The Bichtenberg is a 400-metre-high hill in the western
Wasgau
The Wasgau (german: Wasgau, french: Vasgovie) is a Franco-German hill range in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the French departments of Bas-Rhin and Moselle. It is formed from the southern part of the Palatine Forest and the north ...
, a region on the Franco-German border that includes the southern part of the
Palatine Forest and the northern part of the
Vosges. 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 ''Verbandsgemeind ...
. 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 roads. One route to the summit is also suitable for
mountain bike
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s.
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References
Mountains and hills of Rhineland-Palatinate
Mountains and hills of the Palatinate Forest
Südwestpfalz