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The Krimi Hotel Hillesheim – Arensberg Hollowed Volcano loop from Hillesheim

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The Krimi Hotel Hillesheim – Arensberg Hollowed Volcano loop from Hillesheim

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The Krimi Hotel Hillesheim – Arensberg Hollowed Volcano loop from Hillesheim

04:05

14.9km

230m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 29, 2026

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Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

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147 m

The Krimi Hotel Hillesheim

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Premiere of the HILLESHEIMER KRIMITAGE in 2021:
From September 16 to 19, 2021, the "Hillesheimer Krimitage" will take place for the first time in the crime capital Hillesheim with a varied program. (...) The crime writer [and publisher] Ralf Kramp is also a co-initiator.
"In the future, the idea is to have the Hillesheimer Krimitage take place annually alternately with Tatort Eifel," explain Mayor Hans Peter Böffgen and tourism expert Manfred Schmitz.
(Source: website tatort-eifel.de)

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Im großen Reth bei Zilsdorf

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8.26 km

Am Berg bei Walsdorf

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8.57 km

Walsdorf Wayside Chapel

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8.76 km

Tunnel Entrance to the Volcano Crater

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A little north of the two villages of Walsdorf and Zilsdorf is a highlight that every visitor to the Eifel with at least a little geological interest should have on their wish list: The Arensberg volcano. Since this is created separately (and unfortunately, multiple times in the komoot system), here is only the access, a tunnel of non-natural origin. A covered passage has been created to protect visitors from possible falling rocks.

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8.85 km

Arensberg Volcanic Crater and Stone Labyrinth

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The Arensberg, also called Arnulphusberg, is a 561.3 m above sea level mountain in the Vulkaneifel. The former volcano is located near Zilsdorf in the Vulkaneifel district of Rhineland-Palatinate.
The two proven eruption phases of the tertiary stratovolcano took place around 24 to 32 million years ago. In modern times, the mountain was used as a quarry, and during mining, finds from Roman and medieval times were discovered. It was possible to enter the interior of the quarry through a short tunnel, which lies in the former crater of the volcano.
ATTENTION: Since the tunnel collapsed in 2018, the passage of the old quarry has been closed. It should be open again by May, but as of today - May 22, 2019 - nothing has been repaired.

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8.98 km

Arensberg Hollowed Volcano

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Here you can drive through a short tunnel into the volcanic crater and discover interesting things there.

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9.13 km

Arnulphus Chapel (Heiligenhäuschen) near Walsdorf and Zilsdorf

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For a long time the Arnulphus Chapel stood high up on the mountain, visible from afar in a barren landscape. It was a place of faith for pilgrims who prayed for the health of their cattle and at the same time parish church for the villages of Walsdorf, Zilsdorf, Loogh, Stroheich and Orendorf. It was consecrated to Saint Arnulphus, the patron saint of millers and brewers. At the beginning of the 19th century the chapel fell into disrepair. Soon all the stones were removed and the bones of the deceased in the cemetery in Walsdorf were reburied. There is now a deep hole at the site of the former church. The mountain has given way to a basalt mine, which nature is now taking back after the work has ended.

The only reminder of the church was a processional cross on the way up. But in 1988 a saint's house was built next to it, again dedicated to Arnulphus, as a place of refuge for prayers and as a reminder of the former parish church.
Text: Tim Becker, source: eifelbildverlag.de/die-arnulphuskapelle-bei-walsdorf-und-zilsdorf

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