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Diemerstein Forest has not visible boundary with other parts of the Palatine Forest. The settlements of Hochspeyer in the southwest, Enkenbach-Alsenborn in the northwest and Carlsberg in the northeast form a triangle that roughly encloses the Diemerstein Forest.
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lived here. The present
Diemerstein Forest is, in large part, identical with the forest estate of the ords of the castle and hence bore their name.
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The
Diemerstein Forest lies in the north of the Palatine Forest, north of the hamlet of
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Above the hamlet of
Diemerstein lie the ruins of the eponymous
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Diemerstein Forest (orange) within the
Palatine Forest
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61:Enkenbach-Alsenborn collective municipality
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217:49°28′01″N
170:Speyerbach
220:7°58′37″E
158:watershed
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127:Carlsberg
123:Grünstadt
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47:Geography
77:Mannheim
180:History
166:Eckbach
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