Schalkenmehrener Maar – Schalkenmehrener Maar loop from Schalkenmehren

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Schalkenmehrener Maar – Schalkenmehrener Maar loop from Schalkenmehren

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Schalkenmehrener Maar – Schalkenmehrener Maar loop from Schalkenmehren

01:57

7.06km

110m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

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Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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119 m

View of the Weinfelder Maar (Totenmaar)

Highlight • Lake

There is a car park on the road above the Maare. After crossing the road, a path leads down to the Maar, from where you can hike in various directions.

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975 m

Lake of the Dead

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Numerous legends surround the quiet Totenmaar. According to one legend, a castle once stood at this spot, inhabited by a benevolent count with his servants, his hard-hearted wife, and their only child. One day, the count returned home from the hunt and found only a lake where his castle had stood. It had sunk into the earth with all its inhabitants, leaving behind a lake, the Totenmaar. As if by a miracle, a cradle appeared on the surface, in which his child drifted safely to shore. The count's horse dug out a spring from the ground during an exclamation by its master. The count later built a chapel out of gratitude for his child's rescue, which, like the spring, is still preserved today.

Das Weinfelder Maar 1878 (Die Gartenlaube)
The Eifel painter Richard Franzen from Mehren dedicated the following poem to this maar:

Droben steht noch die Kapelle,
hier im schönen Eifelland,
wo vor ein paar hundert Jahren
einst das Dörfchen Weinfeld stand.
Pest und Armut, schlechte Zeiten,
zwang die Menschen in der Not,
ihre Heimstatt zu verlassen,
letzter Zug im Abendrot.
Doch nach Weinfeld kehren wieder
Stille Schläfer Jahr für Jahr,
um für immer auszuruhen
auf dem Berg am Totenmaar

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2.50 km

Weinfelder Maar viewpoint

Highlight • Lake

This hike can be done more often. Just beautiful.

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2.88 km

Schalkenmehrener Maar

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The Schalkenmehrerener Maar is the southernmost and largest of the three Dauner Maars. There is another dry maar to the east of the Maarsee. It is one of the rare double maars and is only around 10,000 years old. There is a very beautiful circular path around the maar. To the south is the village of Schalkmehren with places to stop for refreshments.

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3.25 km

Schalkenmehrener Maar

Highlight • Lake

The lake in the western part of the maar varies in diameter between 500 and 575 m and is up to 21 m deep.
The Schalkenmehrener Maar is the largest of the three Dauner Eifel eyes. Here you can not only take in nature and fresh air while hiking, but also cool off after a strenuous hike in the Maar.
Very nice hiking trails around the lake and a lot of nature. Great.

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3.43 km

Schalkenmehrener Maar

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The Maars are always worthwhile. The calm they radiate and also strength, just wonderful

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4.70 km

Schalkenmehrener Maar

Highlight • Lake

The lake in the western part of the maar varies in diameter between 500 and 575 meters and is up to 21 meters deep. The Schalkenmehren Maar is the largest of the three Dauner Eifel Augen (Eifel Eyes). Here, you can not only take in the nature and fresh air while hiking, but also cool off in the maar after a strenuous hike. Very beautiful hiking trails around the lake and a wealth of nature. Fantastic.

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4.81 km

View of the Schalkenmehrener Maar

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A beautiful maar in which you can also swim in the specially fenced off outdoor pool. Unfortunately, it is currently only open sporadically due to a lack of staff.

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7.06 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.22 km

2.56 km

265 m

Surfaces

2.69 km

2.44 km

1.45 km

236 m

159 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Monday 12 October

14°C

7°C

39 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

May 4, 2022,Rund um 2 Maare

3 Maare were too exhausting for us today after an opulent breakfast in the café 😅 So we walked at 2 Maare and then bought a delicious cake to eat in the holiday home 😉 That's a perfect vacation day 👍🏼

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October 6, 2023,An und zwischen Eifelmaaren❤️☀️

Visited two beautiful maars on the first day of the holiday.
Many thanks to Lisa for the template! We have moved your tour closer to the water because of the dogs 💦

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June 8, 2025,🌋🌋🌋 Eifelsteig Schalkenmehrener - Weinfelder - Gemündener Maar 💚⛅️🌿🥀😍

It's really worth it to 🥾 & 👀 here... simply beautiful 💚💙🤩

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March 21, 2025,Schalkenmehren/ Dauner Maare

To round off the wonderful week, a short walk in Schalkenmehren.
Circumnavigated the Schalkenmehrener Maar and Weinfelder Maar. Afterwards, a visit to the Vulkaneifel Therme in Bad Bertrich. 🥰
I'm looking forward to the Eifelsteig beckoning me again and the start of stage 10.

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