{"id":27743,"date":"2021-08-27T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/mit-kinderwagen-im-pfaelzerwald\/"},"modified":"2021-10-04T15:25:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T13:25:18","slug":"mit-kinderwagen-im-pfaelzerwald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/en\/mit-kinderwagen-im-pfaelzerwald\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking a pram through the Palatinate Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Philipp Fuchs and Christina Fuchs-Riesch know the paths in the Palatinate Forest well: the high grounds and valleys, the sources and fortresses\u2014and their accessibility with a pram. After the birth of their daughter Sophia eleven years ago they began to look for baby-friendly tours. The collection the couple started to compile grew continuously and so did the interest of other families in their project. So the couple from the Palatinate wrote a hiking guide: \u201cMit dem Kinderwagen durch die Pfalz\u201d (Taking a pram through the Palatinate). Philipp Fuchs reveals three of his favourite tours in an interview with WO SONST.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philipp Fuchs\u2019 life is closely connected with the Palatinate Forest. The customs officer grew up and got to know his wife here. Here, they became a family. And here they live: in Lindenberg, a little municipality with an approximate 1,000 inhabitants\u2014in the midst of treetops. Neustadt an der Weinstra\u00dfe is a seven-kilometre\u2019s drive away, the Hambach Castle some twelve kilometres. Philipp constructed a forest playground in Lindenberg together with other parents. And on weekends he used to volunteer for several hours in the nearby Naturfreundehaus mountain hut in the Kohlbachtal valley\u2014in the kitchen between steaming pots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Philipp Fuchs thinks that the Palatinate Forest has its very own, special magic. Photo: Vivien R\u00e4biger.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For Philipp, the Palatinate Forest<\/a> is most impressionable, however, when he hikes along its trails and paths\u2014when pebbles crunch under his soles, soft forest grounds cushion his steps or he has to climb over tree roots. \u201cMy wife and I have always liked hiking,\u201d he says. In high mountains, for example. But primarily in the \u201cmost beautiful forest Germany has to offer,\u201d he says with a tone of pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Take the pram on the chairlift? Why not! Photo: Fuchs\/Knecht Verlag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This hasn\u2019t changed even after the birth of his daughter Sophia in 2010, neither after the birth of her brother Jakob four years later. The family used to spend much of their parental leave in the forest\u2014the three of them, the four of them, and sometimes even with grandma and grandpa. \u201cWe would usually take a pram suitable for the countryside, with four air-filled wheels,\u201d Philipp explains, which should do for most of the tracks in the forest. Apart from a pram, there are other things to be considered, when you plan a baby-friendly tour\u2014such as the profile of the route, regular opportunities to stop off at a hut to change and feed the baby or to warm oneself up. \u201cApart from that you may need an incentive that motivates the kids. For our son Jakob this is the great meals the huts offer. He is kind of a comfortable type of hiker,\u201d Philipp says. The daughter has walked next to her parents from early on. Jakob, on the other hand, used to \u2018hike\u2019 in the pram until his fourth birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As far as their legs can carry them\u2026 the pram is waiting for them for the rest. Photo: Fuchs\/Knecht Verlag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDuring stopovers at the huts, we used to meet a number of families that were using our book. We sat down next to them with a smile, asking them what they thought about it.\u201d Some 10,000 copies of the hiking guide were sold of the first edition. The second edition has been available in bookshops since 2020. And the Fuchs family never tires of compiling new pram-suitable tours, despite of the fact that Sophia and Jakob already prefer exploring \u201ctheir\u201d Palatinate Forest on foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are three tours the authors of the book \u201cMit dem Kinderwagen durch die Pfalz\u201d (Taking a pram through the Palatinate) recommend as some of their favourites:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our favourite \u201cKnallertour\u201d: from Gleisweiler to the Trifelsblickh\u00fctte hut\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Length of the tour: 12.5 km | Duration: 4 hours | Ascent: 304 m | Incline: 378 m \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Resting: A stop at Trifelsblickh\u00fctte hut. Photo: Fuchs\/Knecht Verlag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To begin with: The tour is demanding and exhausting. However, it has a lot to offer: palm trees, a \u201cforest shower,\u201d animals carved out of wood with loving care, a typical Palatinate Forest hut without electricity and a castle ruin from which you have a unique view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abspeichern, ausdrucken und loswandern: Hier kommt die detaillierte Wegbeschreibung! <\/p>\n\n\n\n