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Rhineland-Palatinate

Palatinate Forest

Landkreis Kaiserslautern

Rattenfels (Ritterstein 164)

Natural Monuments

Rhineland-Palatinate

Palatinate Forest

Landkreis Kaiserslautern

Rattenfels (Ritterstein 164)

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Rattenfels (Ritterstein 164)

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Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald - Kernzone - Schorlenberg

Location: Frankenstein, Landkreis Kaiserslautern, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1Fritz-Marc 🚴🥾🏊🌲

February 8, 2019

Hiking

If you take a closer look at the rock, you will see the many washouts, they look like rat holes. So the rock got this name Rattenfels. He is also a landmark and knight stone, which bears the number 164 and is from the Palatine Forest Association in care.

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Euphemia Anna 🌳

January 2, 2024

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“The inscription of the Ritterstein is carved into a rock in a group of rocks above the Diemerstein ruins. This was popularly called the Rat Rock because numerous erosions can …

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December 22, 2020

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Knight's stone and beautiful rock formation at the same time, the sandstone looks like there are rat holes in it, hence the name

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Elevation 440 m

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Location: Frankenstein, Landkreis Kaiserslautern, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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