Hiking loop from Grünberg

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Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Palatinate Forest

Landkreis Bad Dürkheim

Elmstein

Hiking loop from Grünberg

Easy

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333

hikers

Hiking loop from Grünberg

01:29

5.54km

70m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 1, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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291 m

Helmbachweiher Pond and Boardwalk

Highlight • Lake

Idyllic small lake with a nice refreshment stop - specialty Dampfnudeln (Caution! Only on selected days)
The jetty is currently closed with the sign "Entry Forbidden - Danger to life" but is also pretty to look at from the shore.

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415 m

Beautiful hiking trail along the Kohlbach

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The hiking trail from Helmbachweiher to Naturfreundehaus Lambrecht is beautiful and runs parallel to the babbling Kohlbach with the hiking trail marker "Pfälzer Hüttensteig". This hiking trail is largely located …

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2.62 km

Lambrecht Naturefriends House in the Kohlbach Valley

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Beautiful Palatinate Forest hut that is definitely worth a break. You can also spend the night here

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4.52 km

Wooden Sculpture Trail by the Kohlbach

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Small section of meadow on the Kohlbach with wooden sculptures.
... have seen better days.

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4.58 km

Kohlbrunnen Spring (Ritterstein No. 99)

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This is one of over 300 knight's stones of the Palatinate Forest Association. He points out a spring that pushes up water from below (in a small pond) and is located on the Kohlbach.

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5.06 km

Kohlbach Trail in the Palatinate Forest Biosphere Reserve

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Pleasant path in the forest, always along the Kohlbach

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5.17 km

Wooden boardwalk at Helmbachweiher

Highlight (Segment) • Bridge

An artificially created, very idyllic pond in the middle of the forest (on the road from Helmbach to Iggelbach), which was created by damming the Kohlbach in 1970. Source: badeseen.rlp-umwelt.de/servlet/is/1155 …

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5.54 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.87 km

2.41 km

247 m

Surfaces

2.72 km

2.55 km

152 m

111 m

Elevation

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Highest point (270 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

Weather

Tuesday 6 October

23°C

11°C

17 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

September 1, 2024,Helmbachweiher - Naturfreundehaus Lambrecht

In an attempt to escape the heat a little, we ended up with Baratwurst with Saumagen / Flammkuchen and Radler 😃

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October 19, 2025,NFH Lambrecht - Kohlbachtal 😋

Today, after far too long, we're out and about again with friends and our four-legged friends 🐕🐕🐕

Pug-related 🐶 along the forest highway, because little senior "Oskar" often wants to be driven in the dog stroller 😁

Coffee and cake, a little reward for the short walk 😋

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November 1, 2021,Vom Helmbachweiher zum Naturfreundehaus

A mini tour with 🍂 an autumnal ambience and a lot of mud 🤣😂🤣 In the Naturfreundehaus it is beautiful inside and outside.

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August 24, 2023,Helmbachweiher – Wunderschöner Pfad am Kohlbach PW 🚶🦮🌲🌳🌊☀️🌊🌦️☀️🌸🦋🏵️🌊

It was bathing weather this afternoon. So we went to the Helmbachweiher.
The beautiful path directly on the babbling Kohlbach up to the rustic Friends of Nature house is really to our liking. On the way there was a very light thunderstorm. I had forgotten my rain jacket. Never mind, I was grateful for the refreshment. Joshi was already wet …

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November 29, 2024,Fackelwanderung zum Waldweihnachtsmarkt im Kohlbachtal

This evening Juliet and I hiked from Helmbachweiher to the Christmas market at Nfh Lambrecht in Kohlbachtal. This was officially opened with a torchlight hike. In addition to mulled wine, bratwurst and vegetarian chili, there was a beautifully designed tent tunnel with stalls. Swedish fires created a cozy atmosphere. A beautiful evening with a hike through the dark forest.

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December 1, 2024,PP Helmbachweiher - NFH Lambrecht im Kohlbachtal - Weihnachtsmarkt

Sunday December 1st, 2024 - a short hike to the NFH Lambrecht in the Kohlbachtal

QUOTE: "The Lambrecht Nature Friends in the Kohlbachtal invite you to a special Christmas market in the middle of the Palatinate Forest. On Friday at 6 p.m. the Christmas market opens with a torch/lantern hike from the Helmbachweiher car park. On Saturday and Sunday the …

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December 3, 2023,Helmbachweiher > Naturfreundehaus Kohlbachtal

On Sunday we took a short tour from the Helmbachweiher to the Naturfreundehaus Kohlbachtal, where there was a Christmas market this weekend that was very well attended.

In front of the hut there was a mulled wine stand and freshly prepared food. The tents with the stands were connected to each other so that you could stroll and shop comfortably, …

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