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Neunkirchen am Potzberg

Schützenbrunnen – Zigzag Trail on Potzberg loop from Neunkirchen am Potzberg

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Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
Palatinate
Kusel
Neunkirchen am Potzberg

Schützenbrunnen – Zigzag Trail on Potzberg loop from Neunkirchen am Potzberg

Moderate

3

hikers

Schützenbrunnen – Zigzag Trail on Potzberg loop from Neunkirchen am Potzberg

03:18

10.8km

380m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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2.30 km

Schützenbrunnen

Highlight • Natural Monument

This place invites you to relax and is especially worthwhile if it wasn't dry for too long beforehand.

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3.96 km

Gnome Rest Area

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📝 Between tree roots and moss, a sign suddenly appears that makes you smile: a lovingly designed sign with a goblin theme points to the gnome rest area. Small figures, …

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4.40 km

Zigzag Trail on Potzberg

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The zigzag path on the Potzberg, also known as the Presidential or Snake Path, leads up the mountain in several switchbacks and offers a pleasant incline thanks to its serpentine …

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4.52 km

Yellow water source

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Always a nice hike on and on the Potzberg

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4.94 km

Ottilienquelle Spring and Shelter

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The Ottilienquelle spring was created in 1894 by Johann Baptist Moser and named in honor of his wife and daughter.
It is located on an old Philippsgrube mine tunnel and …

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6.72 km

Rest area with a sun lounger and two information boards. One for the Pfälzerwald-Verein and for the Potzberg hiking trail.

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6.75 km

Buchwaldhütte (PWV Theisbergstegen)

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The Buchwaldhütte, a lodge belonging to the Theisbergstegen-Godelhausen chapter of the Palatinate Forest Association, was built between 1976 and 1978 and expanded in the following years. The youth room was opened in 1994.

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7.77 km

Thick Oak

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The Fat Oak is a dead tree that died in January 2018.

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10.8 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.38 km

1.46 km

943 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.27 km

3.54 km

1.83 km

1.08 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (520 m)

Lowest point (280 m)

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Thursday 8 October

12°C

3°C

78 %

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