Otterberg: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

Otterberg has a Cistercian heritage that begins with the founding of Otterberg Abbey in 1145 and dates back to the 12th century. The former monastery complex included the abbey church, which is still preserved today. From this abbey church, a route towards the Waldhaus Am Himmelreich hut of the Palatinate Forest Association is described. Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Otterberg can then continue searching for accommodation.

Geographical setting

Otterberg is a town in the Kaiserslautern district of Rhineland-Palatinate and the administrative seat of the Otterbach-Otterberg collective municipality. The town lies around five kilometres north of Kaiserslautern at the foot of the Otterberg Forest, which is part of the Palatinate Forest. The Otterberg state forest lies north and east of the town.

The Otterbach-Otterberg collective municipality is described as being located near Kaiserslautern, in the Palatinate Uplands holiday region and close to the Palatinate Forest Biosphere Reserve and Nature Park.

The surrounding area of Otterberg includes Bickberg, Großer Roßrück, Rothenbühl and Kirchberg. The wider regional surroundings of Otterberg include Nanstein Castle, the watchtower and Schlosseck.

On 26 March 1581, Otterberg was granted town rights based on the model of Kaiserslautern, after an expatriate community had formed in the former monastery buildings in 1579.

Nature and trails

A family-oriented walk of approximately eight kilometres is described in Otterberg; a large part of the route is suitable for pushchairs.

More local pages: Weilerbach, Niederkirchen, Stelzenberg, Krickenbach, Oberarnbach, Hütschenhausen, Schwedelbach, Frankelbach

To the higher-level travel overview: Kaiserslautern.