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Erlenbach Valley Trail – Steinköpfel Shelter loop from Birkenhördt

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Erlenbach Valley Trail – Steinköpfel Shelter loop from Birkenhördt

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Erlenbach Valley Trail – Steinköpfel Shelter loop from Birkenhördt

02:20

8.51km

140m

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: April 15, 2026

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Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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2 m

Jägerhof Restaurant and Historic Royal Mail Coach Station, Birkenhördt

Highlight • Restaurant

A royal Bavarian post office was located here from 1860 to 1914.
Source: pfalz-info.com/birkenhoerdt/jaegerhof-569
A sign "Boarding point for the royal post coach rides" hangs on a corner of a house!

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101 m

St. Gallus Church (Birkenhördt) and the Wasgau Cathedral

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"Built around 1860 in the neo-Gothic style, its sandstone architecture fits perfectly into [the] landscape. [...]
The extraordinary size of the church results from the fact that its conception was …

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1.13 km

Erlenbach Spring in Birkenhördt

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At this point / I would like to quickly / say something about the source:
To quote the incomparable humorist Heinz Erhardt (1909 - 1979), who was known to a …

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2.11 km

Erlenbach Valley Trail

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A romantic single path directly along the Erlenbach

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3.84 km

Waldlehrpfad Petronell Trailhead

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Small hiking car park that can be used as a starting point for various routes. And this is where the Petronell forest nature trail starts. A circular route of approx. 5 km.

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4.54 km

Ritterstein No. 30: Former iron ore mines

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The beautifully maintained Ritterstein is maintained by the PWV. Iron ore used to be mined here because there were deposits in a few places in the Palatinate Forest.

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4.62 km

Former Iron Ore Mine "Petronell-South"

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For an explanation, see the nearby KOMOOT highlight on Ritterstein No. 30: “[To the] former iron ore mines”: komoot.de/highlight/363659

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6.51 km

Steinköpfel Shelter

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Nice place to rest

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8.51 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.24 km

2.09 km

963 m

228 m

Surfaces

2.87 km

1.80 km

1.52 km

1.49 km

450 m

384 m

Elevation

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Highest point (330 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

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Thursday 21 May

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Erlenbach Valley Trail – Steinköpfel Shelter loop from Birkenhördt

Jägerhof Restaurant and Historic Royal Mail Coach Station, Birkenhördt

St. Gallus Church (Birkenhördt) and the Wasgau Cathedral

Erlenbach Spring in Birkenhördt

Erlenbach Valley Trail

Waldlehrpfad Petronell Trailhead

Ritterstein No. 30: Former iron ore mines

Former Iron Ore Mine "Petronell-South"

Steinköpfel Shelter

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