Silzer Linde Shelter – Birkenhördt Peace Chapel loop from Birkenhördt

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Silzer Linde Shelter – Birkenhördt Peace Chapel loop from Birkenhördt

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Silzer Linde Shelter – Birkenhördt Peace Chapel loop from Birkenhördt

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6.99km

190m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

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Jägerhof Restaurant and Historic Royal Mail Coach Station, Birkenhördt

Highlight • Restaurant

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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2.57 km

Marian Shrine at Geghinesgrund

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Small place of worship in the desert valley

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4.89 km

Silzer Linde Shelter

Highlight • Mountain Hut

On the high path in the Abtswald between Birkenhördt, Blankenborn and Silz the "old lime tree" stands on a spider. The Silzer Linde, as it is popularly known, once served as a point of orientation.

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4.90 km

Silzer Lime Tree and Ritterstein No. 34

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The Silzer Linde is a very tall linden that gave this place its name; And right now in the spring, the fresh lime green is fantastic to look at. The …

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5.93 km

Wooden Cross

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6.14 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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6.15 km

View of Birkenhördt

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Beautiful view from the Peace Chapel

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6.37 km

Ascent to the Friedenskapelle (Peace Chapel)

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In the middle of the Palatinate Forest Nature Park there is actually an approx. 1 km long stainless steel railing as an aid to ascending/descending to the Peace Chapel. Who …

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