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View of Gerolstein from the Munterley

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View of Gerolstein from the Munterley

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View of Gerolstein from the Munterley

Recommended by 2020 hikers out of 2056

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

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Location: Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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2. Millstone Cave at Rother Kopf – Gerolsteiner Dolomiten loop from Bewingen

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3. Entrance to Buchenloch Cave – Gerolstein Dolomites loop from Gerolstein

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R.Bungartz

November 21, 2020

One of the most beautiful highlights on a hike through the Gerolstein Dolomites. Be sure to take a break and enjoy the fantastic view over Gerolstein and the beautiful Kylltal. In bad weather, the refuge on the Munterley Plateau offers suitable shelter.

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ZEIT WISSEN

May 8, 2017

Here you are standing on a Devonian reef, formed 380 million years ago. At that time, the area of today's Eifel was much closer to the equator, and this reef formed in tropical temperatures in a lagoon at a depth of about 10 to 20 meters. Sunbeams penetrated down to the sea floor and allowed a reef to grow from sponges (there were no corals then). The sponges have a skeleton made of lime, which over the millennia reacted with magnesium - this is how dolomite rock was formed.

The volcano whose crater is nearby (the Papenkaule) erupted much later, around 30,000 years ago. The lava flowed sideways from the Dolmitberg into the Kyll valley. In the following audio file, geoscientist Andreas Schüller from the Vulkaneifel Geopark explains what it must have looked like here 380 million years ago: soundcloud.com/zeitwissen/zeit-wissen-schueller-dolomiten (internet connection required)

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Anja 🌞 🌈

April 9, 2020

A nice view over Gerolstein with its castle. You also get an impression of the landscape through which the Celtic Path runs - this is the second loop of the Dolomite Night

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Location: Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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