The region has been opened up by a large number of waymarked
walking routes. In Dahn itself is the Felsenland Youth Hostel which is part of the
German Youth Hostel Association.
Sights In the Dahner Felsenland there are 16
medieval castles or castle
ruins as well as numerous rock formations made of
bunter sandstone, that are used by
sport climbers. Old legends surround rocks like the
Jungfernsprung or the
Devil's Table (
Teufelstisch) (see the
Legend of the Jungfernsprung and
Legend of the Devil’s Table). Amongst the castles, the
Dahn castles, the
Berwartstein and the
Drachenfels are the best known.
Transport The Dahner Felsenland may be reached via the
A8 motorway (from the west) and
A 65 motorway (from the east), in each case using the
B 10 federal highway that links the two
autobahns. The
B 427 (from
Hinterweidenthal to
Bad Bergzabern) runs right through the Dahn Valley (
Dahner Tal), the originally planned section of the
A 8 motorway from
Pirmasens to
Karlsruhe, running past Dahn, was never realised. Running parallel to the B 427 in places is a branch of the
Queich Valley Railway (Pirmasens–
Landau), the
Wieslauter Railway that links the villages of
Hinterweidenthal in the north and
Bundenthal in the south of the Dahner Felsenland. The route was re-opened in 1997 for excursions on Sundays and holidays, after regular passenger services had been terminated in 1966. == References ==