Specht-Kopf

Specht-Kopf is a hill in Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate and has an elevation of 374 metres. Specht-Kopf is situated nearby to the village Frankenstein, as well as near the suburb Diemerstein.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Frankenstein Castle and Burg Diemerstein.

Frankenstein Castle

Castle

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Frankenstein Castle is a medieval fortification on a spur above the village of Frankenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate in the Palatinate Forest in Germany. Its name derives from the local House of Frankenstein.

Burg Diemerstein

Castle

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Burg Diemerstein is a castle, which is situated 3 km west of Specht-Kopf.

Weidenthal station

Railway station

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Weidenthal station is the station of the town of Weidenthal in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies on the Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway, which essentially consists of the Pfälzischen Ludwigsbahn, which historically connected Ludwigshafen and Bexbach. Weidenthal station is situated 3½ km south of Specht-Kopf.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Weidenthal and Hertlingshausen.

Weidenthal

Village

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Weidenthal is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Weidenthal is situated 3½ km south of Specht-Kopf.