The Rietburg chairlift (german: Rietburgbahn) is a

chair lift An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel wire rope loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers, carrying a series of chairs. They ...

that runs from the village of Rhodt in the

Palatinate region The Palatinate (german: Pfalz; Palatine German: ''Palz'') is a region of Germany. In the Middle Ages it was known as the Rhenish Palatinate (''Rheinpfalz'') and Lower Palatinate (''Unterpfalz''), which strictly speaking designated only the wes ...

of Germany to the ruins of the

medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

castle of

Rietburg The Rietburg is a ruined hillside castle on the edge of the Palatinate Forest above the village of Rhodt in the county of Südliche Weinstrasse in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The remains of this castle are located on the side of ...

. The chairlift is the county of Südliche Weinstraße in the state of

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

Geography

The

top station A top station or upper stationFor example, se''Chairlift Blausee (upper station)''at www.outdooractive.com. Retrieved 15 May 2019. is usually the highest station of an aerial lift, a funicular, a T-bar lift or a rack railway. The lowest station is ...

of the Rietburg lift is located a few metres north of the Rietburg. The castle itself stands at an elevation of on the northeastern flank of the -high Blättersberg in the Haardt mountain range that forms the eastern rim of the Palatine Forest highlands. Built into the castle ruins is a pub, the ''Höhengaststätte Rietburg''; in the vicinity is a deer enclosure, in which

fallow deer ''Dama'' is a genus of deer in the subfamily Cervinae, commonly referred to as fallow deer. Name The name fallow is derived from the deer's pale brown colour. The Latin word ''dāma'' or ''damma'', used for roe deer, gazelles, and antelopes ...

are the largest species kept. The

bottom station The valley station is the lower terminal of an aerial lift, cable car, gondola lift, chairlift, rack railway or ski lift. The valley station is the counterpart of a top station. Cable cars may be boarded at both stations. The valley station is al ...

, at about above sea level, is near

Villa Ludwigshöhe Villa Ludwigshöhe is a former summer residence of Ludwig I of Bavaria overlooking Edenkoben and Rhodt unter Rietburg in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Villa Ludwigshöhe is located at the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest, ...

and is accessible by foot or by car. The route to the chairlift from the major nearby transport routes, the A 65 motorway and B 38 federal road, runs through the little town of

Edenkoben Edenkoben () is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It lies approximately halfway between Landau and Neustadt an der Weinstraße. Edenkoben is one of the towns situated along the German Wine R ...

References

External links

Rietburg chairlift website

links to the ''Höhengaststätte und Rietburgbahn'' {{Coord, 49, 16, 40.4, N, 8, 05, 10.8, E, type:landmark_region:DE-RP, display=title Buildings and structures completed in the 20th century Aerial lifts in Germany Palatinate Forest Buildings and structures in Südliche Weinstraße