone (see picture of the information board)

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18.8 km

Area One Nuclear Weapons Bunker

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This is where NATO's nuclear weapons were stored during the Cold War. The site has been a monument zone since 2012 and can be visited on an information trail. The …

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24.8 km

Forêt Domaniale de Steinbach Entrance

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At the Florenberger Hals with a 9-way fork you reach this rest area after 4 steps. Behind it, the German-French Castle Trail continues as a path.

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25.8 km

Trail Entrance Near Rote Hütte, Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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Great trail entry, unfortunately we are in a different direction

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35.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.0 km

8.20 km

4.00 km

3.59 km

732 m

Surfaces

15.0 km

7.21 km

7.03 km

3.63 km

2.40 km

250 m

Elevation

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Highest point (390 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

12°C

4°C

70 %

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Max wind speed: 20.0 km/h

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Comments

August 1, 2022,Tour 16 / Fischbach bei Dahn des Mountainbikeparks Pfälzer Wald 01.08.2022

Start at the biosphere house in Fischbach. Mainly following the original route to AREA ONE, a listed, former special weapons depot near Fischbach. You can visit the inside of the guard building, the fighting posts and 2 bunkers. Very interesting.

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June 25, 2025,MTB-Tour Nr. 16 Pfälzer Wald Variante

Since extreme heat was forecast for today, we uploaded a tour to Komoot with fairly "easy" elevation gain. As it turned out, this was largely identical to the official "family-friendly" route.

After the Wasigenstein ruins, which were unfortunately closed, we made a detour to Wengelsbach for lunch at the "Au Wasigenstein" restaurant. Here, we sat with what felt like 1,000 …

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September 1, 2022,MTB Park Pfälzerwald Tour 16 Fischbach ab Ludwigswinkel

Easy mountain bike tour with beautiful forest paths that alternate up and down. Highlights of this tour are AREA 1 and the Blumenstein castle ruins.

I start the tour in Ludwigswinkel at the free car park opposite the Gasthof Zum Landgrafen.

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August 12, 2024,〽️TB 🚵‍♀️ Tour Nr. 16 🔄 Pfälzerwald 12.08.2024

Thanks @Deleted User unfortunately that doesn't mean anything to me 🤷‍♀️.

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August 20, 2021,mtb16 Pfälzerwald vom Unterpetersbächlerhof zur Area 1

Mountain bike park Palatinate Forest Tour 16 from the Unterpetersbächlerhof. From there to Fischbach and over the Mühlweiher in the Faunertal to the Schöntalweiher. Via Ludwigswinkel and the Sägmühlweiher pond to the Area One monument zone. Steep climb to the Blumensteinfelsen via Petersbächel. Easy shortcut via the valley road in the direction of Schönau with a detour to Hirschthal. Through …

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August 13, 2023,MTB Im romantischen Sauertal

On the way to our 5-day short vacation 🥳 we made a detour to Ludwigswinkel for this tour. The tour starts in the free parking lot opposite the "Gasthof Zum Landgrafen" & is a very easy tour to roll up easily 🤣🤣 in the beautiful Palatinate 😍.

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