Teufelsstein

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The Teufelsstein in the Haardt mountains, near the Palatine county town of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, is a hill 317 m above sea level. On its domed summit is a monolith of the same name. Traces of human activity on the rock indicate that it acted as a cult object in former times. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 49°28'12"N, 8°8'54"E

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Rhineland-PalatinateGermany

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Teufelsstein – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Limburg Abbey, Dürkheimer Fass, Hardenburg, Kriemhildenstuhl.

0.9 miS
Monastery, Romanesque architecture
Limburg Abbey, Bad Dürkheim
24 min walk • Limburg Abbey is a ruined abbey near Bad Dürkheim, at the edge of the Palatinate Forest in Germany. In the 9th century, the Salian Dukes from Worms built a fortress on the Linthberg as their family seat. In the early 11th century, the fortress was converted into a monastery with a basilica. It existed until the mid 16th century.
1 miE
Winery, Nightlife, Restaurant
Dürkheimer Fass, Bad Dürkheim
26 min walk • The Giant Cask or Giant Barrel, is a tourist attraction in the Palatine spa and district town of Bad Dürkheim in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
1.3 miSW
Neighbourhood, Forts and castles
Hardenburg, Bad Dürkheim
35 min walk • The Hardenburg on the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest near the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Bad Dürkheim is even as a ruin one of the mightiest castles of Palatinate.
0.6 miSE
Archaeological site
Kriemhildenstuhl, Bad Dürkheim
16 min walk • The Kriemhildenstuhl, more rarely Krimhildenstuhl, in the forests around the Palatine county town of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, is an old Roman quarry, which was worked by the 22nd Legion of the Roman Army, who were stationed in Mogontiacum around 200 A.
0.6 miS
Children's museum, Museum, History museum
Palatinate Museum of Natural History, Bad Dürkheim
16 min walk • The Palatinate Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in the Anterior Palatinate county town of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. There is also a branch of the Palatinate museum, the GEOSCOPE Prehistoric Museum at Lichtenberg Castle near the West Palatine county town of Kusel.
1.1 miNW
Tower
Bismarck Tower
27 min walk • The Bismarck Tower on the 497-metre-high Peterskopf in the Haardt mountains on the eastern edge of the Palatine Forest stands within an exclave of the municipality of Kallstadt in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
0.7 miSE
Archaeological site
Heidenmauer, Bad Dürkheim
17 min walk • The Heidenmauer near the Palatine county town of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is a circular rampart or ringwork, two and a half kilometres long, which was built by the Celts around 500 B.
1.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Peterskopf
27 min walk • The Peterskopf, near the Palatine county town of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, is a 487-metre-high hill in the Haardt mountains. On its summit is the Bismarck tower.