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Rhineland-Palatinate

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Landkreis Kaiserslautern

Trippstadt

Moosalb Spring Biotope – Karlstal Gorge loop from Stelzenberg

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Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Palatinate Forest

Landkreis Kaiserslautern

Trippstadt

Moosalb Spring Biotope – Karlstal Gorge loop from Stelzenberg

Moderate

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Moosalb Spring Biotope – Karlstal Gorge loop from Stelzenberg

01:27

5.37km

70m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Great for any fitness level. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Karlstalschlucht

Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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Parking

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682 m

Moosalb Spring Biotope

Highlight • Natural

The Moosalbe has created an impressive valley over its 26 kilometers to where it flows into the Schwarzbach. It was once the basis for the operation of numerous hammer mills, …

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1.76 km

Hermitage Cave in the Karlstal Gorge

Highlight • Cave

The workers who worked in the ironworks once lived here.

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1.83 km

Riverside rest area in the Karlstal Gorge

Highlight • Gorge

In the Karlstal Gorge you will find beautiful resting places by the babbling stream every few meters

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1.84 km

The rock face with the metal plaque commemorates the meeting that took place here in 1862 between the then Bavarian King Ludwig I, the Hesse-Darmstadt Grand Duke Ludwig III and the Austrian Archduchess Hildegarde.

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1.88 km

Patrono Huius Loci Memorial Stone

Highlight • Monument

There is a stone in the Karlstal with the inscription Patrono huius loci - the patron saint of this place.

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1.96 km

Karlstal Gorge

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

Beautiful trail along the Mosbachalp. You cross to the other side via beautiful wooden bridges. At the end of the gorge, stop for refreshments at the Klugschen Mühle.

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2.34 km

Moss-covered boulders in the Karlstal Gorge

Highlight • Gorge

The "Karlstal" is located near Trippstadt in the district of Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate.
- nature reserve
- There is a path right by the stream
- "created around 1790
- designed …

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2.65 km

Hacke Monument with Stone Table

Highlight • Monument

Franz Karl Ludwig Wilhelm von Hacke entered the service of his native Electorate of the Palatinate. He became a Privy Councilor and Government Councilor and also held the rank of …

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5.37 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.76 km

2.51 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.99 km

1.30 km

810 m

155 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Moosalb Spring Biotope – Karlstal Gorge loop from Stelzenberg

Moosalb Spring Biotope

Hermitage Cave in the Karlstal Gorge

Riverside rest area in the Karlstal Gorge

Three Majesties Rock

Patrono Huius Loci Memorial Stone

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Moss-covered boulders in the Karlstal Gorge

Hacke Monument with Stone Table

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