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Rahnenhof Naturefriends House – Sauhäuschen Shelter loop from Altleiningen

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Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Palatinate Forest

Landkreis Bad Dürkheim

Altleiningen

Rahnenhof Naturefriends House – Sauhäuschen Shelter loop from Altleiningen

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4.8

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925

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Rahnenhof Naturefriends House – Sauhäuschen Shelter loop from Altleiningen

05:49

20.8km

400m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 18, 2026

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Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

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3.71 km

Picnic Area with View of Neuhof Fields

Highlight • Viewpoint

The seating area is a bit old, but the view over the fields of Neuhof is simply beautiful! If it's too hot in the sun, there is also a single bench within sight (in the shade).

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6.91 km

Rahnenhof Naturefriends House

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The Naturfreundehaus Rahnenhof is located in the middle of the Palatinate Forest and Northern Vosges nature park and biosphere reserve. Our 44 rooms are equipped with 1 to 4 beds …

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8.75 km

Forest Path in the Palatinate Forest Biosphere Reserve

Highlight • Forest

9.86 km

Old Sauhäuschen (with spring)

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The refuge at a small forest source originally served the forest workers
and hunters as a shelter. The house is closed.

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10.8 km

Kieskautberg (461 m)

Highlight (Segment) • Summit

About the Kieskautberg runs a beautiful section of the Leininger Klosterweg.
The Kieskautberg is a 461 m high mountain two kilometers south of Carlsberg.

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11.7 km

Viewpoint

15.8 km

Höningen Monastery Inn

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Inn with a beautiful yard to end with a Schoppen or perhaps a dinner a tour.

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15.8 km

Höningen Augustinian Monastery (ruins)

Highlight • Historical Site

The monastery Höningen was founded in 1120 by Count Emich II of Leiningen and occupied with Augustinian canons. For many centuries, the abbey church of the monastery was hiding the …

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20.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.94 km

7.22 km

3.20 km

1.07 km

337 m

Surfaces

7.21 km

5.52 km

5.26 km

1.68 km

957 m

148 m

Elevation

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Highest point (460 m)

Lowest point (230 m)

Weather

Monday 6 July

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January 3, 2023,Leininger Klosterweg PW 🚶🦮🌳🌲⛪⛪🌤️

Today we were in Leininger Land on the path that connects the two former monastery villages of Hertlingshausen and Höningen.
The weather cooperated again. First it goes up to the Kieskautberg, and then you stay on some ridges. Again and again there are great views far over the forests up there through the leafless beeches.
Höningen is a very pretty …

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May 10, 2025,Leininger Klosterweg (15-20)

Check out Leininger Klosterweg (15-20) on Relive! relive.com/view/vMv8LNWNGNv

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April 26, 2024,Carlsberg-Hertlingshausen: Mit dem „Leininger Klosterweg“ (Premiumwanderweg) unterwegs zwischen 2 ehemaligen Klosterdörfern - auf schönen Pfaden, in einsamer Natur und mit "Dambnudle"-Einkehr

Today I went to Leiningerland with my girlfriend @Elili!

On the trail of two former monastery villages (Hertlingshausen and Höningen) we traced the history of these lost monasteries: In Hertlingshausen (at the cemetery) there are almost no traces of the former Augustinian nunnery, while the outer walls of the "Klosterschänke Höningen" and the famous Höningen archway still bear witness to …

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May 10, 2025,041/2025: Leininger Klosterweg

This Saturday, a day hike organized by TSG Sulzbach, the Leininger Klosterweg in the Northern Palatinate Forest, was on my hiking calendar.

A beautiful route with lovely narrow paths, little asphalt, and a final stop at the Naturfreundehaus (Nature Friends' House), so it was a truly well-rounded experience.

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April 3, 2022,Leininger Klosterweg 🌲☀️🌳

Snow... 🤩🤩
Very beautiful, well signposted, sunny and snowy hike with Moni and Michael.

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May 10, 2025,Pfälzerwald 🌲🌲 - "Leininger Klosterweg"

@Eva D., this week's Wanderlosen birthday girl, lured us back to her old home, the Leininger Land, today.

Alfons 🐕 arrived with a large entourage. There were Curt, happy Emil, Milo, Otto, Tobi, and Struppi. Some of them were familiar to me, but also a few new four-legged and two-legged friends.

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December 30, 2021,Premiumwanderweg Leininger Klosterweg

Today's tour in the Leininger Land was very nice despite the moderate weather. The Leininger Klosterweg is a premium hiking trail that leads mostly on small paths through the forest, so it is very close to nature. We liked Höningen with its architecture integrated into the "cityscape". In the middle of the village the inn smelled wonderful, unfortunately the meals …

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May 29, 2022,Leininger Klosterweg mit Leuchtenberg

Today with my wife once again on the road in the Leininger Land. Namely on the Leininger Klostersteig. We started at the Naturfreundehaus.
Anyone who likes massive rock formations, enchanted ruins and grandiose views will be a bit disappointed here. But who likes old landmarks. He'll be happy here.
The trail passes through beautiful forests and pleases. Only the crossing …

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Rahnenhof Naturefriends House – Sauhäuschen Shelter loop from Altleiningen

Picnic Area with View of Neuhof Fields

Rahnenhof Naturefriends House

Forest Path in the Palatinate Forest Biosphere Reserve

Sauhäuschen Shelter

Old Sauhäuschen (with spring)

Kieskautberg (461 m)

Höningen Monastery Inn

Höningen Augustinian Monastery (ruins)

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