20-Pipe Well

The 20 Pipe Well is a water well in the Rhineland-Palatinate village of Altleiningen in the northeast of the Palatinate Forest. The well was probably driven around 1600 and was used originally to supply drinking water to Altleiningen Castle on the hill above.

Photo: OBELlX, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Fountain
Description: water well
Also known as: “20 Pipe Well”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Jewish Cemetery and Ungeheuersee.

New Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Telford, CC BY-SA 3.0.

New Jewish Cemetery is situated 3½ km north of 20-Pipe Well.

Ungeheuersee

Photo: Palatinatian, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The Ungeheuersee in the Palatinate Forest of Germany is a raised bog pond surrounded by mixed forest, which is located about three kilometres west-southwest of the village of Weisenheim am Berg. Ungeheuersee is situated 3½ km east of 20-Pipe Well.

Jägerkreuz

Memorial

Photo: Altera levatur, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jägerkreuz is a memorial, which is situated 3 km east of 20-Pipe Well.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wattenheim and Höningen.

Wattenheim

Village

Photo: Immanuel Giel, Public domain.

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