Dritter Kopf

Dritter Kopf is a peak in Kirrweiler, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate and has an elevation of 424 metres. Dritter Kopf is situated nearby to the locality Birkental, as well as near Rambergerhohl.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Breitenstein Castle and Helmbachweiher.

Breitenstein Castle

Castle

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The ruins of Breitenstein Castle stand on a crag, 220 metres high, on the northern side of the Speyerbach valley in the Palatine Forest in Germany. The castles is 4 kilometres east of the village of Elmstein in the county of Bad Dürkheim in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Helmbachweiher

Pond

The Helmbachweiher is a lake in the central Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies near the Helmbach stream about two kilometres from its confluence with the Speyerbach on the forest estates of the municipalities of Elmstein, Kirrweiler and Venningen.

Spangenberg Castle

Castle

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Spangenberg Castle is the partially rebuilt ruin of a rock castle in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies in the Palatine Forest above the Elmstein valley near the village of Erfenstein, but is actually on the forest estates belong to the town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, or more precisely, the village of Lachen-Speyerdorf.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elmstein and Esthal.

Elmstein

Village

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Elmstein is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Esthal

Village

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Esthal is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.