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St. Martin - Wine and Stone Educational Trail
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Sandstone wall on the wine and stone educational routePhoto: Daniela Kauf, Büro für Tourismus St. Martin
Asphalted path with views through the vineyards, where 18 grape varieties are presented on information boards, each associated with a stone/mineral.
With extensive panoramic views up to the hills of the Palatinate Forest, to Kropsburg and Hambach Castle, above the roofs of St. Martin, walking on the wine and stone educational trail is highly interesting. This attraction was created on the initiative of the St. Martin Winegrowers Association in cooperation with the Rhineland-Palatinate State Office for Geology and Mining.
On the approximately 800 meter long path through the St. Martin vineyards, 18 grape varieties are presented on various information boards. Additional boards illustrate the relationship between wine, soil, and soil composition. The combinations of wine and stone were made considering various aspects.
Furthermore, the trail offers interesting insights into the geological history of the Palatinate and thus naturally into the rocky subsoil of its surrounding vineyards. St. Martin lies at the escarpment edge of the Palatinate Forest towards the Upper Rhine Graben, which tore open about 50 million years ago. Filled in gabions (wire baskets) and set up as stone columns by the roadside are the three rock types typical for the area around St. Martin in the order of their age.
Author’s recommendation
Every year in June, the St. Martiner Wine Path takes place here, and regularly our tour guides take you on the wine and stone educational trail as part of the vineyard tour. Vineyard tours take place from May to October every Tuesday at 10 a.m., starting at the Tourist Info, Kellereistraße 1, 67487 St. Martin. Registration and information at tourismus@sankt-martin.de or phone 06323-5300. www.sankt-martin.de
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Tips and suggestions
The entire path is asphalted and therefore stroller-friendly.
Roadbook
A good starting point is the nearby parking lot on Edenkobener Straße at the southern entrance to St. Martin. Opposite it begins a farm road at the beginning of which there is a large sandstone with "Weinlehrpfad" (wine educational trail) engraved into it.
From the town center, you can reach the wine and stone educational trail on foot via Haardtgasse, Kellereistraße, or Kreuzweg.
The path leads straight on an asphalted farm road between the vineyards. A rest is possible at the deck chairs, the Haardt Madonna, the stone bench on Burgweg towards Kropsburg, or at the Dalberger bench.
Dalbergerbank am Wein- und Steinlehrpfad
Haardtmadonna
Liegebänke
Steinbank am Burgweg
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
By train to Neustadt/Weinstr. main station, continue by bus line 500 or 501 towards Landau to St. Martin (bus stop St. Martin, town). Schedules at www.vrn.de
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Directions
Over the A 65 motorway, exit Edenkoben-Maikammer; continue on L516 towards Maikammer, at the 2nd roundabout turn towards St. Martin. At the end of the street turn left, go through the hollow and turn right into Edenkobener Straße. The parking lot is located directly on the right side.Parking
Parking lot Edenkobener Straße, parking lot Riedweg
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