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Ortskern von Merzalben

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  • Blick auf alte Kirche St. Peter und Paul
    Blick auf alte Kirche St. Peter und Paul
    Photo: Dirk Weber, CC BY-SA, Gräfensteiner Land Tourismus

Small but charming historic centre of the municipality of Merzalben with two churches and several old buildings worth seeing.

The village of Merzalben has the old parish church of St. Peter and Paul at the cemetery, which is well worth seeing. There is a small statue of the Virgin Mary and very old grave crosses. The church and cemetery can be reached via Hauptstraße (stairs next to The Town Hall, where there is also a Wi-Fi hotspot) or Bischof-Emanuel-Straße. Not far from there, also on Bischof-Emanuel-Strasse, is the neat, new parish church Heilig Kreuz. Merzalben is idyllically situated in the Merzalbe valley below the Gräfenstein castle ruins, which gives the Gräfensteiner Land its name. You can spend the night in several beautiful holiday apartments or in the Burg Gräfenstein holiday village, which is located directly on the forest and is therefore ideal for hikers and mountain bikers in particular.

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49.244955, 7.730776
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49°14'41.8"N 7°43'50.8"E
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recommended route Difficulty difficult Stage 5
Distance 22.4 km
Duration 6:45 h
Ascent 444 m
Descent 483 m

The longest stage is quite challenging. It leads to the highest point, the 607 m high Weißenberg with Gräfenstein Castle, one of the most ...

4.6
from Anne Seehaus,   Cheers to the Palatinate
recommended route Difficulty moderate Stage 4
Distance 10.4 km
Duration 4:35 h
Ascent 239 m
Descent 280 m

Those who hike the fifth stage choose the silence of nature and the rhythm of their own heartbeat, which accompanies them on the short 10 km section.

4.7
from Anne Seehaus,   Cheers to the Palatinate
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recommended route Difficulty T2 moderate Open
Distance 10.8 km
Duration 3:05 h
Ascent 279 m
Descent 279 m

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from Thomas Russold,   Gräfensteiner Land Tourismus
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Distance 128.9 km
Duration 38:00 h
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Descent 2,813 m

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