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From the campsite north of the lake and along the eastern shore, there's a forest path around the lake. The path is unpaved and, in places, very dusty. This path is shared with pedestrians, so it can be busy on nice weekends, so please be considerate of others.

Two benches invite us to linger here. A beautiful view of Lake Laach is also included.

While walking around Lake Laach and then visiting the abbey, you can put together an entire year's calendar from countless great photos.

The venerable Benedictine abbey of MARIA LAACH, very picturesquely situated on the banks of Lake Laach, is without a doubt one of the great highlights of this region. In addition to the extremely impressive Romanesque monastery church, where the monks meet several times a day for communal prayer (visitors are welcome to join in the prayers), there are restaurants, a book and art shop, a garden center and other businesses. Many visitors combine a tour of the abbey with a walk around the lake.

The Laacher See in the eastern volcanic Eifel, near the Maria Laach Abbey in the municipality of Glees, is the largest lake in Rhineland-Palatinate. It was formed in the caldera of the Laach volcano after its last eruption, which was initially dated to 10,930 BC.

The venerable Benedictine abbey of MARIA LAACH, very picturesquely situated on the banks of Lake Laach, is without a doubt one of the great highlights of this region. In addition to the extremely impressive Romanesque monastery church, where the monks meet several times a day for communal prayer (visitors are welcome to join in the prayers), there are restaurants, a book and art shop, a garden center and other businesses. Many visitors combine a tour of the abbey with a hike on or around the lake.

"Lake Laach is the largest lake in Rhineland-Palatinate and a popular tourist destination. In summer, a dip in the cool water is a tempting experience, and there are exciting things to discover on the eastern shore of the lake. Small bubbles rise up in the water - these so-called mofettes are rising carbon dioxide and illustrate the volcanic history of the lake (which, however, is not a maar like other volcanic lakes in the Eifel). About 13,000 years ago, there were several massive eruptions of the Laacher See volcano. First, rising magma hit water-bearing layers and triggered a steam explosion. In the following eruption phase, several ash columns formed - similar to Vesuvius - the ash from which spread widely across Europe. However, there were interruptions during this eruption. This led to the ash columns collapsing and becoming hot streams of embers. The streams of embers flowed into the valleys towards Brohltal and Pellenz and filled them up. The cooled lava flows are called trass. Today you can visit trass caves in the Brohltal and also an old Roman mine in which the material was mined near Meurin. There was another eruption of the volcano, in which basalt blocks were blasted out of older lava rocks surrounding the volcano. These basalt blocks can be viewed in the Wingertsberg wall near Mendig..." MORE INFORMATION: https://www.eifel.info/laacher-see-und-maria-laach

😯😮It's very interesting to see the mofettes - gas bubbles from inside the lake🫧🫧🫧🫧. 🌋Welcome to the active volcanic Eifel 🌋.