Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Five Castles Viewpoint – Neuscharfeneck Castle Ruins loop from Gleisweiler

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Five Castles Viewpoint – Neuscharfeneck Castle Ruins loop from Gleisweiler

Moderate

4.8

(217)

695

hikers

Five Castles Viewpoint – Neuscharfeneck Castle Ruins loop from Gleisweiler

04:42

15.6km

470m

Hiking

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

Last updated: June 29, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

2.30 km

St. Anna Chapel with View of the Rhine Plain

Highlight • Religious Site

The chapel can already be seen from the A65 and from the top you have a nice view of the Rhine Valley.
In the evening it is illuminated.
See also: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.-Anna- chapel_ (Burrweiler)

Translated by Google •

Tip by

3.28 km

Wetterkreuz on the Teufelsberg

Highlight • Monument

The Wetterkreuz near the Trifelsblickhütte and the St. Annahütte offers a great view of the Rhine valley.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

4.48 km

Viewpoint

8.23 km

Waldhaus Drei Buchen (Ramberg Forest House)

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Delicious food at reasonable prices.
There are enough seats outside.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

9.29 km

Five Castles Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

From the 5-castle view you can see the castles of Neu Scharfeneck, Ramburg, Trifels, Anebos and Scharfenberg.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

10.8 km

View of Ramberg from Neu Scharfeneck

Highlight • Viewpoint

Directly at the castle is an aisle with a great view of the valley.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

10.9 km

Great castle ruin, where children can also go on a discovery tour. At the entrance a small donation box for the preservation of this beautiful ruin. Please note: The Neuscharfeneck castle ruin has been closed since 02.10.2019 due to dilapidation.

Current information is available at:
neuscharfeneck.de

Showing Translation

Tip by

11.6 km

Landau hut at the Zimmerbrunnen (PWV)

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Where the Landauer Hütte stands today, carpenters worked for the construction of Neuscharfeneck Castle in the 13th century. This is less than a kilometer away in a northwesterly direction. Later, here was the castle garden of the castle, where vegetables and spices were grown. Very nice PWV hut with a large beer garden.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

13.5 km

Historic forest shower on the Hainbach (Gleisweiler)

Highlight • Structure

The forest shower in Gleisweiler is built of sand-lime bricks and it is proven to be the only existing plant of this kind in Germany. The water temperature ranges between eight and twelve degrees Celsius.
Source: walddusche.de/Web/Web11.html

Translated by Google •

Tip by

15.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.77 km

4.53 km

1.29 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.99 km

4.96 km

1.74 km

756 m

151 m

< 100 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Weather

Today

Thursday 20 August

21°C

14°C

92 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

January 14, 2022,Heiner-Geißler-Runde Gleisweiler

The well-known politician Heiner Geißler (inter alia Social Affairs Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate and Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health) lived in Gleisweiler from 1980 until his death in 2017. The enthusiastic mountaineer and paraglider was often to be found in the natural surroundings of his home.
In cloudy, foggy weather, our tour first took us to the cemetery where …

Showing Translation

January 14, 2022,Heiner Geißler Runde in Gleisweiler

The tour on our doorstep started frosty and foggy. But shortly before the Anna chapel, the enthusiasm was great. Bright blue sky and the fog below, as if pulled out of a hat. It went on like this all day, Trifelsblickhütte same spectacle. Stop at "Drei Buchen" for a hearty lunch before heading to the Ramburg and Landauer huts.
My …

Showing Translation

October 3, 2023,Wanderung nach Orensfels

Super great hike with so many beautiful chestnuts 😍🌰

Showing Translation

October 9, 2021,Rundwanderung Gleisweiler - Neuscharfeneck - Trifelsblick

A wonderful hike with great views, quite crowded in places on weekends. But there are also very quiet and beautiful sections of the route.

Showing Translation

February 28, 2024,Gleisweiler-St. Anna Kapelle-Meistersel-Neuscharfeneck

Varied tour

Ways:
a colorful mix of narrow paths and wider paths. The route share was predominantly.

Highlights and notables:
- St. Anna Chapel
- Burgrunie Meistersel
- 5 castle views
- Neuscharfeneck castle ruins (currently not accessible, should be possible from 5.2024)
- Room space with fountain
- Forest shower, just got free again today ;-)

Showing Translation

August 14, 2021,Gleisweiler - St. Anna - Wetterkreuz - Dreimärker - Meistersel - Neuscharfeneck - Landauer Hütte - Walddusche - Ringelsberghütte

Really beautiful South Palatinate circuit. The Meistersel is worthwhile, especially since it has been secured for almost 10 years. Hopefully the Neuscharfeneck closure will not take that long. Have a good and cheap stop at the Landauer Hütte. PWV and the volunteers, thank you very much!

Showing Translation

June 29, 2024,Walddusche / Neuscharfeneck / Waldhaus Drei Buchen / Trifelsblickhütte - Runde von Gleisweiler

After a long recovery phase with occasional solo tours, finally a hike with friends again. 🤗 Beautiful route with three refreshment stops. 😋

Showing Translation

June 15, 2022,Über den Teufelsberg

A varied tour, which is available in different variants. We start in the pretty wine town of Gleisweiler. There is a small coffee shop between the churches. A wild path then leads steadily uphill to the Annahütte and chapel. There you have a beautiful view. It continues on the Teufelsberg, whereby the length of the path and thus the incline …

Showing Translation

Want to know more?

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

Moderate

4.8

13,212

Dahner Felsenpfad Trail

03:49h

12.7km

240m

Moderate

4.7

5,894

Annweiler Castle Trail

02:24h

7.80km

300m

Moderate

4.6

2,118

Karlstal Circular Trail

02:51h

10.2km

190m

Moderate

4.7

1,802

Wine hike without borders loop

02:39h

9.63km

150m

Hard

4.8

1,512

Rimbach-Steig Trail

05:29h

17.1km

580m

Moderate

4.8

1,407

Hahnfels Tour - Palatinate Forest

04:18h

14.6km

370m

Moderate

4.7

1,141

Circular Trail to Hambach Castle

04:30h

14.9km

490m

Moderate

4.6

1,050

Sleeping Beauty Circular Trail

03:53h

13.3km

360m

Hard

4.8

972

Busenberger Clog Trail

07:33h

24.8km

730m

Moderate

4.6

896

Border Crosser Trail

02:08h

7.19km

210m

Moderate

4.7

303

Esthaler Brunnenweg - Palatinate Forest

04:16h

15.1km

330m

Moderate

4.9

4,172

Château du Loewenstein – Hohenbourg Castle loop from Hirschthal

03:05h

9.45km

330m

Five Castles Viewpoint – Neuscharfeneck Castle Ruins loop from Gleisweiler

St. Anna Chapel with View of the Rhine Plain

Wetterkreuz on the Teufelsberg

Waldhaus Drei Buchen (Ramberg Forest House)

Five Castles Viewpoint

View of Ramberg from Neu Scharfeneck

Neuscharfeneck Castle Ruins

Landau hut at the Zimmerbrunnen (PWV)

Historic forest shower on the Hainbach (Gleisweiler)

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️