Annweilerer Burgenweg
Tour route
General information about the tour
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Ascent
397 m -
Descent
397 m -
Difficulty
mittel -
Duration
2:30 h -
Distance in km
7,7 km -
Highest point
482 m -
Lowest point
201 m
routing tag
Starting point of the tour
Wanderparkplatz an den Kuranlagen, Annweiler am Trifels
Destination of the tour
Wanderparkplatz an den Kuranlagen, Annweiler am Trifels
approach
A65 / Ausfahrt Landau-Nord, B10 to Annweiler am Trifels
park
Parking site next to the spa grounds in Annweiler am Trifels
Further information / left
Refreshments are available at the Restaurant Barbarossa on the parking site below the Trifels, as well as at various cafés and restaurants in the downtown area.
Between the ruins of Anebos and Scharfenberg and the parking site Schlossäcker, there is also a red sandstone path which informs us about the formation of the rock formations in the Palatinate Forest, their colours, geological layering and decomposition. From Windhof there are two more castles which can be hiked to: the black dot trail marker leads to the Madenburg, from there along the Pfälzer Weinsteig to the ruins of Neukastell and then back to Windhof (round trip from Windhof 13 km).
Burg Trifels: Opening times February-14. March Saturday, Sunday and Holidays from 10:00-17:00, 15. March-31. October from 10:00-18:00, 01.-30. November Saturday, Sunday and Holidays from 10:00-17:00 and closed in December and January.
Last admission 45 minutes before the closing time. Daily castle tours, a theatrical spectacle at the weekends during the main season. Registration for group tours in the Office of Tourism. Dogs are not permitted in the castle.
Public transportation
Nachhaltig unterwegs mit dem ÖPNV im Trifelsland.
Bahnhaltepunkt Annweiler am Trifels an der Queichtallinie Landau-Pirmasens. Die Linie verkehrt stündlich. Vom Bahnhof aus laufen wir an der Touristinformation am Meßplatz vorbei zur Hauptstraße und gehen dann die Burgstraße hinauf, am Kurpark linkerhand weiter, bis zum Wanderparkplatz. Dort sind es nur noch wenige Meter zum Ausgangspunkt der Wanderung.
Fahrplanauskunft
Description
On this trail, we climb up to the landmark of Annweiler - the three cone-shaped hilltops with the castles of Trifels, Anebos and Scharfenberg. In addition to historical highlights and bizarre rock formations there await us wonderful views over the green summits of the Wasgau.
Die Tour beginnt am Wanderparkplatz P1 am Kurpark von Annweiler am Trifels und führt zum Trifels, zur Anebos und Münz. Die Tour ist mit ihren 7,5 km auch für Familien geeignet.
Zunächst führt der Weg vom Parkplatz bergauf bis dieser in einen Waldweg mündet. Weiter geradeaus gelangt man bis zum Windhof. Hier überquert die Route die Trifelsstraße und biegt links am Windhofstein in den Wald ein. An der ersten Rastmöglichkeit vorbei führt der Pfad zu einem schönen Aussichtspunkt und weiter hinauf zur Ruine Scharfenberg. Hier hat man einen schönen Blick über den Pfälzerwald bis zur Rheinebene. Die Burgruine Scharfenberg/Münz ist wegen Sanierungsarbeiten bis vorraussichtlich Mitte 2023 gesperrt.
Anschließend wandert man hinab, an den Fensterfelsen vorbei, hinauf zur Ruine Anebos, wo man den Trifels schon fest im Blick hat. Ein schmaler Pfad führt Richtung Fensterfelsen, dann weiter auf dem Wanderweg zum Parkplatz Schloßäcker und hinauf zum Trifels. Nach der Burgbesichtigung geht es gemütlich bergab bis zum Ausgangspunkt der Wanderung.
Directions
Directions
We start at the parking site near the spa grounds and follow the signs with the castle logo. These trail markers will show us the way to the three castles and then back to Annweiler. Along both wide and narrow paths we climb up the slopes of the Bindersbacher valley through a deciduous forest, until we reach the parking site of Windhof. From here the trail leads in switchbacks further uphill, past a lookout point looking over the ruins of Scharfenberg, also called the Münz, with its high castle keep. The climb is now finished and from now on it only goes slightly up and down. From the Castle Scharfenberg (Münz), the trail leads us past a huge sandstone massif downhill. Having reached a pretty resting place, we turn left and climb onto a small path leading to ruins of Anebos. There is very little left of the castle, however the views of the castles of Scharfenberg (Münz) and Trifels are great. Turning clockwise around the hill summit, the trail marker brings us back down to a resting place at the foot of the rock walls. There we turn left and soon come to the "Schlossäcker" below the Trifels with its large parking site, restaurant and kiosk. There then follows another short, but well signposted ascent and we reach the, unfortunately not historically reconstructed, imperial castle of Trifels . This castle was the favourite castle of the Emperor Barbarossa, the depository of the imperial regalia and where the English king Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned. A replica of the crown, orb and sceptre can still be seen in the fortress today. Back at the car park, we turn left at an information board down a few steps and then along pleasant forest paths down to our starting point, the parking site at the spa grounds.
©Verein Südliche Weinstrasse Annweiler am Trifels e.V.
: Verein Südliche Weinstrasse Annweiler am Trifels e.V.
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