Hiking and Nordic Walking in Kaiserslautern County
Kaiserslautern County offers many routes for walks, hikes and Nordic Walking. The well-marked trails run through woods, occasionally through ravines or along mountain ridges with fantastic views, often through fields and pastures. And everywhere along the way you will come upon interesting sights and rustic dining facilities.
Information: Tourist office Kaiserslautern County, phone: 0631/7105228
Lautertal-Schaupfad (Lauter valley exhibition trail)
As an extension of the Kaiserslautern horticultural show this trail runs along the restored Lauter river. Information boards along the way offer interesting information about the flood plains of the Lauter.
Information: Tourist office Otterbach, phone: 06301/60769
Sculpture trail, South Kaiserslautern
In the midst of idyllic nature in the Palatinate Forest the visitor can encounter man-made works: Sculptures made of sandstone, wood or metal, some of which blend harmoniously into the landscape, while others with their abstract shapes present an exciting contrast to nature. International sculptors' symposiums held since 1986 have so far resulted in more than 30 works of art.
While every object makes its own statement, together they form an inspired ensemble. Freely accessible year-round.
Information: Tourist office Kaiserslautern-Süd, phone: 0631/2016135
Sculpture trail, Rodenbach
The 3 km long sculpture trail offers 20 stations on the topics of wood and water in relation to the Celtic past of Rodenbach.
Information: Tourist office Weilerbach, phone: 06374/922131
Palatine Route of St. James
The Palatine Route of St. James begins in Worms or Speyer and reaches Johanniskreuz, coming from Elmstein and running along the Speyerbach river, Mückenwiese - Speyerbrunn (narrow valley, typical Palatine mixed forest). Here the Route of St. James enters the Kaiserslautern county.
The trail is well-marked with the scallop emblem (white scallop on blue ground) and with information boards describing the respective location and offering interesting facts.
Information: Tourist office Kaiserslautern County, phone: 0631/7105228, www.jakobsweg-pfalz.de
"Searching for clues", Johanniskreuz
The circular hiking trails can be used for a "time travel on foot" through local and forestry history from the Middle Ages to the present. Old boundary stones tell of varying ownership; groups of rare trees and typical forest scenes explain forest history; relics of charcoal burning and drifting give testimony of old, almost forgotten forest occupations.
Information: Tourist office Trippstadt, phone: 06306/341
The Palatinate on horseback
"Horseback hikes from farm to farm". The "Palatinate on horseback" is an interest group of Palatine horse farms enabling horseback hikers to tour the Palatinate from farm to farm, whether on their own or a rented horse, by themselves or with a guide. Discover the Palatinate on horseback.
Information: Tourist office Kaiserslautern County, phone: 0631/7105228, www.diepfalzzupferd.de
Eisenhüttenweg (Iron works trail), Trippstadt
Because of the need for water power, the factory buildings of the Trippstadt Ironworks were located outside the village in the Moosalb valley between Oberhammer pond and rolling mill. The remains of these premises are closely connected with the names of Hacke and Gienanth (18th and 19th century).
Information: Tourist office Trippstadt, phone: 06306/341
Dr. Straßburg Kneipp trail, Neuhemsbach
On the initiative of the general practitioner Dr. Reiner Straßburg the communities of Breunigweiler, Gonbach, Münchweiler, Neuhemsbach and Sippersfeld joined forces to create a Kneipp trail. Kneipp basins are placed along the trail marked with a blue "K" at the Pfrimmerhof camp ground, in Gonbach, at Randeckerhof and at the hotel "Klostermühle" in Münchweiler. The complete trail is 23 kilometers long.
Information: Tourist office Enkenbach-Alsenborn, phone: 06303/913171
Theme trails, Otterberg
Six different circular routes of varying lengths and difficulty levels offer a variety of tours around Otterberg.
Information: Tourist office Otterberg, phone: 06301/31504
Spring and well trail, Kaiserslautern-Süd
The spring and well trail takes the visitor on two different routes to a total of nine different springs and wells.
Information: forestry office Kaiserslautern, phone: 0631/341980
Mill trail, Landstuhl
Hikers rave about the "mill trail" that starts in Landstuhl and passes 13 mills on its way south through the romantic valleys of the Stuhlback river and the Walhalbe. On a stretch of 23 km the hiker can still experience true romanticism. The Sickingen castle of Nanstein in Landstuhl and the "living mill museum", the Rosselmühle, where the water still turns the huge mill wheel, invite you to stop for a visit. The mill trail is part of the 375 km long Western Palatine Hiking Trail.
Information: Sickingen tourism Landstuhl, phone: 06371/495311