Chapel Pilgrimage Path

Stage 1 Bad Bergzabern - Klingenmünster

You start in the spa park at the St. James Pilgrim statue. A detour through the spa park is worthwhile to the baptismal church of Saint Edith Stein - the St. Martin Church. Continue on the path past the Protestant Market Church to the impressive Mountain Church. From the Mountain Church, you reach the ascending path to the Liebfrauenberg Monastery, enjoy the uplifting panoramic views, and then proceed to the two churches in Pleisweiler-Oberhofen. On the hill above Gleiszellen, you will see the Dionysius Chapel, and then the path leads you to Klingenmünster. There you can take a detour to the Klingenmünster Monastery complex. Afterwards, the climb to the Euthanasia Memorial at the Palatinate Clinic is worthwhile. From there, the signposted path continues to the Nikolaus Chapel.

Stage 2 Klingenmünster - Vorderweidenthal

From the Nikolaus Chapel, you can see Landeck Castle, which is reachable via a well-developed path. From there, you leave the sea of vines and enter the Palatinate Forest, where you can perceive the diversity of nature. Let it affect you so you can gently and subtly feel yourself. Pause at the hut at Karlsplatz after climbing the 487m high Abtskopf. Between Abtskopf and the Lindelbrunn castle ruins, a detour to the Peace Chapel above Birkenhördt is highly recommended. The forest inn Cramerhaus invites you to refresh, eat, and stay overnight. From here, you can pass the Protestant youth center and take the ascent to the Lindelbrunn castle ruins to enjoy a very special panoramic view!

Stage 3 Vorderweidenthal - Schweigen-Rechtenbach

In Vorderweidenthal, the former St. Gallus Church can be discovered. From there, you pilgrim through the Erlenbach valley to Oberschlettenbach and discover the fire station, which used to be a church. From this gem of tranquility, your path leads toward Lauterschwan along the Potzbach. In Lauterschwan, you will encounter the St. Michael’s Chapel. Below Berwartstein Castle, which you can already see from afar, everyone can refresh themselves at the Seehof Pond. Refreshed, you follow the signposting into the Palatinate Forest to the 400 m high Breitenberg. Passing the Hirzeck House and the Bobenthaler Head, you head to the former St. Paul Weißenburg Monastery, the St. Germanshof. You continue along this path toward the Pauliner Castle. The view extends as far as the German Wine Gate, the southern starting point of the German Wine Route.

Stage 4 Schweigen-Rechtenbach - Bad Bergzabern

From Schweigen, you go along the edge of the Haardt back into the Palatinate Forest to the Hohenstaufen Reichsburg Guttenberg. Only the bergfried remains of the ruin. From the highest point of the path, you look over the Mundat Forest and the Rhine Plain. You also have a great view from the Stäffelsberg Tower before heading to the Kolmerberg Chapel. The chapel is a popular pilgrimage site, and the former hermit's dwelling today serves as an overnight accommodation for groups. In Dörrenbach, you must visit the fortified church of St. Martin, a simultaneous church from 1684/85. The oldest part, the lower choir room, dates from around 1300. In Bad Bergzabern, there are three churches: the Market Church, Mountain Church, and the St. Martin's Church, baptismal church of the canonized Edith Stein.