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Grube KatharinaPhoto: Pfälzerwald-Verein, OG Imsbach
Author’s recommendation
A visit to the mining adventure world!
Enjoy the view from the Kupferberghütte!
Check out the other interesting circular hikes in the Winnweiler collective municipality area (see details), created by the local groups Winnweiler, Imsbach, Steinbach, Münchweiler a.d. Alsenz in the Pfälzerwald Association and by Andi Fischer from Falkenstein in cooperation with the VG tourism office.
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Show elevation profileRest stops
KupferberghütteKronbuchenhütte
Café u. Brotzeitstube "Zeitlos" Falkenstein
Tips and suggestions
Other circular hikes in this series in the area of VG Winnweiler:
Münchweiler a.d. Alsenz: From Münchweiler to the Sippersfelder Retzbergweiher and back
Imsbach: Imsbach experience trail with a wide view
Winnweiler: Winnweiler industrial culture and nature with great views
Winnweiler: To the heights in western Winnweiler
Falkenstein: Wildly romantic through the valley to Falkenstein
Falkenstein: High up from Falkenstein to Königsstuhl
Steinbach: Lively Celtic past in Steinbach
Steinbach: Cultural-historical hike around Steinbach at the foot of the southern Donnersberg
Roadbook
From the starting point, follow the "K-2" route through the Katharinental, passing the fence separating the sites of the former mines "Katharina I and II." At the fork with the right-turning "K-2", go straight ahead and turn left at the next opportunity. At the next fork, take the middle path to the "Dicke Eiche" and from there follow the path with the green-yellow marking to the Kronbuche hiking car park. Turn left over the K 37 and take a break at Falkensteiner Hof with a very nice view into the Falkenstein valley.
http://www.falkensteiner-hof.com/
The route passes the impressive Falkenstein castle ruins with the opportunity to dine at the Burgstubb.
https://www.burgen.de/deutschland/falkensteinwinnweiler/
https://burgstubb-falkenstein.de/
From Falkensteiner Hof, follow the "Yellow Bar" marking to the Kronbuchhütte, where there is another opportunity to rest at certain times.
http://www.kronenbuchhuette.de/
Continue following the "Blue Dot" marking to the Kupferberghütte of the Imsbach local group in the Palatinate Forest Association with a wonderful view over the Kaiserstraßensenke.
The Kupferberghütte of the Pfälzerwald Association Imsbach
The "Blue Dot" continues downhill into the forest to the next right fork, which is followed to the left downhill turn of the "Palatinate High Trail." Passing the Elsenbrünnchen through the Schweinstal, at the "Theodorschacht" leave the Palatinate High Trail straight ahead and follow the forest management road around the mountain until a left turn just before a forest pond leads back to the starting car park.
Kronbuchenhütte
Kupferberghütte
Directions
Imsbach is reached from the B 48 via the L 392, either coming from Alsenbrück-Langmeil or from Eisenschmelz between Winnweiler and Schweisweiler. It is also possible to turn off in Winnweiler (Winnweiler Mitte exit) at the Bischoff brewery towards Imsbach. In the center of Imsbach, turn left before the mining museum to the edge of the village into the forest to the Bergschmiedestraße / Katharienental hiking car park.Parking
Forest and hiking car park KatharinentalCoordinates
Book recommendation by the author
In a list "Informative Directory of Cultural Monuments," the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage has recorded known cultural monuments for Donnersbergkreis and thus also for the Winnweiler collective municipality area in all villages. A look into this reveals interesting information:
Author’s map recommendations
The website of the "Mining Adventure World Imsbach" is very informative and explains the background of the region's former mining history.
At the Palatinate Mining Museum and in the two visitor mines "Weiße Grube" and "Grube Maria" in the former mining village of Imsbach, you can marvel at the diversity of mineral resources in this region. The three mining history circular trails "Eisenweg", "Kupferweg I" and "Kupferweg II" with numerous info boards about the mining past of the community can be explored all year round on your own or on guided tours.
Book recommendations for this region:
Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
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