ジンメラートの天然記念物・トップ20

One of the most beautiful, if not the most beautiful vantage point on the Rursee.

The Urttalsperre is the oldest dam (1905) in the Eifel and a popular destination. The dam wall was the largest structure in Europe at the time, has a length of 266 m and a height of 59 m. There is a nice excursion restaurant at the dam wall, which you can reach by boat, bus, car, bike or on foot. The Urftsee is also a very beautiful hiking area with a great path along the shore, which always offers a beautiful view of the Ordensburg Vogelsang.

The lizards like to sunbathe on the wooden walkways. If you cautiously tread the wooden walkways in the midday sun and watch the path in front of you, you will certainly see some or get in front of the lens.

The moors of the High Fens are peppered with thick and velvety moss pillows and desks. Responsible for this is the peat moss, a small, primitive spore plant that loves the humid, nutrient-poor conditions. Over time, a thick layer of dead plant material forms, which, enclosed airtight in standing water, condenses into peat over the centuries. There are also common heather, bell heather, sour grass, rushes and sedges. The fact that nature takes a year for a millimeter of peat explains the wasteful use of time by raised bogs.

The High Fens (French Hautes Fagnes, Dutch Hoge Venen) is a cross-border, shield-shaped arched plateau between Germany and Belgium with an area of over 600 km². 133 km² of this is in Germany. In Belgium, around 54 km² (5,368 ha) of the Venn area are state-owned as domanial nature reserves of the High Fens, after it grew by 5 km² in 2018 on Belgian territory. Large areas are designed as raised bogs, from which the name is derived: Venn, Fenn (Dutch Veen) for bog. With 694 m O.P. the Botrange is both the highest point in the High Fens and the highest mountain in Belgium. Geologically, the High Fens belongs to the left bank of the Rhenish Slate Mountains, as does the bordering Ardennes and the Eifel as well as the Hunsrück south of the Moselle. Naturally, it forms the main unit 283 as part of the Ardennes / West Eifel (main unit group 28). The Belgian part of the High Fens has been on the Belgian tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage sites since 2008.

Right from the start, the flora of the Brackvenn presents itself in a wide variety of colors, especially in autumn. A little foretaste of what awaits us.

A beautiful, picturesque Venn landscape. A pleasure for the soul.

Wonderful hiking section that will be remembered for a long time with its beauty.