Petit-Arnsberg Castle – Klingelfels loop from Pfälzerwoog

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Petit-Arnsberg Castle – Klingelfels loop from Pfälzerwoog

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Petit-Arnsberg Castle – Klingelfels loop from Pfälzerwoog

05:33

17.1km

650m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord

Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.45 km

Ruins

3.08 km

Sandstone Rock Formation on the Burgenweg

Highlight • Natural Monument

The path branches off from the wider hiking trail onto a path that leads along pretty rocks... typical red sandstone rocks, as you often find them in the Palatinate

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3.27 km

Red Sandstone Rock Formations

Highlight • Natural Monument

The path branches off from the wider hiking trail onto a path that leads along these pretty rocks... typical red sandstone rocks, as you often find them in the Palatinate

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3.96 km

View of the Lützelhardt castle ruins from Bayerischer Windstein

Highlight • Viewpoint

In front of the rock there is a table where you can have a snack and relax. From the viewing platform you have a direct view of the Lützelhardt castle ruins.

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4.25 km

Grenzturm or Windsteinerfels

Highlight • Natural Monument

Sandstone needle next to the even more rocks are.

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4.46 km

Bavaria–France Boundary Stone (1826)

Highlight • Monument

On many boundary stones you can still find the "B" behind the "F" and next to it the year 1826, when the Palatinate still belonged to the Bavarian kingdom

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6.82 km

Petit-Arnsberg Castle

Highlight • Castle

The Château du PETIT ARNSBOURG was first mentioned in 1335 when the von Wasigenstein brothers received the castle from the Weißenburg Abbey as a fief. At that time it served …

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8.93 km

Klingelfels

Highlight • Natural Monument

Nice little rock, located right next to the parking lot so easy to get to. From the Klingenfels, it is still a relatively short distance to the Wasigenstein castle ruins.

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11.4 km

Blumenstein

Castle

12.9 km

Maimont Summit and Celtic Ring Wall

Highlight • Summit

Here, in ancient times, the Celts were at home. The area is so overgrown that you hardly see anything from the ringwall. However, it is easy to see the sacrificial …

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13.9 km

Col du Maimont

Mountain Pass

17.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.98 km

5.75 km

2.40 km

905 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.1 km

4.78 km

1.61 km

447 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

17°C

5°C

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Max wind speed: 7.0 km/h

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Comments

May 1, 2024,Drei Burgenweg und Friedenskreuz ab Petersbächel

Today we hiked the western half of the 7 Castles Tour from Petersbächel with a few people from our community, with the Peace Cross at the end. What a beautiful tour and what great ruins. Add to that the fresh green in the forest and perfect hiking weather. The advantage of splitting the tour in two is that you have …

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March 30, 2024,30.03.2024 Pfalz Wengelsbach deutsch-französischer Burgenweg westlicher Teil

Today we walk the western part of the Great German-French Castle Trail. We already ran the eastern route in 2022. This part may not be quite as spectacular, but it isn't as crowded either. Three castle ruins, again great rocks and always beautiful narrow paths. A delicious dinner rounds off the day.

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June 27, 2023,Château du Wasigenstein – Burg Blumenstein Runde von Obersteinbach 🇨🇵🚶‍♂️🥾🧢🏰🗝

moderately difficult tour always goes up and down from one castle to the other 🥴🥴🥴 Attention ⚠ in the final section it is quite steep downhill, there is a risk of slipping without black ice 😉😉😉

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January 28, 2022,Deutsch-französischer Burgenweg: Etappe 2

An appointment was found quite quickly, so that I was able to walk the second stage of this beautiful premium path with the beach runner 😊
After we had walked the first 3 1/2 kilometers uphill from the parking lot, we had reached our starting point of the tour at the Klingelfels and it took us about 10 minutes to …

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September 8, 2023,🇩🇪-🇨🇵Burgenweg

Today again on a part of the German-French Castle Trail. It's just beautiful here! We went up from Obersteinbach. Past the Wachtfelsen to the Petit Arnsberg, a 14th-century castle built in and on steep rocks. After climbing the first steps, enjoying the view and taking a look at the castle, we continued on beautiful paths to the next highlight - …

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April 23, 2023,Grenzwertig

I copied this tour from the Christine Pfalzrakete and edited it a bit. You may forgive me 👍👍😎

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May 30, 2022,🌞🌞🌞 Burgenweg im Dahner Felsenland heute „mal Deutsch-mal Französisch“🥾

Dear Ina and big Peter 😎 that was a great tour, today even with a dry slide.
But …
from about km 9 the absolute slide, good shoes, hiking poles and tread security are absolutely necessary..
"[...] walking and thinking are two identical terms and we can say (and claim) without further ado that the one who walks and therefore …

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