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Meerfeld

Panorama Trail Above Meerfelder Maar

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Panorama Trail Above Meerfelder Maar

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Panorama Trail Above Meerfelder Maar

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

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

    6.48km

    01:53

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

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

    18.1km

    05:22

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

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

    7.82km

    02:15

    190m

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    Moderate hike. 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

      There are parking spaces in front of Meerfeld and also in the village. I recommend the Panorama or Höhenweg, which after a bit through the forest leads over an open area to the country view.
      On the way there you always have a sensational view of the Vulkaneifel and also of the Meerfelder Maar.
      According to the latest findings, the Meerfelder Maar was created around 80,000 years ago by a huge underground water vapor explosion. In such phreatomagmatic explosions, hot magma hits a water-rich rock layer as it ascends. Layers of rock are destroyed and thrown upwards. A visible crater wall is the result. The resulting cavity fills again with rock and a burglary funnel is created on the surface, which gradually fills with water. The entire crater of the maar, which is only partially filled with water today, is the largest in the Eifel.

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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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