Lindemannsruhe

The Lindemannsruhe is an upland pass in the town of Freinsheim (Bad Dürkheim district) in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The area was named after a former chief forester, Karl Friedrich Ludwig Lindemann (1805 - 1892), who worked in the area from 1855 - 1883. It is a popular recreation area for walkers, hikers and cyclists.

Lindemannsruhe inn

Description

The Lindenmannsruhe lies at an altitude of 468.9 metres (1538 feet) above sea level (NN),^[1] below Peterskopf to the east (487 m). The area lies in the foothills of the Palatinate Forest.

On the Peterskopf summit, accessible from Lindemannsruhe via a 0.6 km footpath, stands the Bismarck Tower.

Lindemannsruhe is the base for many walkers and hikers as well as a training circuit for numerous mountain bikers and racing cyclists. On the heights is the Lindemannsruhe forester's lodge, built in 1927, as well as a car park. The woods on the Lindemannsruhe are dominated by sweet chestnut trees.

As a result of its location as an exclave the Lindemannsruhe Forester's Lodge is the only building in Freinsheim with both a different post code and dial code: 67098 instead of 67251, and 06322 instead of 06353.

Sport

• From 2001 to at least 2006, the Palatine Mountain Sprint (a cycling race; in German: Pfälzer Bergsprint) ran via Höningen to the Lindemannsruhe.^[2]
• From 1997 - 2022, the Lindemannsruhe was part of the cycling route of the Maxdorf Triathlon.