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Drachenfels (Central Palatinate Forest)

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The Drachenfels ("Dragon Rock") is a hill in the northern part of the Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate) on the forest estate of the county town of Bad Dürkheim. At, it is the highest point of the Palatine Forest north of the Hochspeyerbach - Speyerbach line. The Drachenfels area has been designated as a nature reserve. [1]

29 relations: Bad Dürkheim, Buntsandstein, Circular rampart, Donnersberg, Drachenfels Club, Dragon, German Wine Route, Germany, Historic site, Hochspeyer, Hochspeyerbach, Hunsrück, Isenach, Kaiserslautern, Kehrdichannichts Lodge, Murrmirnichtviel Lodge, Nature reserve, Naturschutzgebiet, Nibelung, Palatinate (region), Palatinate Forest, Palatine Forest Club, Rhineland-Palatinate, Roman Empire, Schaudichnichtum Lodge, Short-toed snake eagle, Speyerbach, Upper Rhine Plain, Wayside cross.

Bad Dürkheim

Bad Dürkheim is a spa town in the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration, and is the seat of the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Buntsandstein

The Buntsandstein (German for coloured or colourful sandstone) or Bunter sandstone is a lithostratigraphic and allostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) in the subsurface of large parts of west and central Europe.

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Circular rampart

A circular rampart (German: Ringwall) is an embankment built in the shape of a circle that was used as part of the defences for a military fortification, hill fort or refuge, or was built for religious purposes or as a place of gathering.

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Donnersberg

The Donnersberg is the highest peak of the Palatinate (Pfalz) region of Germany.

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Drachenfels Club

The Drachenfels Club is a society for the preservation and care of monuments in the vicinity of the German town of Bad Dürkheim.

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Dragon

A dragon is a large, serpent-like legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures around the world.

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German Wine Route

The German Wine Route or Wine Road (Deutsche Weinstraße) is the oldest of Germany's tourist wine routes.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Historic site

Historic site or Heritage site is an official location where pieces of political, military, cultural, or social history have been preserved due to their cultural heritage value.

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Hochspeyer

Hochspeyer is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Hochspeyerbach

The Hochspeyerbach is a 21 km long river in the Palatinate forest in Rhineland-Palatinate and a left tributary of the Speyerbach.

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Hunsrück

The Hunsrück is a low mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Isenach

The Isenach is a left tributary of the Rhine in the northeastern Palatine region of Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern is a city in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland (State) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) at the edge of the Palatinate Forest (Pfälzerwald).

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Kehrdichannichts Lodge

Kehrdichannichts Lodge (Schloss Kehrdichannichts or Kehr-dich-an-nichts) is a former hunting lodge in the Palatine Forest west of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Murrmirnichtviel Lodge

Murrmirnichtviel Lodge (Schloss Murrmirnichtviel), alternatively spelt Murr-mir-nicht-viel, occasionally Murmel-nicht-viel, is a ruined hunting lodge with a watchtower that used to belong to the counts of Leiningen.

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Nature reserve

A nature reserve (also called a natural reserve, bioreserve, (natural/nature) preserve, or (national/nature) conserve) is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

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Naturschutzgebiet

A Naturschutzgebiet (abbreviated NSG) is a category of protected area (nature reserve) within Germany's Federal Nature Conservation Act (the Bundesnaturschutzgesetz or BNatSchG).

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Nibelung

The term Nibelung (German) or Niflung (Old Norse) is a personal or clan name with several competing and contradictory uses in Germanic heroic legend.

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Palatinate (region)

The Palatinate (die Pfalz, Pfälzer dialect: Palz), historically also Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz), is a region in southwestern Germany.

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Palatinate Forest

The Palatinate Forest (Pfälzerwald), sometimes also called the Palatine Forest, is a low-mountain region in southwestern Germany, located in the Palatinate in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Palatine Forest Club

The Palatine Forest Club (Pfälzerwald-Verein) is a hiking club in the former Bavarian Palatinate, i.e. the southern part of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland county of Saarpfalz-Kreis.

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Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) is one of the 16 states (Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire (Imperium Rōmānum,; Koine and Medieval Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, tr.) was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia.

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Schaudichnichtum Lodge

Schaudichnichtum Lodge ((Schloss Schaudichnichtum) was a former hunting lodge southwest of the town of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Like its near neighbours, Kehrdichannichts, Murrmirnichtviel and Jägerthal, it was used as accommodation for the nobility of the Electoral Palatinate during the 18th century when they went hunting in the Palatine Forest. Today the hunting lodge is a ruin; all that remains are a few foundation wall remnants, outlines in the terrain and a monument.

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Short-toed snake eagle

The short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus), also known as short-toed eagle, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers.

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Speyerbach

The Speyerbach is a left tributary of the Rhine in the Palatinate part of Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Upper Rhine Plain

The Upper Rhine Plain, Rhine Rift Valley or Upper Rhine Graben (German: Oberrheinische Tiefebene, Oberrheinisches Tiefland or Oberrheingraben, French: Vallée du Rhin) is a major rift, about and on average, between Basel in the south and the cities of Frankfurt/Wiesbaden in the north.

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Wayside cross

A wayside cross is a cross by a footpath, track or road, at an intersection, along the edge of a field or in a forest.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drachenfels_(Central_Palatinate_Forest)

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