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Landmarks in Bad Dürkheim
The Giant Wine Barrel, the graduation tower and more
No structure embodies Bad Dürkheim quite like the Dürkheim Giant Barrel – the largest wine barrel in the world, which today houses a rustic restaurant right in the heart of the spa and wine town. Just next to it, the graduation tower (Gradierbau), more than 300 meters long, sets a second landmark: salt brine trickles down its blackthorn walls and fills the air with a fine salty mist. For wide-reaching views, the Limburg monastery ruin and the nearby Hardenburg castle look out over the vineyards of the German Wine Route. Together these landmarks tell the compact story of a town shaped by wine, brine and the Palatinate Forest.
Attractions
Town Center & Spa Quarter
Dürkheim Giant Wine Barrel
The largest wine barrel in the world: with a capacity of 1.7 million liters, it now houses a restaurant serving Palatinate wine and Saumagen.
Free entry
Town Center & Spa Quarter
Graduation Tower & Saltworks
Brine trickles over the mighty blackthorn wall into an open-air inhalatorium - bracing, salty air in the middle of the spa park.
Free entry
Seebach
Limburg Monastery Ruins
High above the town stand the Romanesque ruins of a Salian Benedictine monastery - far-reaching views, history and a stage for concerts.
Free entry
Hardenburg
Hardenburg Castle Ruins
The mighty Renaissance castle ruins of the Counts of Leiningen watch over the wooded Isenach valley just outside the town.
from 4 EUR
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