: 1 2 5 , 0 0 0 ▁U . S . ▁Ge ological ▁Survey ▁Top ography ▁Map ▁Sh ows ▁Sp encer ▁Valley ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 . ▁ ▁Category : Val le ys ▁of ▁San ▁Diego ▁County , ▁California ▁Category : C uy am aca ▁Mountains ▁Category : Val le ys ▁of ▁California <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁clim atic ▁sp a ▁( Lu ft kur ort ) ▁of ▁Th alf ang ▁is ▁an ▁Orts gemeinde ▁– ▁a ▁municipality ▁belonging ▁to ▁a ▁Verb ands gemeinde , ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁collect ive ▁municipality ▁– ▁in ▁the ▁Bern k ast el - W itt lich ▁district ▁in ▁Rh in eland - Pal at inate , ▁Germany . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁seat ▁of ▁the ▁Verb ands gemeinde ▁of ▁Th alf ang ▁am ▁Er bes k opf . ▁ ▁Geography ▁ ▁Location ▁ ▁The ▁municipality ▁lies ▁in ▁the ▁western ▁H uns r ück ▁on ▁the ▁H uns r ück hö hen straße ▁( “ H uns r ück ▁He ights ▁Road ”, ▁a ▁scen ic ▁road ▁across ▁the ▁H uns r ück ▁built ▁originally ▁as ▁a ▁military ▁road ▁on ▁Hermann ▁G ör ing ’ s ▁orders ), ▁some ▁ 7   km ▁north west ▁of ▁the ▁Er bes k opf . ▁Th alf ang ▁lies ▁roughly ▁ 2 5   km ▁sout heast ▁of ▁W itt lich ▁and ▁ 2 5   km ▁east ▁of ▁T rier . ▁Through ▁the ▁municipality ▁flows ▁the ▁Th alf anger ▁Bach . ▁ ▁Const itu ent ▁communities ▁ ▁Th alf