Amseldell

The Amseldell is a former park-like leisure area about two kilometres west of the German town of Trippstadt in the Palatine Forest in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The Amseldell lies in field parcel (Gewann) of the same name in the middle of the forest, to the left of and above the near-natural valley of the Karlstal through which the Moosalb stream flows.

The rock, which acts as the roof of the cave, was sealed by a rough outer wall with door and window openings at the front.

Its aim was to enhance the walk through the Karlstal valley, which had already been landscaped in the 1780s by garden architect, Friedrich Ludwig Sckell.

[3] In 1890, after the death of Carl von Gienanth, his estate in Karlstal and Amseldell was donated to the Trippstadt tourist association, who looked after both sites until the 1930s.