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Dahn
federal stateRhineland-Palatinate
Residents
4.605 (2019)
height
210 m
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Dahn

Dahn is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate.

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The administrative seat of the association is in Dahn Dahn rock country, other sub-communities include Bruchweiler-Bärenbach, Erftweiler and Fischbach bei Dahn. The city is the starting point for many Hiking trails of the Palatinate Forest Association. This cross-border sub-landscape of the Palatinate Forest is also known as Wasgau designated.

getting there

Maiden jump

By plane

the nearest airports are:

  • Saarbrücken: 65 km; the fastest is the route via Hinterweidental, Pirmasens Nord, Lautzkirchen, Blieskastel (a little over 2 hours)
  • Strasbourg: 90 km; the fastest way to get there is by bus Wissembourg and further by train in just under 3 hours
  • Frankfurt: 155 km, via Hinterweidental and Karlsruhe it takes just under 3 hours
  • Stuttgart: 135 km; just under 3 hours drive via Hinterweidental and Karlsruhe

By train

  • The 1 Dahn train station the Wieslauterbahn is only off on weekends Landau in the Palatinate approached via Hinterweidental. If there is a train, the is closer to the city center and the adventure pool 2 Dahn-Süd train stop .
  • Buses leave Monday through Friday Pirmasens, Hinterweiden, Bad Bergzabern, Wissembourg Dahn on, Saturday and Sunday only from Pirmasens and Hinterweidenthal.
  • Call line taxi from Hinterweidenthal
  • From Hinterweidenthal 7 km of comfortable footpath
  • From Hauenstein 7 km hiking trail

In the street

B427 leads from the A65 (Candelabra) to Dahn

By bicycle

Accessible train stations

  • Hinterweidenthal, bike path with little gradients on the Wieslauter
  • Wissembourg, Connection to the DB and SNCF rail network, 24 km of low-gradient cycle path on the Lauter / Wieslauter.

Cycle paths

mobility

Map of Dahn

Tourist Attractions

View from the tower of Altdahn Castle to Grafendahn (foreground) and Tanstein (back).

Castles and Palaces

  • 1 Altdahn, Tanstein and Grafendahn castle ruins (Dahner Burgengruppe). They are large ruins on rocky cliffs with valley views. It is also possible to drive up by car.
  • 2 Neudahn castle ruins
  • 3 Gerstbergerkopf CastleGerstbergerkopf Castle in the Wikipedia encyclopediaGerstbergerkopf Castle (Q1011950) in the Wikidata database - There are only small remains of the wall in the forest.

Rock formations

  • 4 Jungfernsprung rock cliff
  • 5 Hochstein rock group
  • 6 Rock group bride and groom

miscellaneous

activities

hike

There are countless hiking opportunities around Dahn. Various rock cliffs are waiting to be conquered. At the top there is usually a view as a reward for the ascent. A solid shoe value is important for the hiking trails (hiking boots with tread soles are best):

  • The 12.3 km long opens up more than a dozen cliffs "Dahner Felsenpfad". According to the Openstreetmap, the route is marked with a black rock on an orange background. As a circular route, the path also includes the "Dahner Hütte" refreshment stop in the Seibertsbach valley. Route on Openstreetmap. Started:
  • 3  Felsenpfad hiking car park (P7). Located across from the swimming paradise.last change: Feb. 2019

miscellaneous

Elwetritsch

shop

As the seat of the association and local center, Dahn offers several supermarkets, bakeries, butchers, pharmacies, petrol stations and other retail outlets. There are also shops for furniture, textiles, wood and wicker, bicycles, books and building and home improvement supplies.

kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

  • 1  Camping Büttelwoog. Scenic, quiet and attractive location (surrounded by forest in a dry valley with rocky cliffs).last change: Feb. 2019

health

Practical advice

  • 1  Tourist office Dahn e.V., Weißenburger Strasse 17d in HDG 66994 Dahn / Pfalz. Tel.: 49 6391 5188, Email: . Open: April to October, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Closed from mid-October.

trips

hikes

The hiking trails from Dahn lead past the rock formations of the Wasgau.

By bicycle

  • The above-mentioned destinations can be combined with bike hikes; this is especially true for Fleckenstein due to the marginal distance.
  • Wissembourg
  • more castles in the Palatinate and in the French neighboring departments Moselle and Bas-Rhin

By train

from Hinterweidenthal, combined with the bike:

Neighboring communities

Hinterweidenthal, Hauenstein, Erfweiler, Schinhardt, Bruchweiler-Bärenbach, Fischbach near Dahn, Lemberg (Palatinate)

literature

Web links

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