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Reforestation Area in Brander Wald
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Reforestation Area in Brander Wald
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Reforestation Area in Brander Wald
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Martin & Sabine neben der Spur
May 16, 2021
Hiking
One of the very few places in the Eifel (or the whole world!) Where the rare calamine violet blooms. Thanks to its cooperation with mushrooms, it can cope with high levels of heavy metals in the soil (calamine = zinc ore) like hardly any other plant, for example it has found its (low-competitive) place on old waste dumps for metal extraction, as otherwise hardly anything grows there. The flowering reaches its peak in mid-May, but individual violets in bloom can be found until September.
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Adventure Appa 🏔 ⚠ 🥾🚴
May 30, 2021
Hiking
The unique Galmeiveilchen in and around Stolberg is particularly evident in the months of May to August. Calamine flora or calamine vegetation is the botanical name of two plant communities of metallophytes on soil containing heavy metals.
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yves klein
August 15, 2025
Hiking
Calamine violets can "envelop" metals, thereby rendering them harmless (chelation). Root fungi can also keep them free of excess lead and zinc. They have free rein in their habitat, as trees and shrubs can't do this.
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Hard bike ride. Great for any fitness level. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.
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Elevation 270 m
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