Moosalb (Schwarzbach)

Karlstal the Moosalb

The Moosalb (also Moosalbe ) is a river in the western Palatinate ( Rheinland - Pfalz). The upper Moosalbtal is also called Hammertal because of its many architectural witnesses of iron smelting and working of iron in the 18th and 19th century.

Course and tributaries

The Moosalb rises in the heart of the Palatinate forest west of the Palatine main watershed in about 450 m altitude. To the east of its source is the part of the municipality Tripp Locality locust cross. First, the Moosalb flows about to the west, then south. After nearly 26 km run it opens at Forest Fischbach Castle albums than three times larger bodies of water in the Schwarzenbach, who is also called Burgalbe.

The largest tributary of the Moosalb is the 15.8 km long Aschbach, which - as the Moosalb from the Palatinate Forest Coming - opens Karlstal the station from the right and exceeds the Moosalb of water management by half. In Steinalben also opens from the right Queidersbach, which has its origins but on the Sickinger Höhe.

Attractions

Karlstal - From the Aschbachmündung moosalbaufwärts you get into the Karlstal, a largely natural state rocky narrow valley of about 4 kilometers in length.

Blackbird Dell - On the left side slope of Karlstals is a formerly inhabited cave and above the blackbird Dell, a dilapidated complex dating from the 19th century, which was originally equipped with a maze, a shooting range and a hut.

Klug'sche Mill - The Mill on the historical Klug'sche Moosalb, near the lower end of the Karlstals, was remodeled in the restoration of a catering operation. Before she arrived in 1842 the property of the Klug family, whose descendants they farm until today, it was called Wilensteiner mill.

Under Hammer - The Investment Sub- Hammer is as a former iron hammer mill, a monument to the early Palatine industrial history.

Wilenstein Castle - right above the Karlstals is located at 400 meters altitude, the ruins of the castle Wilenstein, which was built in the mid 12th century. The youth of today Heimburg Wilenstein houses as Schullandheim school classes and youth groups.

Protestant Church Tripp City - The Baroque Trippstadter church was built in 1744/45 on the foundation of the Gothic predecessor church.

Trippstadter Castle - The Trippstadter Castle, built in Baroque style from the red sandstone of the region, was from 1764 to 1767 according to the plans and under the direction of Zweibrücker architect Sigmund Jacob Haeckher. The associated castle park was originally laid out geometrically in the Versailles style and much larger than it is today.

Water supply tunnel - The Trippstadter water supply tunnel was completed in 1767. The system as established in antiquity in Gegenort tunneling method, supplied to 1965 the municipality with drinking water. The water supply tunnel is considered to be unique in Europe monument.

Ironworks Museum - The Ironworks Museum Tripp City documents the heyday of the iron smelting industry, which experienced the community in the mid- 19th century.

Wilenstein Castle

Baroque church Tripp city

Trippstadter Castle