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Rhineland-Palatinate

Bernkastel-Wittlich

Meerfeld

Panorama Trail Above Meerfelder Maar

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Meerfeld

Panorama Trail Above Meerfelder Maar

Panorama Trail Above Meerfelder Maar

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    Location: Meerfeld, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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    1. View of Meerfelder Maar – Landesblick Observation Tower loop from Meerfeld

    6.45km

    01:52

    160m

    Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    2. Panoramic View of Meerfelder Maar – Landesblick Observation Tower loop from Manderscheid

    18.1km

    05:21

    500m

    Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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    3. Wolfsschlucht (Vulkaneifel) – Landesblick Observation Tower loop from Meerfeld

    18.1km

    05:09

    410m

    Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    May 9, 2017

    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 eruption about 70,000 years ago. The lowest point is 18 meters deep. For climate researchers, the maar is a valuable climate archive because the lake is so sheltered from the wind. Year after year, leaves and algae are deposited on the ground. Climate researchers at the GFZ Potsdam have drilled 45 meters deep into the sediments. The pollen and molecules stored in the cores provide information about the climate of the past 15,000 years. Even the eruption of the neighboring Laacher volcano has left its mark: as a 7 to 8 centimeter thick layer of ash in the cores, nine to ten feet deep in the ground. In 1877 Emperor Wilhelm I lowered the water level by two meters to dry fertile land. This is commemorated today by a memorial stone on the eastern shore. In the following audio article, Achim Brauer from the Geo Research Center Potsdam explains how the Maars originated in the Eifel and why they are so important for climate researchers: soundcloud.com/zeitwissen/von-vulkanen-und-maaren (Internet connection required )

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      November 28, 2019

      The Meerfelder Maar was created according to the latest findings about 80,000 years ago by a huge underground water vapor explosion. In such phreatomagmatic explosions, hot magma encounters a water-rich layer of rock as it rises. Rock layers are destroyed and thrown upwards. A visible crater wall is the result. The resulting cavity fills with rock again and on the surface of a burglar, which gradually fills with water. The entire crater of the maares, which today is only partially filled with water, is the largest in the Eifel.

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        December 11, 2018

        The crater has an extension of 1400 m in east-west and 1200 m in north-south direction and is therefore around 125 hectares in size.

        The highest elevation of the crater rim is on the north side at approx. 516 meters above sea level. Here is a 12 m high wooden observation tower - the country view. Around half of the maar basin is now occupied by the maar lake. The village of Meerfeld is on the southern edge, still within the basin.

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