European Geoparks Week in Geopark 2016 Dates of geoparks week: 20th May to 5th June Contact person: Anja Frein, [email protected] Further information: www.geopark-vulkaneifel.de

Category Date Activity / Event dd.mm. 1. Geo & Geo 21.05. Guided tour in Vulkaneifel dialect to the „Steineberger Ley“, meeting point: youth centre

21.05. “Vulkaneifel experience with a forester”, guided SUV tour, meeting point upon consultation

21.05. Guided tour to the two volcanoes “” and “Strohner Märchen”, meeting point: holiday village Pulvermaar,

21.05. Guided tour in the landscape around Manderscheid with different views and views over the valley, meeting point: clinic, Manderscheid

21.05 “A fantastic view over a village in the maar – an insight into its origin and history”, guided tour to the Meerfelder Maar volcano, meeting point: Meerfelder Maar, parking space at the sportsground

22.05. Guided tour to the maar volcano “Jungferweiher” in Ulmen, meeting point: Postplatz Ulmen

22.05. Geo adventure hike in the volcano area of Bad Bertrich, meeting point: parking sites for hikers at the “Elfenmaar clinic”, Bad Bertrich

24.05. Geo adventure hike “ Dolomites”, meeting point: tourist info Gerolstein

25.05. “In and around the maar”, a guided tour to Meerfelder Maar, meeting point: parking sites “Meerfelder Maar East”, Meerfeld

25.05. Geological landscape hike to “Vulkangarten ”, meeting point: community centre Steffeln

26.05. “Fire landscape of the Vulkaneifel”, guided tour, meeting point: holiday village Pulvermaar

26.05. Lecture “Water of the Eifel - and mineral water sources”, holiday village Pulvermaar

27.05. Gerolstein dolomites, guided tour, meeting point: Brunnenplatz, Gerolstein

28.05. “The Pulvermaar tells his story”, guided tour, meeting point: holiday village Pulvermaar

28.05. “Limestone - the special material”, guided tour around the waterfall “Dreimühlen” near , meeting point: parking sites “Wasserfall”

28.05. “Basalt volcanoes, glacial period and millstone caves”, guided tour, meeting point: Schulstr. 22, Hohenfels-Essingen

29.05. Guided tour through the romantic Lieser valley, meeting point: bus stop “Zehntscheune”, Großlittgen

29.05. Guided tour to and around the “Schalkenmehrener Maar”, meeting point: St.- Martin-Str. 9,

31.05. Geo adventure hike “Gerolstein Dolomites”, meeting point: tourist information Gerolstein

01.06. “In and around the maar”, a guided tour to Meerfelder Maar, meeting point: parking sites “Meerfelder Maar East”, Meerfeld

01.06. Geological landscape hike to “Vulkangarten Steffeln”, meeting point: community centre Steffeln

02.06. “From cold to hot volcanism”, volcano domes and maars, guided tour, meeting point: holiday village Pulvermaar

02.06. Lecture “Water of the Eifel - Maars and mineral water sources”, holiday village Pulvermaar

04.06. “Seven maars in one sweep”, guided tour to seven Eifel maars, meeting point: Vulcano House

04.06. “The Pulvermaar volcano”, guided tour around the Pulvermaar, meeting point: holiday village Pulvermaar

05.06. Guided tour to and around the “Trautzberger Maar”, meeting point: Strohn, parking space at the community centre

05.06. Naturalistic, guided tour around the Schalkenmehrener Maar, meeting point: tourist information Schalkenmehren

05.06. Geo adventure hike in the volcano area of Bad Bertrich, meeting point: parking sites for hikers at the “Elfenmaar clinic”, Bad Bertrich 2. Geo & Culture/Music/ 21.05. “Crime in the country – the idyll is deceptive”, guided crime tour through the Literature/Arts scenic Bolsdorf valley, a tour to guess, play and have fun; meeting point: tourist info

22.05. Multivisionshow “Development of the Eifel landscape”, of natural history, Gerolstein

25.05. “Drawing in a wonderful landscape”, drawing course in the Vulkaneifel landscape, variable event venues

25.05. “Time journey back to the ”, adventure hike in Manderscheid, meeting point: Maar museum Manderscheid

28.05. Guided tour to the locations of the Eifel thrillers “Berndorf´s crime world”, meeting point: tourist info Hillesheim

28.05. Storytelling “Winding paths and wild journeymen”, guided tour, meeting point: community hall,

29.05. Multivisionshow “Development of the Eifel landscape”, Museum of natural history, Gerolstein

05.06. Multivisionshow “Development of the Eifel landscape”, Museum of natural history, Gerolstein 3. Geo & Education 22.05. “NABU-Excursion” to the castle pond at the volcano, meeting point: parking sites at the L64 ( – )

22.05. International Museum Day in the volcano house Strohn, motto: in the cultural landscape, free guided tour, Strohn

22.05. International Museum Day in the Museum of Natural history Gerolstein “Treasures of the Vulkaneifel – foreign rocks from mantle and crust in the Eifel volcanoes”, free guided tour and entry, Gerolstein

24.05. Geocaching tour “Geocaching – an introduction into the GPS scavenger hunt”, Bettenfeld

27.05. “Production of goat cheese”, guided farm tour, Vulkanhof Gillenfeld 4. Geo & EGN/GGN