Attractions around Landscheid

The Maare-Mosel cycle path is wonderful to master even for inexperienced cyclists and is peppered with interesting highlights such as this former railway viaduct. A detour to the Eifeler bell …read more

At 585 m, it is the longest tunnel on the Maare-Moselle cycle path.

With a bit of luck you can see bats 🦇 here in the evening.

From the tower you have a good view of the area, the Niederburg and the Liesertal.

One of the few volcanic crater lakes north of the Alps: the Windsborn crater lake, created about 30,000 years ago. While Maars are blasted into the earth as craters, when …read more

The Niederburg is next to the Oberburg one of two castle ruins in Manderscheid. It dates from the 12th century and is much better preserved than the upper castle, although …read more

The Maarsee in the Meerfelder Maar is not circular but a semicircle, because the southern part of the Maars is not filled with water. Here lies the small village Meerfeld …read more

The monastery complex is well preserved. There is also a large restaurant and a nicer café serving delicious cakes. A small shop sells local specialties and devotional items as well as books and eiffel tourism.

The Maare-Mosel-Radweg lies on an old railway line and therefore it is limited with the altitude difference.

Here I was with my parents for a Sunday trip 50 years ago. Many hiking trails, the Manderscheider castles nearby and a lot of volcanic Eifel all around.

You can …read more

425.0 meters above sea level.

When Crown Prince Friedrich stayed at this site on November 3, 1833, he exclaimed enthusiastically: "This landscape is one of the most beautiful in the …read more

Perhaps the most beautiful section on the way from Manderscheid to the Windsborn crater lake. The Horngrabenbach eats its way into the terrain as it becomes steeper and steeper. Shortly …read more

Nice benches to rest! Until Wittlich it is only downhill.

The five volcanoes between Meerfelder Maar and Mosenberg were active between 43,000 and 35,000 years ago. From the Mosenberg volcano the lava tunneled through the mountain and shot into the …read more

The Cosmos Cycle Path is a cycle path that opens up part of the Vulkaneifel on an almost slope-free route.read more

Former quarrying of volcanic rock, was not filled in again and renatured after it was closed, but rather the preservation of the exposed geological outcrops, which give an exciting look …read more

He crosses the Maar Moselle bike path twice.

Until the French Revolution at the beginning of the 19th century, the monastery was a Cistercian abbey.

Since 2006 it is a retreat house for spiritual meetings, workshops and meetings. There is also a service every day except Monday.

It is the largest maar of the volcanic Eifel. The crater has a diameter of about 1.7 kilometers. After new datings of the GFZ Potsdam, the Maar emerged in an …read more

The Sterenbachsee is also called Sterenbachweiher and is located near Wittlich in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Bernkastel-Wittlich.
The water is an artificially created reservoir, which regulates by its approx. 4 …read more