Kaisergarten (Palatinate Forest)

Kaisergarten
	Refuge on the Kaisergarten
height	519 m above sea level NHN
location	In Lambrecht , district of Bad Durkheim , Rhineland-Palatinate
Mountains	Palatinate Forest
Coordinates	49 ° 21 '18 " N , 8 ° 3' 6" E Coordinates: 49 ° 21 '18 " N , 8 ° 3' 6" E

The Kaisergarten is 519 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the Palatinate Forest ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). Its summit is on the boundary between Lambrecht and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse .

geography

The Kaisergarten is located in the northern part of the Palatinate Forest-Vosges Biosphere Reserve , the Palatinate Forest Nature Park . It is an elevation (519 m) on a long ridge that stretches from the Schauerberg near Lambrecht to the mountain Platte (560.6 m). The Kaisergarten is located 1.2 km southwest of Lambrecht as the crow flies and 4 km northwest of the Hohen Loog .

history

Kaisergarten

A celebration was arranged to mark the appointment of Napoleon Bonaparte hereditary emperor. Therefore, a fairground with two stone rondelles was created here in 1804, on which the celebration took place for Napoleon's birthday on August 15, 1804. Celebrations were also ordered on March 20, 1811, this time for the birth of Napoleon's son Napoleon Franz Bonaparte . Until the 20th century, the place served the population as a popular fairground.

Old Unger

This place previously served as forest cattle pasture, a common use of the forests until the middle of the 19th century. The traditional term “Unger” generally refers to a camp or resting place for cattle and herdsmen.

Access and walks

The Kaisergarten is located on the Palatinate Forest Association hiking trail from Deidesheim to Rhodt unter Rietburg , marked with a blue-yellow bar. From the east it can be reached from the Naturfreundehaus Heidenbrunnental on the connecting path marked with a white circle.