Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: February 4, 2026

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683 m

Moosalb Spring Biotope

Highlight • Natural

The Moosalbe has created an impressive valley over its 26 kilometers to where it flows into the Schwarzbach. It was once the basis for the operation of numerous hammer mills, …

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1.76 km

Hermitage Cave in the Karlstal Gorge

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The workers who worked in the ironworks once lived here.

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1.80 km

The rock face with the metal plaque commemorates the meeting that took place here in 1862 between the then Bavarian King Ludwig I, the Hesse-Darmstadt Grand Duke Ludwig III and the Austrian Archduchess Hildegarde.

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1.82 km

Riverside rest area in the Karlstal Gorge

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In the Karlstal Gorge you will find beautiful resting places by the babbling stream every few meters

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1.92 km

Karlstal Gorge

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

Very nice, romantic gorge. Ideal for an entertaining hike with dogs in summery temperatures.

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2.29 km

Moss-covered boulders in the Karlstal Gorge

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The "Karlstal" is located near Trippstadt in the district of Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate.
- nature reserve
- There is a path right by the stream
- "created around 1790
- designed …

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7.36 km

Trippstadter Schloss

Castle

7.96 km

Tor Sculpture (Sculpture Trail Trippstadt-Stelzenberg)

Highlight • Monument

A big gate in the middle of the meadows, which was called a head. Maybe this should be interpreted as access to the castle ruin Wilenstein.

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9.05 km

Klug'sche Mill (Wilensteiner Mill)

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The Klug'sche Mühle or Wilensteiner Mühle, like some of the former mills and hammer mills, is a gastronomic facility. On the way through the valley of the Moosalbe including the Karlstal Gorge, it offers an ideally located stop.

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10.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.84 km

4.46 km

427 m

332 m

154 m

153 m

Surfaces

3.98 km

3.19 km

1.01 km

650 m

594 m

573 m

316 m

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Moosalb Spring Biotope – Karlstal Gorge loop from Stelzenberg

Moosalb Spring Biotope

Hermitage Cave in the Karlstal Gorge

Three Majesties Rock

Riverside rest area in the Karlstal Gorge

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