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Pond on the Gelenberger Stream – Fairy Tale Trail loop from Gelenberg

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Pond on the Gelenberger Stream – Fairy Tale Trail loop from Gelenberg

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Pond on the Gelenberger Stream – Fairy Tale Trail loop from Gelenberg

02:44

10.2km

110m

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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: August 17, 2026

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Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

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608 m

Pond on the Gelenberger Stream

Highlight • Lake

Actually a nice place, unfortunately right on the street. But a great photo motif at the beginning of the themed hiking trail "what was really true"

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1.67 km

Gelenberger Drees Carbon Dioxide Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

In the Eifel volcanic region, there are many mineral and carbonic acid springs, also called Drees. The Gelenberger Drees is one of them and you can watch the water bubbling through the rising volcanic carbon dioxide.

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1.75 km

Mofette in the Gelenberg Forest

Highlight • Natural Monument

3.44 km

Fairy Tale Trail

Highlight • Trail

6.61 km

Grill Hut Steinkaul (Bodenbach)

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The Romans used the quarry. It is located on the slope of the Bodenbacher Bach and is only about 500 m south of a late Roman fortified Roman villa (villa …

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7.99 km

The Seven Footfall Crosses of Lorenz Heintz

Highlight (Segment) • Religious Site

The seven footfalls in Bodenbach played an important role in everyday religious life until 1850, in order to commemorate Christ's passion with seven prayer stations in prayer. They are the …

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10.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.05 km

1.01 km

788 m

387 m

Surfaces

3.31 km

2.46 km

2.42 km

1.68 km

311 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (550 m)

Lowest point (480 m)

Weather

Wednesday 26 August

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Comments

March 4, 2022,Was wirklich wahr war - Themenrundweg Geschichtsstrasse

Today it's all about Gelenberg.
On meadows, forest and farm roads I move around the historic place with beautiful surroundings.
Worth seeing at the beginning the farmhouse, later the carbon dioxide source. Standing in front of it and read what Willi Basalt said, she couldn't see it. There were a lot of branches lying around. Maybe she was undercover.
I …

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October 14, 2021,Was wirklich wahr war - Themenrundweg Geschichtsstrasse

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Do you fancy the lush green hilly landscape of the Vulkaneifel? The variety of shapes and the bright colors of autumn? Small natural wonders? And a little culture and history in the deepest Eifel?
"What was really true" --- and still is.
An interesting title for a tour with which you can explore the deepest Eifel. Nature and culture …

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March 15, 2026,Was wirklich wahr war - Themenrundweg Geschichtsstrasse

Today I hiked the "History Trail: What Really Was True" themed trail for the third time, I think. Not because it's particularly interesting or varied, but simply because it offers a lot of peace and quiet and involves almost no elevation gain.

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August 20, 2022,Was wirklich wahr war - Themenrundweg Geschichtsstraße Runde von Gelenberg

In a similar form I have already gone on the tour,
komoot.de/tour/319144555?ref=wtd

Today, however, I wanted to stick to the original route and just follow the signs. That worked almost fine, except for two places immediately before and after the "7 foot falls of Lorenz Heintz", the photos show the sign post, but without a sign. So I followed the …

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Pond on the Gelenberger Stream – Fairy Tale Trail loop from Gelenberg

Pond on the Gelenberger Stream

Gelenberger Drees Carbon Dioxide Spring

Mofette in the Gelenberg Forest

Fairy Tale Trail

Grill Hut Steinkaul (Bodenbach)

The Seven Footfall Crosses of Lorenz Heintz

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