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France Day Trip
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Wegelnburg at Sunrise: Highest Castle in the Pfalz (572m)
Stop 1 of 1 · Wasgau Ridge Sunrises 1Wegelnburg On Sunday morning 24 May 2026 the three of us drove out from Kaiserslautern at 03:40 to climb the Wegelnburg, the highest castle ruin in the Pfalz at 572 meters above Nothweiler[1], in time for sunrise. It is a sandstone Felsenburg (a castle built directly on…
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Fort Schoenenbourg Maginot Day Trip: WWII Bunker Tour for Americans
Stop 2 of 4 · Sunrise to pastry: a Wasgau & northern Alsace day trip 1Europa-Denkmal (DE) 2Fort Schoenenbourg (FR) 3Wissembourg (FR) 4Deutsches Weintor (DE) A Fort Schoenenbourg Maginot day trip from the Kaiserslautern Military Community area drops you 30 meters underground into one of the largest preserved artillery fortifications of the Maginot Line, roughly…