Dahn is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the
Palatinate Forest, approximately 15 km southeast of Pirmasens, and 25 km west of Landau. It is part of the
Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") of Dahner Felsenland.
Dahn, the pearl of the Wasgau, is located in the Palatinate Forest / Northern Vosges Nature Park. Founded in the
Middle Ages, surrounded by castles, the state-recognized health resort is today the cultural and economic center of
the Dahn Rock Country.
Red and yellow sandstone rocks in the midst of green forests are characteristic of the region, in the middle of the Palatinate Forest/North Vosges Biosphere Reserve. The Dahner Felsenland can even boast of being one of the most impressive red sandstone rock landscapes in Germany. And this scenery continues on the French side. The rock formations have partly bizarre shapes. Again and again, these have inspired people's imagination and numerous myths, legends and mysterious stories have been told. The red sandstone was formed about 250 million years ago.