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Dörrenbach Town Hall – Stäffelsberg Tower loop from Oberotterbach

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Dörrenbach Town Hall – Stäffelsberg Tower loop from Oberotterbach

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Dörrenbach Town Hall – Stäffelsberg Tower loop from Oberotterbach

06:02

21.1km

500m

Hiking

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

Last updated: July 18, 2026

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Haardtrand - Am Hasenberg

Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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6.81 km

Dörrenbach Historic Village Center

Highlight • Settlement

A small, cozy place in the valley that is worth exploring on foot (the road ends here as a dead end). It can also be reached by bus almost every hour from the German Wine Gate or Bad Bergzabern.

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6.92 km

Dörrenbach Town Hall

Highlight • Historical Site

Next to the main street is the Renaissance-style town hall, built in 1590. It is one of the most beautiful buildings in the Palatinate. Opposite the town hall and a …

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8.97 km

Stäffelsberg Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

Be sure to climb the stairs. A wonderful view of the Rhine plain, the Palatinate Forest and the Northern Vosges compensates for this and is the highlight in the truest sense of the word.

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9.36 km

Rapunzel Sculpture – Dörrenbach Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale Trail

Highlight • Monument

Beautiful figure on the fairy tale trail.

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9.61 km

Cave Entrance

10.1 km

Westwall bunker ruins near Oberotterbach

Highlight • Historical Site

On this part of the way, there are old bunker remains with information boards

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17.4 km

Alfred Wasner Square – Little Wine Gate on the German Wine Route

Highlight • Monument

Beautifully designed "small wine gate" just before the end of the Pfälzer Weinsteige. Here you can remember some places along the wine route and the hiking trail.

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18.3 km

German Wine Gate (Deutsches Weintor)

Highlight • Monument

The Deutsche Weintor marks the beginning of the German Wine Route. It was built in the Third Reich to make the wine-growing region better known. Even today, an imperial eagle …

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20.0 km

View of Oberotterbach

Highlight • Viewpoint

Nice bench with a view of Oberotterbach, which invites you to take a short break.

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20.5 km

Alte Wäschbank

Lake

21.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.0 km

3.56 km

3.35 km

598 m

481 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.85 km

5.51 km

3.77 km

2.86 km

2.70 km

222 m

216 m

Elevation

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Highest point (460 m)

Lowest point (190 m)

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Comments

July 20, 2023,20230720 Pfälzer Weinsteig Etappe 11: Von Bad Bergzabern nach Schweigen Rechtenbach

Today we actually walked the last stage of the Weinsteig. We're not going in order at the moment, the tenth will come tomorrow...Since we started from our hotel, the hike was a bit shorter. (We then walked the remaining 1.5 km from the train station to the hotel this evening.) We really liked this stage. The paths were good and …

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May 10, 2022,Pfälzer Weinsteig Etappe 11 Bad Bergzabern - Schweigen-Rechtenbach

The last stage of the Palatinate Wine Trail. Again nice in the forest with 2 great vantage points and a section of the Westwallweg.

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October 5, 2024,Von Bad Bergzabern nach Schweigen Rechtenbach – Pfälzer Weinsteig E.11

"Very close to Alsace, from the picturesque wine village of Dörrenbach, which is located a little off the wine route, up to the Stäffelsberg tower (with a view of Alsace and the Black Forest), over the Guttenberg castle ruins and through the vineyards to the wine gate in Schweigen, the southern start of the German Wine Route."

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February 12, 2023,Pfälzer Weinsteig Etappe 11 annerschrum Schweigen/Rechtenbach- Bad Bergzabern

FERTSCH, after almost 2 years, completed the last stage of the Weinsteig today. Better than expected, wide hiking trails alternate with narrow paths again and again.

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May 19, 2023,Pfälzer Weinsteig: Etappe 11 - Von Bad Bergzabern nach Schweigen-Rechtenbach

My last stage began at the Kurpark in Bad Bergzabern and Fritz spontaneously decided to accompany me on my last hike. After a leisurely run-in stretch through the city's newly created park, we hiked into the vineyards. We passed a shelter hut in the forest and then along the Wiesengrund reached Dörrenbach, one of the most beautiful places on the …

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August 29, 2023,Pfälzer Weinsteig: Finale Etappe 12 von Bad Bergzabern zum Deutschen Weintor in Schweigen-Rechtenbach

Done 🥳😃
Yes, it's done...the Palatinate Weinsteig has been walked from north to south, hurray! It took a lot longer than expected, but I'm still proud, especially of the last 4 days in a row, where I started every stage with heel spur problems...except today, because of yesterday's visit to the thermal baths was a real fountain of youth...
But …

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February 25, 2023,Weinsteig von Schweigen-Rechtenbach nach Bad Bergzabern

Beautiful, varied tour on the wine route. the Palatinate most beautiful.

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June 21, 2025,Pfälzer Weinsteig Etappe 11: Bad Bergzabern - Schweigen-Rechtenbach

We did it! After 11 stages and 185 km, we've made it – we've arrived at the Wine Gate in Schweigen-Rechtenbach! We really enjoyed the Palatinate Wine Trail, not least because of the many Palatinate Forest club huts, the fantastic views, the varied trails, and the friendly people we met. The Gimpfelsturm in the Dubbeglas is over, but it certainly …

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Dörrenbach Town Hall – Stäffelsberg Tower loop from Oberotterbach

Dörrenbach Historic Village Center

Dörrenbach Town Hall

Stäffelsberg Tower

Rapunzel Sculpture – Dörrenbach Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale Trail

Westwall bunker ruins near Oberotterbach

Alfred Wasner Square – Little Wine Gate on the German Wine Route

German Wine Gate (Deutsches Weintor)

View of Oberotterbach

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