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Rhineland-Palatinate
Palatinate Forest
Landkreis Bad Dürkheim
Deidesheim

Eselsmühle Ruins – Mußbach Stream Trail loop from Alte Schanze

Moderate

13

runners

Eselsmühle Ruins – Mußbach Stream Trail loop from Alte Schanze

00:56

8.05km

100m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 21, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

Waypoints

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Parking

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1

40 m

Ritterstein No. 258: Old Road – Customs Station and Redoubt 1794

Highlight • Historical Site

Not far from Forsthaus Silbertal lies this PWV-Ritterstein. Here was formerly an old road junction with a customs station between the diocese of Speyer and the Palatinate. Furthermore stood here …

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2

1.89 km

Historic Mills in the Mußbach Valley

Highlight (Segment) • Historical Site

Many former mills, Obermühle, Lower Mill, Splash Mill, Neumühle and Talmühle worked here with the water power of the river Muss. Today the signs show that there were mills to see, almost nothing is left of it.

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3

2.34 km

Very nice hut located directly on the Mußbach, ideal for a break or a picnic.

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4

2.53 km

Eselsmühle Ruins

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There used to be a few mills on the Mußbach, this is where the valley mill stood.

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5

3.10 km

Benjental Forest Lodge

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Small, rustic forest hut with a small indoor and large outdoor area.

Reachable by car via Wachenheim / Lambrecht and Gimmeldingen. Parking lot about 100m away.

Easy for hikers coming …

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6

3.45 km

Old Hunting Lodge Looganlage

Highlight • Mountain Hut

A nice place to stop after a long tour. They serve delicious beer.

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7

3.94 km

Mußbach Stream Trail

Highlight • Trail

A stream that drove twelve mills. Unfortunately only small ruins and signs left! Before many springs in the Gimmeldinger Tal were captured, the Mußbach rushed more powerfully through the valley …

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8

7.81 km

Silbertal Forest House

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Very good food, hearty and inexpensive

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8.05 km

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Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.16 km

3.30 km

342 m

163 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.53 km

1.97 km

1.12 km

381 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

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