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St Michael's Chapel on the Michelsberg

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Bad Münstereifel

St Michael's Chapel on the Michelsberg

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St Michael's Chapel on the Michelsberg

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Location: Bad Münstereifel, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. View from the Michelsberg relaxation lounger – View of the Eifel loop from Rodert

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2. View from Michelsberg – View of the Eifel loop from Mahlberg

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3. View from Michelsberg – Effelsberg Radio Telescope loop from Rodert

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RobertO

July 21, 2020

The Michelsberg is of volcanic origin and with 588 meters the highest elevation in the Bad Münstereifel city area. In the Prüm goods directory (Urbar) from 893 the former name "Mahlberg" is preserved, which lives on in the same place name at the foot of the mountain and suggests an early medieval court. The first chapel was probably built at the beginning of the 14th century. Its tower was used in the French and Prussian times as a measurement point of the 1st order. After being destroyed by lightning in 1836, it was rebuilt between 1857 and 1860.

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Anne

February 12, 2021

At 588 meters above sea level, the Michelsberg is the highest point in the area of the city of Bad Münstereifel. The view extends far to the southeast as far as the Vulkaneifel with the Hoher Acht, Nürburg, Hochkelberg and Aremberg. To the west you look over the arable hills of the Kalkeifel to the moors of the High Fens and the forests of the Eifel National Park. The Michelsberg was already used by the Romans as a strategically located vantage point. Later it served the Franks as a pagan place of worship and court. With the construction of a chapel around 1500, the mountain received its importance as a place of pilgrimage for the veneration of Michael and its current name. (Source: Eifel.info)

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Shay

October 31, 2020

Unfortunately the church was closed today, probably only open at fixed times. You can see inside through a small spy, but you can't see much except the wrought iron grating in front of the chancel.

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Location: Bad Münstereifel, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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St Michael's Chapel on the Michelsberg

1. View from the Michelsberg relaxation lounger – View of the Eifel loop from Rodert

2. View from Michelsberg – View of the Eifel loop from Mahlberg

3. View from Michelsberg – Effelsberg Radio Telescope loop from Rodert

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