Birkenhördt Peace Chapel – View of Birkenhördt loop from Birkenhördt

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Birkenhördt Peace Chapel – View of Birkenhördt loop from Birkenhördt

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Birkenhördt Peace Chapel – View of Birkenhördt loop from Birkenhördt

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5.85km

120m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2 m

Jägerhof Restaurant and Historic Royal Mail Coach Station, Birkenhördt

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A royal Bavarian post office was located here from 1860 to 1914.
Source: pfalz-info.com/birkenhoerdt/jaegerhof-569
A sign "Boarding point for the royal post coach rides" hangs on a corner of a house!

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101 m

St. Gallus Church (Birkenhördt) and the Wasgau Cathedral

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"Built around 1860 in the neo-Gothic style, its sandstone architecture fits perfectly into [the] landscape. [...]
The extraordinary size of the church results from the fact that its conception was …

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937 m

Animal Farm in Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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a little animal paradise .. with a free-range goat .. two donkeys .. horses .. and some guinea pigs .. also to touch ..

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1.07 km

Picnic Area in Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord Biosphere Reserve

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3.20 km

Birkenhördt Peace Chapel

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The so-called Kapellenweg to the Birkenhördter Friedenskapelle is slightly rising and very nice to wander. At the chapel there is a beautiful view from the Rustelberg on the village Birkenhördt …

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3.41 km

View of Birkenhördt

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Beautiful view from the Peace Chapel

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5.85 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.99 km

705 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.90 km

391 m

273 m

178 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (340 m)

Lowest point (250 m)

Weather

Wednesday 7 October

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Comments

January 28, 2024,Birkenhördt: Auf dem „Birkenhördter Kapellenweg“ zur Friedenskapelle auf dem Rustelberg

Today's hike was inspired by @Bettina (thank you very much!), who hiked the Friedenskapelle from Silz on September 8th, 2023.

Today we actually had the ideal weather to visit this special place.

However, we didn't start in Silz, but in Birkenhördt: first past the "Jägerhof" inn (which was recommended to us by locals; but we had other plans), then to …

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