Devil's Table (Lemberg)

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The devil's table from Salzwoog

The Teufelstisch von Salzwoog (local community Lemberg ) is a striking mushroom rock in the German part of the Wasgau , the southern Palatinate Forest ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). The rock formation is 5 km southwest of the larger and much better known Teufelstal in Hinterweidenthal , which also has the more impressive "table shape".

geography

The rock is 320  m above sea level. NHN on the northwest slope of the wooded west runner of the 400  m high Bichtenberg . To the north of it extends the floodplain of the Salzbach , a right tributary of the Wieslauter , which flows from west to east . There also runs the state road  486, which leads from Lemberg via Salzwoog to Hinterweidenthal. From the valley, the Salzwooger Teufelstisch can be reached on a narrow footpath that branches off from the hiking trail to Dahn and overcomes an altitude difference of around 80 m. Above the rock there is a rest area that offers a panoramic view of the Salzbachaue.

geology

When Teufelstisch of Salzwoog is like its "big brother" of Hinterweidenthal a red sandstone rock, reminiscent of a legged table. The softer surface components surrounding it were removed by erosion , while the hard rock core remained. So now an oversized "table top" lies across an equally massive "table base".

Particularly in the Dahner Felsenland , as the region beginning to the east is called, such strikingly shaped rocks are quite common.

tourism

The rock is included as the final destination in a circular hike of the Palatinate hiking portal.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Circular hike 9: From Lemberg Castle to the Salzwooger Teufelstisch. Hiking portal Pfalz, accessed on December 20, 2013 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 9 ′ 37.7 "  N , 7 ° 42 ′ 16.1"  E