The Bichtenberg is a 400-metre-high hill in the western
Wasgau
The Wasgau (, ) is a France, Franco-Germany, German Mountain range, hill range in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the French departments of France, departments of Bas-Rhin and Moselle (department), Moselle. It is formed from the south ...
, a region on the Franco-German border that includes the southern part of the
Palatine Forest
The Palatinate Forest (; ), sometimes also called the Palatine Forest, is a low-mountain region in southwestern Germany, located in the Palatinate in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The forest is a designated nature park () covering 1,771&n ...
and the northern part of the
Vosges
The Vosges ( , ; ; Franconian and ) is a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single geomorphological unit and ...
. Its northwestern flank is in the parish of
Lemberg
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, its southwestern flank in the parish of
Dahn
Dahn () is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Palatinate Forest, approximately 15 km southeast of Pirmasens, and 25 km west of Landau. It is part of the ''Verbandsgemei ...
. To the north is the Lemberg hamlet of
Salzwoog. Three kilometres west lies the
Salzwoog Devil's Table.
The Bichteberg, which is made of bunter sandstone is entirely covered in mixed forest crossed by several tracks and
forest road
left, alt=Pathway through forest., Concrete pathway through deep forest in India.
Forest tracks or forest roads are roads or tracks intended to carry motorised vehicles or horse-drawn wagons being used mainly or exclusively for forestry purposes, ...
s. One route to the summit is also suitable for
mountain bike
A mountain bike (MTB) or mountain bicycle is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling (''mountain biking''). Mountain bikes share some similarities with other bicycles, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in r ...
s.
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References
Mountains and hills of Rhineland-Palatinate
Mountains and hills of the Palatinate Forest
Südwestpfalz