Vulkaneifel Magazine Not all volcanoes are the same Cinder cones and maars Natural and geological phenomena The wide range of services offered by certified nature and geopark guides The Vulkaneifel classroom Outdoor and indoor learning Dramatic processes with mighty explosions Where and fire from the bowels of the earth have Vulkaneifel tracks blasted holes in the ground and caused mountains Exciting partner volcanoes to pile up in the Vulkaneifel. The volcanoes still of the Eifelsteig smouldered here until 10,000 years ago, finally forming the Ulmener Maar, Germany’s youngest create a volcano. The volcanic activity isn’t dead yet; it’s just taking a break, and waiting landscape patiently for the next eruption. 3 Hüngersdorf Kyll Blick auf die Gerolsteiner Dolomiten Berk Booking plus Tips & Information Losheimer- 594 Waldorf graben Frauenkron Dahlem Heidenkopf III Ahrhütte 265 Moorpfad Ripsdorf Baasem Dahlem Eifel Tourismus (ET) GmbH Gesundland Vulkaneifel GmbH Dollendorf Kalvarienbergstr. 1 · 54595 Prüm Leopoldstraße 9a · 54550 Daun Scheid Alendorf Losheim Kronenburg Uedelhoven 258 Wirft Breidscheid Tel. +49 6551 9656-0 Tel. +49 6592 951 370 · Fax +49 6592 951 320 Historischer Burgort Esch Hoffeld Fax +49 6551 9656-96 www.gesundland-vulkaneifel.de Hüllscheid 421 Niederkyll Wimbach Kronenburger A Witzen Erlöserkapelle Hersch- www.eifel.infoHerres- See h Barweiler broich bach Stadtkyll 547 Mirbach b Tourist-Information Gerolsteiner Land Hallschlag 421 a Trierscheid c Quiddel- Kerschenbach Feusdorf h Brunnenstr. 10 · 54568 Gerolstein Westwall Stausee bach Ober- ch Pomster Tel. +49 6591 94991-0 · Fax +49 6591 94991-19 Ferienpark Wiesbaum Üxheim a Kottenborn baar Manderfeld Jünkerath B r www.gerolsteiner-land.de Kehr Goldberg Leudersdorf e Nür- Meuspath Krewinkel n Dankerath 258 Ormont Eisenmuseum h Wiesemscheid burg Your Geopark hosts Schüller o Nieder- Weckerath N Drees Nitz Tourist-Information Oberes Kylltal 654 Birgel Wasserfall Senscheid baar Gönnersdorf Dreimühlen Nohn Burgberg 22 · 54589 Stadtkyll Roth Historische Flesten Bauler b.Prüm Steinberg Mühle Kirsbach Tel. +49 6597 2878 · Fax +49 6597 4871 Lissendorf Eifel-Krimi Steinbruch Müllen- h Sauerbrunnen Welche- c 609 Niederehe a www.obereskylltal.de Wanderweg Burg Bodenbach bach rath b Neuenstein Schönfeld itz Travelling through N Weitersberg Berndorf Kerpen Niederehe 257 640 410 Lind Auw Borler Brücktal Urlaubsregion Hillesheim/Vulkaneifel e.V. Wehrkirche Kerpen Bodenbach Rote Heck b.Prüm Rothenbacher Boos Am Markt 1 · 54576 Hillesheim Maars, volcanic cones, spectacular rock formations, and bi- Selected geopark hosts are particularly keen to demonstrate Kobscheid Reuth Basberg Mineralquelle Reime- Erdbebenmess- Zermüllen rath Tel. +49 6593 809200 · Fax +49 6593 809201 Ober- Hillesheim h zarre quarries with million-year-old fossils are all well and to interested visitors how the volcanic landscape can be com- Schlausenbach Knaufspesch station 590 c 640 Münk Steffeln bettingen Basalteinbruch ba Gelenberg Hünerbach www.hillesheim.de Neuendorf 522 h Heyroth Eiskeller Am Lier A good, but the expedition can be made even better if accompa- bined with sumptuous treats, artistic creativity, or exciting ac- Auel Zils- Barsberg Geologisch-Mineralogische Arensberg Bongard Kelberg Vulkangarten Lühwald- dorf Kohlendioxid- Tourist-Information Kelberg 51 Sammlung Oberehe- quelle nied by friendlythe local experts. landAnd the specially trainedof nature maars tivities. 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Duppach Kalenborn Nürburg- Kolverath Lammersdorf Mühlsteinhöhlen Quelle Dreiser Beinhausen K Scheuern y Rockeskyll Weiher Lieserquelle Neichen Mosbruch Sassen Oberelz Roth l l Hohenfels- Betteldorf Dreis Gunderath Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft IN THE LAND Bewingen Rockeskyller Ueß Moosbrucher Lirstal Rother Essingen Weiher Uersfeld Vulkaneifel GmbH and volcanoes Kopf 588 Kradenbach Kopf 410 Dockweiler Baumhaus Kaperich www.wfg-vulkaneifel.de 545 Alter Voß Katzwinkel Hörschhausen Nostalgikum Müllenborn Adler- und Oos Wolfspark Sarmersbach OF MAARS AND Papenkaule Höchst- Gerolsteiner Buchenlochhöhle Brunnen Berlingen Hinterweiler Horperath Schwirzheim Pelm berg Sarresdorfer Gefell Lavastrom Gees Geeser Nerdlen Berenbach Munterlay Maar Waldkönigen Kötterichen 410 Brunnenplatz Kirchweiler Ernstberg 48 481 VOLCANOES Gerolstein Utzerath Auberg Rengen Naturkundemuseum Hörscheid Höchstberg The location of the Vulkaneifel is broadly matching Steinborner Jungfern- Büdesheim Hinterhausen Lissingen Gerolstein Drees weiher Vorpochten the volcanic areas of the Western Eifel. Scientists have 631 Steinborn Schönbach Boverath Daun Darscheid Looking out over the Meerfelder Maar discovered about 350 eruption centers on a strip Apert Neunkirchen Hotzendrees Ulmen Ulmener Maar Loch Büscheich Mausefallen- museum 647 Daun 1 Kreuzritterburg approximately 30 km broad and 50 km long. Vulkan Ulmen Eigelbacher Kalem Neroth Pützborn Eifel-Vulkanmuseum Dreieck Vulkaneifel Maar Nerother Kopf Dunaris- Lentzig-Quelle Meiserich In the landscape maar volcanoes can be 509 Quelle But it’s not all tranquillity beneath the recognised as a European Geopark, 421 Auderath Kopp Michelbach Wildpark Mehrener Steiningen recognized by their bowl-shaped form, but Oberstadtfeld Gemündener Maar Steineberg surface. The mighty volcanic forces part of the Global Geopark Network Eishöhlen Gemünden Maar Mehren 558 conical hills can also be discovered. They Hersdorf Birresborn Vulcano-Infoplattform Prümscheid Weinfelder Mürmes Steinberger Ley which once created this magical, some- supported by UNESCO. In 2010, it was have lent a varied and unique wealth of Weiersbach Maar Dronketurm Alfler 675 Sauerbrunnen SternwarteSchalkenmehrener Mehren Demerath Filz Schmitt times even harsh landscape are still inaugurated as a nature park in the morphologies to the Vulkaneifel. Hoher List Maare Schalkenmehren Mürlenbach Wallenborn Imkerei Weberei- Mehler Niederstadtfeld museum Wollmerath Gillenbeuren Vulkaneifel Magazine active today. Fire and water are what state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Bertradaburg Salm Wallender Born Üdersdorf Ellscheid Winkel Königorgel formed the Vulkaneifel, and continue 1 Publisher: Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel GmbH E31 Trittscheid Wagenhausen Mainzer Str. 25 · D-54550 Daun 44 61 257 to do so. And their legacy has thus far GEO museums display scientific phe- Saxler Bitterleidens Tel. +49 6592 933 203, -206 oder -202 E314 Schutz Immerather Altar Fax: +49 6592 985033 At the Holzmaar been impressive, with 350 small and nomena. Carefully selected cycling and E40 Weidenbach Brockscheid Maar 4 Udler www.geopark-vulkaneifel.de Densborn 582 Eifeler www.naturpark-vulkaneifel.de large volcanoes, maars, lava flows, hiking tracks lead to the treasures of Glockengießerei Gillenfeld Pulvermaar Schulmuseum Lutzerath Neuheilenbach Bleckhausen [email protected] Daxelberg 470 Immerath Dear readers, guests and friends and countless sources of minerals and this fascinating landscape. Numerous Römerberg Editor: The publisher in cooperation with the tourist Burbach Strohner Wartgesberg E40 Meerfelder Märchen Strotzbüsch information centers, the Eifel Tourismus (ET) GmbH of the Vulkaneifel, carbonic acid. But the Vulkaneifel’s ge- info centres provide information on 3 Eckfeld Hetsche Strohn Usch Deudesfeld Maar Vulkanhaus plus see articles Balesfeld Meisburg Eckfelder Maar Dürres Maar Römergrab Zendscheid Lavabombe ology has even more to offer: red sand- biotopes and geotopes. And certified Mander- Manderscheid Holzmaar Kliding Photography: H. Gassen, K.-P. Kappest, CUBE, guest guides, Ingrid 1 Lebensbaumkirche Meerfeld Steinkiste Trautzberg Lamour, Torsten Weber, archives of tourist informa- 27 E29 Neidenbach scheid Wallscheid a warm welcome to the land of maars stone, tropical reefs, and abundant guides run exciting expeditions. Maarmuseum U tion centers, the Eifel Tourismus (ET) GmbH, the E42 Kronenhaus 1 e Pantenburg ß Wasserfall Vulkaneifel Nature park und Geopark GmbH, the 48 Bettenfeld Mückeln b and volcanoes – and to the new issue marine deposits tell of both peaceful Ober- und a Kreisverwaltung Vulkaneifel E29 Wachsmanufaktur Niederburg Dierfeld ch Kennfuss K Moll Windsborn- Puppen- und Spielzeug- 421 of the Vulkaneifel Magazine. and turbulent times throughout the It’s a feast for the senses – taste and y Korbflechterei Cover page: At the Schalkenmehrener Maar l museum l GEO-sightseeing Bergkratersee Gladziewski Laufeld Design: CUBE Werbung GmbH Steinborn Mosenberg Ober- course of the last 400 million years. pleasure, walking and hiking, cycling St. Tourist feature S Bad- Picnic near Berndorf Sefferweich E31 a Reihenvulkan Naturlehrpfad scheidweiler Hontheim Printing: Johnen-Druck E44 48 Thomas l m Bertrich With its vast peaks, dense woodlands, and mountain-biking, exploring and 61 Tourist information center Käsegrotte Thermalquelle E29 Oberöfflingen Nieder- Malbergweich German Volcano-RoadSeinsfeld scheidweiler Bad-Bertrich All data were gathered with due diligence according to available data.Neverthe- clear streams, fragrant meadows and