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Maßweiler is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Thaleischweiler-Fröschen, 47km from Deutsche Weinstraße.
Maßweiler is in Germany. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Thaleischweiler-Fröschen, about 4 km away.
Maßweiler (German pronunciation: [ˈmaːsvaɪlɐ]) is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Maßweiler possessed a large cavern that had been used by Nazis in World War II. There were supposedly five levels in the cave, the lowest of which had trouble with occasional flooding.Read more
A large staircase for pedestrian traffic was near the highest point of the cavern, which led to an exit. Beside the stairs were rails that assisted in transport of earth from the cavern as it was being enlarged for German forces. The angle of this stair and matching rail system was estimated to be 30 degrees, and the height of the chamber approximately 175 feet.
After the end of World War II, the cavern was occupied by the U.S. Army, in the late 1980s by a communications company. Entering the property, it appeared quite small and remote, but upon entering the cavern, the length and size of the facility was impressive.
When the U.S. Army began to downsize in the 1990s, Maßweiler, and associated U.S. Army posts from Husterhoeh Kaserne (Pirmasens), the larger Kassern in the immediate area, were returned to Germany. Other small Army posts within this group were located at Munchweiler, Fischbach, and Clausen.
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Within an hour or so of Maßweiler: Château de Fleckenstein (30 km), Trifels Castle (33 km), Hambach Castle (43 km), Hunspach (46 km).
The nearest famous roads are Deutsche Weinstraße, Moselle Valley Road (B53) and Schwarzwaldhochstrasse (B500).
Maßweiler is in Germany, about 4 km from Thaleischweiler-Fröschen.
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ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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A red-sandstone imperial fortress crowning a Palatinate Forest crag once held the crown jewels and Richard the Lionheart.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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Birthplace of German democracy, this hilltop castle above Neustadt flew the black-red-gold flag at the 1832 festival.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Immaculate northern-Alsace village of white half-timbered farmhouses with curved bull's-eye window panes, voted France's favourite village in 2020 yet still bypassed by the Colmar crowds.
46 km · about 55 min drive
famous road
Germany's oldest wine route winds 85 km past vineyards, almond blossoms and half-timbered villages through the Palatinate.
47 km · about 55 min drive
museum
A vast decommissioned ironworks turned UNESCO industrial monument, where you can climb 27 m up the old blast furnaces.
50 km · about 55 min drive
6 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
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