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Walking routes in the Palatine Forest fall into two categories. The first are longer walking routes, most of which are maintained by the Palatine Forest Club (German: Pfälzerwald-Verein), or PWV, and which are linked to the national and international network of long distance paths. The second category are those local circular walks and themed walking routes, some of which are of wider regional importance, and which are maintained by municipal authorities. The Palatine Forest, as part of the Palatine Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve, is an important conservation area. As a result, the Palatine Forest, the bunter sandstone landscape of the Palatine Forest Nature Park, the castles in the Dahner Felsenland and the cross-border paths into Alsace and the Vosges make the region particularly popular with ramblers and walkers. Long distance paths This section lists those long distance paths that run through the Palatine Forest. International long distance paths The Palatine Ways of St. James are two historic pilgrimage routes from Speyer to Santiago de Compostela, signed by waymarks with a white scallop on blue field (German: Weiße Muschel auf blauem Grund), the symbol of Saint James. The historic, northern route ran along the Speyerbach, through the Frankenweide and the Karlstal valley towards the Landstuhl Marsh, past the pilgrimage church in Vogelbach, via Karlsberg to Homburg and from there via Hornbach Abbey to France. The present-day, less well known southern route runs partly along the Klingbach stream, through the Wasgau, and along the French border to Hornbach Abbey. The E8 European long distance path from Ireland to Turkey runs through the state of Rhineland-Palatinate from the north along the River Rhine to the Donnersberg hill, then via Worms in the Odenwald (Hesse). An alternative E8 southern route runs through the Palatine Forest, as follows: along the Nahegau-Wasgau-Vosges long distance path (white cross) from Niederhausen an der Nahe via the Donnersberg and Hochspeyer to Johanniskreuz, and along the red cross trail from Johanniskreuz over the Eschkopf and Edenkoben to Speyer. The international Nahegau-Wasgau-Vosges long distance path is waymarked by a white cross and runs from Niederhausen an der Nahe over the Donnersberg, the Schorlenberg, via Hochspeyer and Waldleiningen to Johanniskreuz (to here it is part of the southern branch of the E8 European long distance path). From Johanniskreuz, the trail runs via Leimen and Münchweiler an der Rodalb to Pirmasens. Heading for France, the route then runs via Pirmasens-Erlenbrunn, the Palatine Forest Club hut of Drei Buchen, Eppenbrunn, the Altschlossfelsen rocks and then over the border to Bitche and Wingen-sur-Moder in France. The international Donnersberg-Donon long distance path is waymarked by a red bar and runs from Bad Kreuznach through the Donnersberg area and Palatine Forest to the Donon in Alsace. Its route through the Palatine Forest takes it via Kaiserslautern, the Aschbacherhof, Trippstadt, past Oberhammer and Leimen to the ruins of Gräfenstein Castle. From there it continues via Hinterweidenthal and the Neudahn Castle ruins, through Dahn, Bruchweiler and Rumbach to the French border at the Emperor William Rock (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Stein). The trail is designated as GR 53 on the French side and runs in several stages through the Alsace to the summit of the Donon. The international Staudernheim-Soultz-sous-Forêts long distance path is signed with a blue bar and heads from Staudernheim on the River Nahe, through the Palatinate to Soultz-sous-Forêts in Alsace. The international Pirmasens-Belfort long distance path is waymarked by a yellow bar and runs Pirmasens to Belfort south of the Vosges. Details of the various stages of the route are given below. National long distance paths The Saar-Rhine-Main long distance path (Fernwanderweg Saar-Rhein-Main) is signed with a yellow cross and runs through the Palatine Forest and Rhenish Hesse to the River Main, more specifically from Homburg via Höheinöd, Waldfischbach, the Hundsweiher Sawmill and the Schwarzbachtal to Johanniskreuz. From there it continues through Elmstein, along the Helmbach to Erfenstein, then via Lambrecht to the Palatine Forest Club hut of Lambertskreuz. The last stage of the path within the Palatine Forest runs over the Hardenburg, Altleiningen and Eisenberg to Rhenish Hesse, and there via Alzey to Wörth am Main. The Franconia-Hesse-Palatinate long distance path (Fernwanderweg Franken-Hessen-Kurpfalz) runs from Aschaffenburg via Speyer and finally through the Palatine Forest, waymarked with a red cross, to Lichtenberg Castle. Its route through the Forest goes fromd Edenkoben, Naturfreundehaus Sauermilchtälchen, via Taubensuhl and the Eschkopf to Johanniskreuz (to this point it is part of the southern branch of the E 8 European long distance path). From Johanniskreuz it continues to the Oberhammer and through the Karlstal valley to the Friends of Nature house (Naturfreundehaus) of Finsterbrunnertal, then runs past the Gelterswoog to Landstuhl. Passing Kusel the path finally reaches Lichtenberg Castle. Saar-Rhine trails These two trails run from Saarbrücken through the Palatine Forest to the River Rhine near Wörth. The green bar footpath in the Palatine Forest runs from Zweibrücken-Niederauerbach via Contwig, Walshausen, and Bottenbach to Kröppen. From there it goes via Eppenbrunn and Ludwigswinkel, Petersbächel and Schönau to Nothweiler, before finally passing through Bobenthal heading for Sankt Germanshof on the French border. The route continues further via Schweigen-Rechtenbach towards Bienwald. The path waymarked by a black dot on a white bar runs from Saarbrücken (Schafbrücke) through the Palatine Forest into the Anterior Palatinate as far as Rülzheim. Its course through the Forest goes from Landstuhl, via the Gelterswoog and Kaiserslautern, continuing on the historic mountain road past Hochspeyer to Frankenstein, through the Jägertal valley to Bad Dürkheim, before heading along the Haardt to Bad Bergzabern, and then finally east via the Bienwald to Rülzheim. Regional paths This section lists the walking routes of the Palatine Forest region. Walking network of the Palatine Forest Paths through Johanniskreuz (waymark: coloured cross) In addition to the long distance paths waymarked by a white cross, red cross and yellow cross, all other paths in the Palatine Forest that are marked with a cross pass through the hamlet of Johanniskreuz (the name means "St John's Cross"): Blue cross: from Niederhausen on the River Nahe via Kaiserslautern to Johanniskreuz, then via the Weißenberg mountain and Bad Bergzabern to Sankt Germanshof. Green cross: from Freinsheim via Weidenthal to Johanniskreuz, then via Münchweiler an der Rodalb and Pirmasens-Ruhbank to the Erlenkopf hill. Green and yellow cross: from Oberbexbach via Schopp and Trippstadt to Johanniskreuz, via Iggelbach and Neustadt an der Weinstraße to Ludwigshafen-Rheingönhei.... Discover the Fromd popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Fromd books.

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