Stage 5: Ausbacherhof - Lauterecken
A true jewel on the last stage of the Veldenz Hiking Trail is the moated castle in Reipoltskirchen, the flooded moat and the geometric plantings offer a beautiful picture. The Prädikatswanderweg leads along a sculpture trail and further over the heights to the stage destination, the Veldenz town of Lauterecken. The lovingly renovated town castle and many historic houses are worth a tour of the little town at the end of the hike.
More Info
![[Translate to English:] Ausbacherhof](/fileadmin/user_upload/Veldenzwanderweg/Etappe_4/ausbacherhof.jpg)
![[Translate to English:] Ansicht Wasserburg Reipoltskirchen](/fileadmin/user_upload/Veldenzwanderweg/Etappe_5/wasserburg-reipoltskirchen.jpg)
Reipoltskirchen moated castle
Reipoltskirchen has the best-preserved "moated castle" in the Palatinate. Built in the last third of the 13th century, the castle complex on the artificial hill surrounded by a circular wall does not look like a ruin, but like an inhabited castle due to the residential buildings along the circular wall. A seventeen-metre-high keep guards it, a wide moat in which the water of the Odenbach is dammed protects the romantic idyll.
The lookout tower is freely accessible all year round.
www.wasserburg-reipoltskirchen.de
![[Translate to English:] Skulpturenweg kunstvoll geschichtete Holzskulptur](/fileadmin/user_upload/Veldenzwanderweg/Etappe_5/skulpturenpfad.jpg)
![[Translate to English:] Ansicht Schloss Veldenz](/fileadmin/user_upload/Veldenzwanderweg/Etappe_5/schloss-veldenz.jpg)
Veldenz Castle
Veldenz Castle, which grew out of a medieval moated castle, was built in the early 16th century under Count Palatine Ruprecht as the residence of the Counts of Palatinate-Veldenz. In the 18th century, it was largely rebuilt as an Electoral Palatinate chief bailiwick. The original fortified tower (Veldenzturm) houses the registry office and a portrait gallery of the counts.
Milchgasse 1
67742 Lauterecken
Tel: 049 6382 8541