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Right Schloss of the Counts Palatine
of Zweibrücken, Bad Bergzabern Centre
right Imposing Burg Trifels, Annweiler
Below Sweeping view of Annweiler
from Burg Trifels

WHERE TO STAY
AROUND BAD BERGZABERN
Zum Lam moderate
Located just off the Deutsche
Weinstrasse, between Bad Bergzabern 1 Deutsches Weintor known as the Westwall; a bunker on
and Klingenmünster, this hotel is Rhineland-Palatinate; 76889 Kurfürsten strasse (Apr–Oct: open Sun)
housed in an 18th-century half-
timbered inn. It offers rustic but Marking the start of the 85-km now houses a museum.
com fort able en-suite rooms as (53-mile) Deutsche Weinstrasse ª Leave Bad Bergzabern along the
well as a decent restaurant serving (German Wine Route) since 1936, the B48/Weinstrasse north to Burg
Pfalz specialities. Deutsches Weintor or German Wine Landeck. Park at the Burg.
Winzergasse 37, 76889 Gleiszellen- Gate (Jan & Feb: closed Mon–Wed),
Gleishorbach (5 km/3 miles from Bad
Bergzabern); 06343 93 92 12; located in the town of Schweigen-
www.zum-lam.de Rechtenbach, is a monumental sand-
stone gatehouse on the French
LEINSWEILER border just north of the Alsatian town
Hotel Rebmann moderate of Wissembourg. Visitors can taste and
This three-star hotel-cum-restaurant,
in the centre of Leinsweiler, has buy Pfalz wines here and there is a
refurbished en-suite rooms with restau rant serving regional fare.
pale maple furnishings. ª Leave Schweigen-Rechtenbach
Weinstrasse 8, 76829; 06345 954 00; on the B38 north, then turn left at
www.hotel-rebmann.de the Deutsche Weinstrasse symbol to
Leinsweiler Hof moderate Bad Bergzabern and left on to
A four-star hotel in the countryside Kettengasse to park.
near Leinsweiler offering sweeping
views over the surrounding vineyards. 2 Bad Bergzabern
The elegant decor boasts modern
and rustic touches. Facilities include Rhineland-Palatinate; 76887
a spa and an outdoor pool. With its leafy spa quarter and a
Weinstrasse, 76829; 06345 40 90; quaint historic centre focused on 3 Burg Landeck
www.leinsweilerhof.de the Schloss of the Counts Palatine Rhineland-Palatinate; 76889
ANNWEILER of Zweibrücken, Bad Bergzabern There is a fairy-tale quality to the
Landhotel Sonnenhof Garni is the capital of the southern village of Klingenmünster, nestling
moderate Weinstrasse. The ornate Renaissance beneath forested hills and dominated
Comfortable rooms in a lovely house Gasthaus Zum Engel (Angel’s Inn) by the ruined fortress of Burg Landeck
4-miles (7-km) east of Annweiler, with near the Schloss houses a local (open daily), which towers 300 m
excellent service and a good breakfast,
served on the terrace in summer. history museum (Apr–Dec: open Tue– (984 ft) above it. Built in the 13th cen-
Muhlweg 2, 76833 Siebeldingen; 06345 Sun). In the late 1930s, Bad Bergzabern tury to defend a Benedictine abbey,
33 11; www.sonnenhof-siebeldingen.de formed part of the fortifications it was destroyed by French troops in
1680 during the War of the Palatine
Succession. It now houses a small
museum and provides superb views.
ª Return to the B48 north, turn left
and then right, following signs to
Slevogthof, to reach Leinsweiler.
4 Leinsweiler
Rhineland-Palatinate; 76829
The arcaded town hall, the Rathaus
of 1619, is the focus of this pretty,
half-timbered village. Leinsweiler was
the summer home of the German
Impressionist painter Max Slevogt,
Where to Stay: inexpensive, under €70; moderate, €70–€150; expensive, over €150

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