Dahner Felsenland

The Dahn is a landscape in the district of Southwest Palatinate ( state of Rhineland -Palatinate). It is located in the central part of the Wasgau, which in turn is formed from the southern part of the Palatinate Forest and the northern part of the Vosges. In Dahn are many rock formations of the southern Palatinate climbing area.

Geographical location

The landscape coincides geographically with nearly the same municipality, which includes the city of Dahn and 14 villages. The Dahn is part of the Palatinate Forest. It is located between 200 m ( valleys ) and 400 m (mountains ) high and is drained by the Lauter, called here on their headwaters Wieslauter, towards the Rhine.

Tourism

The region is served by numerous marked hiking trails. In the village of Dahn there are the rocks Agriculture Youth of the German Youth Hostel Association.

Attractions

In Dahn are 16 castles and castle ruins and numerous rock formations from red sandstone, which are used by rock climbers. To rock like the Jungfernsprung or the Devil's Table is shrouded in ancient legends (see legend of Jungfernsprung, legend of the Devil's Table ). Among the castles include the Dahn Castle Group, the Berwartstein and the Drachenfels the best known.

Traffic

The Dahn is accessible via the motorways 8 ( from the west ) and 65 ( from the east ), in each case using the federal highway 10, which connects the two freeways. Directly by the Dahn Valley leads the federal highway 427 ( Hinterweidenthal bath Bergzabern ), the initially planned route closing the motorway 8 ( Pirmasens, Karlsruhe) at Dahn past was never realized.

Partial parallel to the B 427 connects as a branch of the Queichtalbahn ( Pirmasens -Landau ) the Wieslauter train the villages Hinterweidenthal in the north and in the south of Bundenthal Dahn country. The line was reactivated in 1997 for excursion traffic on Sundays and holidays, after the regular passenger train operation had been discontinued in 1966. This runs the already incipient in Mannheim Bundenthaler.