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Waldgeisterweg Oberotterbach – View of Oberotterbach loop from Schweigen-Rechtenbach

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Waldgeisterweg Oberotterbach – View of Oberotterbach loop from Schweigen-Rechtenbach

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Waldgeisterweg Oberotterbach – View of Oberotterbach loop from Schweigen-Rechtenbach

03:48

13.2km

330m

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: August 6, 2026

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Haardtrand - Am Hasenberg

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Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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904 m

Alfred Wasner Square – Little Wine Gate on the German Wine Route

Highlight • Monument

Beautifully designed "small wine gate" just before the end of the Pfälzer Weinsteige. Here you can remember some places along the wine route and the hiking trail.

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1,000 m

View of Schweigen-Rechtenbach and the Rhine Plain

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There are many beautiful days in the southern Palatinate when you can let your gaze wander over the Rhine plain, like here, and then end the day with a good glass of wine.

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2.09 km

Historic Border Stones of 1826 (France–Bavaria)

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Very nice, old landmarks!

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7.52 km

End of the Waldgeisterweg

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The Eichental is also the end of the Waldgeisterweg.

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8.00 km

Seating at the forest spirits

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Nice place for a break.

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9.07 km

Waldgeisterweg Oberotterbach

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Funny wooden figures along the way. Not just fun for kids.

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9.73 km

Oberotterbach Shooting Lodge

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Nice rest stop and I can order something and take it with me. Have now open 😳

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10.6 km

Alte Wäschbank

Lake

11.2 km

View of Oberotterbach

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Nice bench with a view of Oberotterbach, which invites you to take a short break.

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13.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.05 km

2.35 km

1.93 km

401 m

399 m

Surfaces

4.39 km

2.79 km

2.16 km

1.98 km

1.71 km

107 m

Elevation

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Highest point (450 m)

Lowest point (200 m)

Weather

Saturday 5 September

27°C

12°C

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June 1, 2023,Rundweg Schweigen-Rechtenbach mit Burgruine Guttenberg Pfalz

Today we were in Schweigen-Rechtenbach to hike a nice round trip. We started at the German Wine Gate and then briefly through the village and past vineyards to enter the forest. The highest point was the Guttenberg castle ruins, from which you have a beautiful view of the Palatinate Forest. The climb was pleasant to walk on S1 category trails. …

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November 7, 2023,Burgruine Guttenberg – Waldgeister Runde von Schweigen-Rechtenbach

Today we went to the Palatinate again to get to know the area near Bergzabern that I wasn't yet familiar with.
The start was at the German wine gate inSilence-Rechenberg. Very autumn-like, I was greeted with a rain shower. Luckily this went away after a few minutes. At the beginning we went along the vineyards and then into the autumn …

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December 25, 2024,Burgruine Guttenberg ⚔️🏹🎠 – Waldgeisterweg 🧙‍♂️👻 Oberotterbach - Runde von Schweigen-Rechtenbach 🚶‍♂️🥾🧣🧤🍁🍂

to end the year tour no. 66/24 👏👏👏 and the day was perfect again for an easy tour 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️ on mostly easy 🥾🥾🥾 paths without much elevation gain with the exception of the climb to the ruins, but castles 🏰 are built on mountains ⛰️. How will 25 🤔🤔🤔 be hard to top 🫡🫡🫡 Merry Christmas and a Happy New …

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May 29, 2025,Schützenhaus Oberotterbach > Geisterweg > Sonnenberghütte

The child in me really wanted to go to the Forest Spirit Trail near Oberotterbach. On Thursday, we set off in perfect hiking weather and first fortified ourselves at the Oberotterbach Schützenhaus (shooting house).

The approximately 2 km long hiking trail starts there, lined with original carved wooden journeymen. These wonderful figures were created by woodcarver Volker Dahl from Oberotterbach.

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May 10, 2022,Burgruine Guttenberg – Waldgeister Runde von Schweigen-Rechtenbach

Hello dear friends of the good hike, after a longer break, I was once again on the road in the beautiful Palatinate directly on the German-French border, more precisely in Schweigen-Rechtenbach, a wonderful little wine village, with many small owner-run ostrich inns, after a stop Don't forget to buy wine for home 😉. The tour went to Guttenberg Castle in …

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January 30, 2022,Deutsches Weintor->Burg Guttenberg->Waldgeisterweg

Last Saturday we took advantage of the nice weather and did a little tour of Rhineland-Palatinate.
The goal was the Guttenberg castle ruins, which we haven't seen yet, and the Waldgeisterweg near Oberotterbach. As always, the view from the castle is great. Waldgeisterweg (wood carving on the edge of the path) really great, with children certainly very interesting.
When the …

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March 23, 2024,PW: Runde von Schweigen-Rechtenbach über die Burgruine Guttenberg zum Schützenhaus Oberotterbach und zurück

This time a shorter, not very strenuous round on easy-to-walk paths and paths. We start in the parking lot below the wine gate in Silent-Rechtenbach and turn left shortly before the gate. The Längelstraße leads up to the vineyards and the forest above. In the still sparse deciduous forest, past numerous cowslips, we follow the forest path, which leads onto …

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October 27, 2022,Ruine Guttenberg / Oberotterbach / Südliche Weinstraße 🍇/ Waldgeisterweg 👻

Start and 🏁 of this beautiful tour was Oberotterbach on the southern wine route. The ascent to the Guttenberg castle ruins (marking yellow/green) led via the Waldgeisterweg. The Waldgeisterweg is about 2 km long (easy route) and flat. For families with 👨‍👧‍👦 a nice walk where there is always something to discover. Many wood carvings of forest spirits, animals and …

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Waldgeisterweg Oberotterbach – View of Oberotterbach loop from Schweigen-Rechtenbach

Alfred Wasner Square – Little Wine Gate on the German Wine Route

View of Schweigen-Rechtenbach and the Rhine Plain

Historic Border Stones of 1826 (France–Bavaria)

End of the Waldgeisterweg

Seating at the forest spirits

Waldgeisterweg Oberotterbach

Oberotterbach Shooting Lodge

View of Oberotterbach

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