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Seven Forest Wonders: Historic Circular Hiking Route Leistadt
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Hiker at the "wallet"Photo: Fachenbach Medienagentur, CC BY, Pfalz.Touristik e.V.
On winding paths through chestnuts, pines, and heather, mysterious places of sandstone line up, all of which tell wondrous stories for young and old.
Laura Hut: In 1845, district judge Wilhelm Retzer built this hunting hut.
Krummholzer Chair: In the 2nd and 3rd centuries, Romans quarried stones here for coffins and the city wall in Worms.
Soup Bowl: From the 12th to 18th centuries, boundary stone for district borders and meeting point for joyful toasts after boundary inspections.
Leininger Boundary Stone: Boundary stone of the Counts of Leiningen-Hardenburg from the year 1595.
Canapé: Hermitage, inhabited from the 14th to 16th centuries.
Devil's Bench: Rock-carved seat with another boundary stone
Leininger Devil's Wall: Rock reef in the layer of the Upper Buntsandstein.
Roman wheel tracks: The iron-shod wheels of the heavily stone-laden wagons from Krummholzer Chair traced these nearly 2,000-year-old marks in the rock.
Love Letterbox: Old legends promise that lonely maidens who drop in a leaf will find a suitor. Nowadays, one sometimes finds paper messages in the letterbox (stone slot).
Wallet: Whoever adds a stone to this rock crevice will become rich.
UFFBASSE! - Campaign for considerate coexistence in nature
- Always behave with foresight, kindness, and consideration towards all those you meet on the way.
- Respect nature, do not destroy plants, and always stay on the paths. Try to avoid excessive noise and leave the forest before dusk.
- Remember a garbage bag for the way and take trash back home with you.
- Please always keep your dog on a leash. Other visitors and animals will thank you.
- For your own safety, observe all path closures, including on weekends.
- Park only in designated parking spaces. Leave space for rescue vehicles and agricultural machines.
- Give priority to agricultural and forestry traffic.
Author’s recommendation
This route also exists as an exciting geocache with original hiding places, one of the most popular "caches" in the region.
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Rest stops
JoujouSafety information
Please leave the signs for the next hikers! You can get these for only €2.50 at the Tourist Information Bad Dürkheim.
General information:
Especially in autumn, be aware that fallen leaves on the ground, unevenness, roots, stones, or holes may cover the path. After thunderstorms or heavy rain, trees may still fall or branches may break off afterward. Particularly with adverse weather conditions, natural paths may be muddy and slippery in places. Not all rocks or cliffs are secured with ropes or railings. Surefootedness is required in some areas. You must expect such path impediments when hiking. If you think certain path sections are not walkable for you, you should avoid them. Despite the "unmistakable" marking of the premium hiking trails, we always recommend carrying a suitable hiking map for safety reasons so you can quickly find a safe area in case of a thunderstorm or emergency. Path closures and detours must be strictly observed.
Danger situations:
In an emergency, quick help is crucial. Although mobile phones can send GPS signals, classic rescue points are often the quickest. These are located at places accessible to rescue vehicles. Remember the points with green signs and a white cross. In an emergency, return there and give the number on the sign during your emergency call. This way, rescuers know where to find you.
Note:
We strive to announce all closures caused by forestry work or hunting groups on this platform. Nevertheless, there are situations where hiking trails are closed, and we might not have been informed. If you unexpectedly encounter a path closure or detour, please observe the instructions for your own safety.
Roadbook
We start at the parking lot "Felsenberg-Berntal" always following the sign "Seven Forest Wonders: Historic Circular Hiking Route Leistadt". After crossing the L517, we walk slightly uphill towards the cemetery. We follow the left path past the cemetery uphill towards Grasweg and the weekend house area. At the end of the path, go left through the area. Following the marking, after a few kilometers we reach the next weekend house area "Rotsteig", which we only briefly touch as we keep right. At the boundary stone, we turn left and walk on a heather-lined path to the Laura Hut. After a few hundred meters, we turn left and walk uphill to see the further forest wonders. At the Leininger boundary stone, but also at many other places, picnic groups are available for a rest. After a sharp left turn, downhill are the last three forest wonders: the wheel tracks, the love letterbox, and the wallet. The marking leads us through Leistadt through the weekend house area Rotsteig. After crossing the main road (opportunity to refresh in "Lilo's Woistubb") into Freinsheimer Straße, we keep left and after a few meters can see our starting point, the parking lot "Felsenberg Berntal" on the left side.
Krummholzer Stuhl
Suppenschüssel
Leininger Grenzstein
Kanapee
Teufelsbank
Teufelsmauer
Römische Wagenspuren
Liebesbriefkasten
Portemonnaie
Leodegarkirche
Hiking bus stop "Leistadt Gemeindehaus"
Joujou
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
Bad Dürkheim train station, bus line 453 towards Grünstadt station, bus stop "Leistadt Gemeindehaus".
From the stop, it is only a few meters to the parking lot Felsenberg-Berntal.
Bad Dürkheim city bus timetable
Timetable information available via the websites of the railway and the transport associations or the apps "DB Navigator" or "myVRN".
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Directions
Coming from the A 650 from the east (towards Mannheim / Ludwigshafen):
- A 650 towards Bad Dürkheim
- Follow the sign Bad Dürkheim spa gardens/saline/salinarium
- After about 5 km, the Bad Dürkheim town sign
- On the right side a hill with a small chapel, on the left side the graduation tower
- At the roundabout take the first exit Leistadter Str. towards Leistadt/Weisenheim/Bg.
- Continue on L517
- Pass the roundabout
- Follow the main road through the entire town
- At the town exit turn right to the parking lot Berntal (in front of "Weidenhof")
Coming from the B 37 from Kaiserslautern:
- At the roundabout "Wurstmarktkreisel" take the first exit Leistadter Str. towards Leistadt/Weisenheim/Bg.
- Continue on L517 until Leistadt
- Follow the main road through the entire town
- At the town exit turn right to the parking lot Berntal (in front of "Weidenhof")
Coming from B271 from Grünstadt:
- Exit Grünstadt onto Deutsche Weinstraße towards Bad Dürkheim/Monsheim
- Turn left onto Deutsche Weinstraße/B271 (signs to Bad Dürkheim/Kirchheim)
- Turn right onto Weisenheimer Str./K1
- Turn left onto Kirchheimer Str. (2.8 km)
- Before entering Leistadt, turn left into the parking lot Berntal (in front of "Weidenhof")
Parking
At the parking lot "Berntal" (unpaved), northern exit of Leistadt.
Please only park in the designated parking spaces and always keep access routes for emergency vehicles as well as work paths in the forest and vineyards clear. For overnight stays in campers and caravans, there are explicitly designated motorhome parking spaces.
Coordinates
Author’s map recommendations
Map "Hiking between Forest and Wine", available from:
Tourist Information Bad Dürkheim
Kurbrunnenstraße 21c
67098 Bad Dürkheim
Tel.: 06322 935 4500
Book recommendations for this region:
Equipment
For our hiking routes, we recommend the following equipment as standard:
- Sturdy footwear
- Weather-appropriate clothing
- Sun and rain protection
- Sufficient supply of food and drinks, as refreshment or shopping options are not available or open everywhere.
- Even though the paths are consistently very well marked, it is advisable for safety reasons to always carry a suitable hiking map, so that, for example, in case of a thunderstorm or emergency you can quickly find a safe area.
Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
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