Holzland (Palatinate)

The hillsides and higher elevations are covered by valuable mixed forest, except for areas near villages.

Nevertheless, there were clearings here, mainly made in the 9th century in connection with the settlement arrangements of Hornbach Abbey, to whom the hitherto imperial estate had probably been gifted by the Count of Homburg.

After the dissolution of Hornbach Abbey in 1558 in the wake of the Reformation these rights of ownership went to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, which, from then on, was in perpetual dispute with the Palatinate.

In the middle of the Holzland, at a height of 430 m above sea level (NN) lies the tourist resort of Heltersberg, and the hill villages of Geiselberg and Schmalenberg.

The main transport axes are the B 270 federal highway from Pirmasens to Kaiserslautern, which runs through the Moosalb valley from south to north, and the parallel railway line.