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Shelter at Wengbersch Celtic Way

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Shelter at Wengbersch Celtic Way

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Shelter at Wengbersch Celtic Way

Recommended by 15 hikers out of 16

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Please check local regulations for: Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

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Location: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Kerpen Castle – Dreimühlen Waterfall loop from Hillesheim

23.2km

06:20

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2. Dreimühlen Waterfall – Kerpen Castle loop from Hillesheim

28.1km

07:39

420m

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

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3. Dreimühlen Waterfall – Hönselberg Juniper Heath loop from Hillesheim

27.2km

07:36

540m

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

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November 29, 2017

Refuge with great views for the well-kept rest. ;-)

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Die_Ute

July 22, 2021

The refuge is on the cultural hiking trail, this is station 9, Weinberg Celtic path. The vineyard is a petrified coral reef. If we add up the outline of this former limestone mine again, we can imagine how mighty this mountain once was. The remains of an old Celtic refugee castle have been found on the summit, a ring wall three to five meters high with a ditch around the outside. In such complexes the community gathered in times of danger with property (livestock). Later in the early Middle Ages, a residential tower was built in this fortress. Excavations have shown that it was a residence of a nobleman, the first Kerpen castle! Going back much further in history, around 390 million years ago, the landscape here was very different. Instead of land there was sea. A strait of sea stretched here from southern England to Poland. This area was currently south of the equator and was tropically warm. The sea was shallow and the clear water is rich in marine fauna, a community of coral reef-forming animals.

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Shelter at Wengbersch Celtic Way

1. Kerpen Castle – Dreimühlen Waterfall loop from Hillesheim

2. Dreimühlen Waterfall – Kerpen Castle loop from Hillesheim

3. Dreimühlen Waterfall – Hönselberg Juniper Heath loop from Hillesheim

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