The best city hikes and walks around Lohrer Wald

The Gradierwerke and the brine atomizer are in operation not all year round, but from Easter to November (weather permitting), daily from 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Free admission.

It's quite a climb up towards Kauzenburg.

Kauzenburg Castle was built around 1200 for the Counts of Sponheim. The small town of Bad Kreuznach, with its ring of walls, grew up around the castle. Over the centuries, the castle expanded into a veritable fortress with a palace. It reached its greatest extent around 1650. Powerful outworks were built around the palace. The great era of Kauzenburg came to an abrupt end when French troops, during the War of Conquest, blew it up in 1689 and burned it to the ground, leaving only the cellar standing. It wasn't until the 19th century that a kind of "manor house"—a grand bourgeois country estate—was built on the site of the ruins. This had to make way in the early 1970s when the architect Gottfried Böhm combined the remaining ruins with a new architectural design reminiscent of castle battlements—a style also used elsewhere. For a long time, the surviving vaulted cellar served as the venue for popular medieval banquets. The restaurant closed a few years ago; today, a catering service leases the premises and offers it for events. Anyone walking around the grounds and the castle can still get a sense of its former grandeur.

Bad Kreuznach Castle Park is a charming combination of historic landscape park and cultural center, located at the foot of the Kauzenberg mountain and forming a "quiet island of exotic plants" in the middle of the city. The Historical Background of the Park Origins as a manor: The history of the site stretches back a long way. As early as 1605, it was mentioned in a city council protocol as "Bangert" or "Baumgarten," a medieval country estate. From manor to landscape park: In the 18th century, Princess Henriette Amalie of Anhalt-Dessau acquired the property and had the so-called Amalienschlösschen (a castle-like manor house in the neoclassical style) built there. Landscape park: In the 19th century, the estate was transformed by various owners, including the von Recum and Puricelli families, into a romantic landscape park with mature trees, numerous plants, and a picturesque pond. The pond dates back to the time when a moated castle stood on this site. Historical Relics: A memorial column for Jeanette Freifrau von Recum, whose heart was kept in an urn on the column, still stands in the park. 2. The Schlosspark Museum (Amalienschlösschen) The central building in the park is the former manor house, which now houses the Schlosspark Museum. It is a cultural focal point for Bad Kreuznach: Collections: The museum displays collections on art and city history, as well as exhibitions of contemporary art. Cauer Family: A highlight are the sculptures of the Cauer family of sculptors from Bad Kreuznach (four generations, beginning with Emil Cauer the Elder). City History: One focus is on the history of the Bangert manor and the portrayal of Bad Kreuznach as a leading spa town in the 19th century. Hunting Room / Wedding Room: The historically authentic, wood-paneled hunting room was designed at the end of the 19th century by an interior designer for King Ludwig II of Bavaria for the Puricelli family. Today, it serves as a popular wedding venue in the city. 3. Connection to the Kauzenberg and spa resorts Location: The palace gardens are located at the foot of the Kauzenberg, where the Kauzenburg Castle (now a hotel-restaurant) stands. A winding path leads from the park up to the Kauzenberg and offers a fantastic view. Close to the Salinental Valley: Although the palace gardens are a separate entity, they are in close proximity to the spa facilities and the famous Salinental Valley, Europe's largest open-air inhalation facility. A walk along the panoramic path from the palace gardens can lead to the Salinental Valley. The park is open year-round and freely accessible, serving as a haven of peace and tranquility.

St. Paul's Church is located on the Wörth, an island in the Nahe River, right in the city center between the old town and the new town of Bad Kreuznach. The now Protestant St. Paul's Church was built as a parish church by Count Johann von Sponheim as a three-aisled Gothic basilica starting in 1311 and consecrated in 1332, originally to the Virgin Mary and St. Kilian. From 1558 onward, it became a Reformed church. Destroyed in 1689 by the troops of the French King Louis XIV, its current appearance largely corresponds to the reconstruction of 1781. For many centuries, it was the only building in the city before the Old Nahe Bridge – beyond it lay only pastures. The 61-meter-high Baroque tower was built around 1780. The dilapidated east chancel was converted into a small chapel in the mid-19th century for the numerous English spa guests, where services were held according to the Anglican rite. The Chapel of St. Paul contains portrait gravestones from the late Middle Ages. The church organ, newly consecrated in 2012, and the choral concerts are well worth seeing and hearing. The building boasts the largest church interior between Mainz and Trier. Incidentally, Karl Marx and Jenny von Westphalen were married here on June 19, 1843.

From this point, William Turner created the sketch for the watercolor "Kreuznach on the Nahe." William Turner was a leading representative of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the most important European artists. From 1802 onward, Turner undertook journeys that took him along the Rhine through Switzerland to Venice and Rome. He was passionate about travel and created countless sketches and watercolors. In the summer of 1844, at the age of 70, his penultimate journey took him through the Rhine Valley to Switzerland. He also traveled through the valleys of the Moselle, Nahe, and Neckar.

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