Haardtrand - Faulenberg

Haardtrand - Faulenberg is a nature reserve in Gleisweiler, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate. Haardtrand - Faulenberg is situated near the locality Auf der Steinrutsch, as well as near Auf dem Schützenberg.

Type: Nature reserve
Description: nature reserve in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Also known as: “Naturschutzgebiet Haardtrand - Faulenberg” and “NSG Haardtrand - Faulenberg”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Orensberg and Teufelsberg.

Orensberg

Peak

Photo: Steffen 962, CC0.

The Orensberg, also known in the region as the Orensfels due to the striking rock formations on its summit plateau, is a hill, 581.2 m above sea level, near Frankweiler in the county of Südliche Weinstraße in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Teufelsberg

Peak

Photo: Steffen 962, CC0.

The Teufelsberg is a hill massif, 598 metres high, in the southern Palatinate Forest on the territory of Burrweiler in the county of Südliche Weinstraße.

Löwensteiner Schloss

Historic building

Photo: Joachim Specht, CC0.

Löwensteiner Schloss is a historic building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Landau in der Pfalz and Albersweiler.

Landau in der Pfalz

Photo: Anna16, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Landau is a town of 47,000 people in the Palatinate. It is a university town, a long-standing cultural centre, and a market and shopping town, surrounded by vineyards and wine-growing villages of the Palatinate wine region.

Albersweiler

Village

Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Albersweiler is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Annweiler am Trifels.