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- Areas of Belgium
- Cultural landscapes of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Eifelian
- Landforms of Liège Province
- Landforms of Wallonia
- Landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Mountain ranges of Belgium
- Mountain ranges of Luxembourg
- Mountain ranges of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Mountain ranges of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Natural regions of Germany
- Regions of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Regions of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Rhenish Massif
Aachen
Aachen (French: Aix-la-Chapelle; Oche; Aquae Granni or Aquisgranum) is the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants. Eifel and Aachen are Rhineland.
See Eifel and Aachen
Aachen Forest
Aachen Forest (Aachener Wald, Aachen dialect Öcher Bösch, Akenerbos) lies about 3.7 km south of the city centre of Aachen and has an area of 2,357 ha.
Adelbert von Chamisso
Adelbert von Chamisso (30 January 178121 August 1838) was a German poet, writer and botanist.
See Eifel and Adelbert von Chamisso
Adenau
Adenau is a town in the High Eifel in Germany.
See Eifel and Adenau
Adenauer Bach
The Adenauer Bach is a right-hand, southern tributary of the Ahr, just under 16 kilometres long.
Afforestation
Afforestation is the establishment of a forest or stand of trees in an area where there was no recent tree cover.
Ahr
Ahr is a river in Germany, a left tributary of the Rhine.
See Eifel and Ahr
Ahr Hills
The Ahr Hills (Ahrgebirge or Ahreifel) are a range of low mountains and hills up to and long in the Eifel region of Germany, which lie roughly southwest of Bonn on the border between the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. Eifel and Ahr Hills are landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate, mountain ranges of North Rhine-Westphalia, mountain ranges of Rhineland-Palatinate, regions of North Rhine-Westphalia and regions of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Ahr Valley Railway
The Ahr Valley Railway (Ahrtalbahn), Remagen–Ahrbrück, is currently a 29 km-long, partly single-track and non-electrified branch line, which runs through the Ahr valley from Remagen via Ahrweiler and Dernau to Ahrbrück in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
See Eifel and Ahr Valley Railway
Ahrweiler (district)
Ahrweiler is a district in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Eifel and Ahrweiler (district) are Rhineland.
See Eifel and Ahrweiler (district)
Alf (river)
The Alf is a small river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a left tributary of the Moselle.
Alfbach (Prüm)
The Alfbach is a, orographically right-bank tributary of the Prüm in the county of Bitburg-Prüm in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Alfred Andersch
Alfred Hellmuth Andersch (4 February 1914 – 21 February 1980) was a German writer, publisher, and radio editor.
Alps
The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
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Amblève (river)
The Amblève (French) or Amel (German) is a long river in eastern Belgium in the province of Liège.
Anecdote
An anecdote is "a story with a point", such as to communicate an abstract idea about a person, place, or thing through the concrete details of a short narrative or to characterize by delineating a specific quirk or trait.
Apert
Apert is a forested mountain,, in the western Volcanic Eifel, a mountain range in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
See Eifel and Apert
Apollinaris (water)
Apollinaris is a naturally sparkling mineral water from a spring in Bad Neuenahr, Germany.
See Eifel and Apollinaris (water)
Ardennes
The Ardennes (Ardenne; Ardennen; Ardennen; Årdene; Ardennen), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Germany and France. Eifel and Ardennes are areas of Belgium, Landforms of Liège Province, Landforms of Wallonia, mountain ranges of Belgium, mountain ranges of Luxembourg and Rhenish Massif.
Aremberg (mountain)
The Aremberg is, at, the highest mountain in the Ahr Hills (Ahrgebirge) or Ahr Eifel (Ahreifel).
See Eifel and Aremberg (mountain)
Armuthsbach
The Armuthsbach is an 18.4-kilometre-long, orographically left-hand tributary of the Ahr in the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate.
August von Brandis
August Friedrich Carl von Brandis (12 May 1859 in Berlin-Haselhorst – 18 October 1947 in Aachen) was a German impressionist painter, best known for his interiors.
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Éislek
The Éislek, also known by its German name Ösling or Oesling, is a region covering the northern part of both the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, within the greater Ardennes area that also covers parts of Belgium and France. Eifel and Éislek are landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate.
See Eifel and Éislek
Üßbach
The Üßbach (also UeßbachFor its entry in the Geoexplorer the spelling Ueßbach has to be used. or Üssbach) is a stream, just under long in the Eifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
See Eifel and Üßbach
Bad Münstereifel
Bad Münstereifel is a historical spa town in the district of Euskirchen, Germany, with about 17,000 inhabitants, situated in the far southwest of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
See Eifel and Bad Münstereifel
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler is a spa town in the German Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate that serves as the capital of the Ahrweiler district.
See Eifel and Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Basalt
Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.
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Basement (geology)
In geology, basement and crystalline basement are crystalline rocks lying above the mantle and beneath all other rocks and sediments.
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Battle of Hürtgen Forest
The Battle of Hürtgen Forest (Schlacht im Hürtgenwald) was a series of battles fought from 19 September to 16 December 1944, between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II, in the Hürtgen Forest, a area about east of the Belgian–German border.
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Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II which took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945.
See Eifel and Battle of the Bulge
Bausenberg
The Bausenberg is a cinder cone hill,, in the East Eifel in the county of Ahrweiler in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Büllingen
Büllingen (Bullange) is a municipality of East Belgium, located in the Belgian province of Liège, Wallonia.
Belgian Eifel
The Belgian Eifel (belgische Eifel, Luxembourgish: Belscher Äifel) in the German-speaking part of Belgium generally refers to the southern part of the German-speaking community which forms the Canton of Sankt Vith (German: Kanton Sankt Vith; French: Canton de Saint-Vit). Eifel and Belgian Eifel are areas of Belgium.
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
Bellows
A bellows or pair of bellows is a device constructed to furnish a strong blast of air.
Benelux
The Benelux Union (Benelux Unie; Union Benelux; Benelux-Unioun) or Benelux is a politico-economic union and formal international intergovernmental cooperation of three neighbouring states in Western Europe: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
Bitburg
Bitburg (Bitbourg; Béibreg) is a city in Germany, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate approximately 25 km (16 mi.) northwest of Trier and 50 km (31 mi.) northeast of Luxembourg city.
Bitburg Reservoir
The Bitburg Reservoir (Stausee Bitburg) is a flood retention basin on the River Prüm in Biersdorf am See and Wiersdorf in the Eifel mountains of Germany.
See Eifel and Bitburg Reservoir
Bitburger Brewery
Bitburger Brewery (Bitburger Brauerei Th. Simon GmbH) is a large German brewery in Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate.
See Eifel and Bitburger Brewery
Blankenheim, North Rhine-Westphalia
Blankenheim is a municipality in the district of Euskirchen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
See Eifel and Blankenheim, North Rhine-Westphalia
Bonn
Bonn is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. Eifel and Bonn are Rhineland.
See Eifel and Bonn
Bornholm
Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland.
Brandscheid
Brandscheid is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Brohlbach (Rhine)
Brohlbach is a river of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
See Eifel and Brohlbach (Rhine)
Bundesautobahn 1
is an autobahn in Germany.
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Bundesautobahn 48
is an autobahn in western Germany.
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Bundesautobahn 565
is an autobahn in Germany, linking the A 59 to the A 61.
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Bundesautobahn 571
is an autobahn in Germany.
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Bundesautobahn 573
is an autobahn in Germany.
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Bundesautobahn 60
is an autobahn in Germany.
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Bundesautobahn 61
is an autobahn in Germany that connects the border to the Netherlands near Venlo in the northwest to the interchange with A 6 near Hockenheim.
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Bundesautobahn 64
is an autobahn in southwestern Germany.
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Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße (German for "federal highway"), abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.
Bundesstraße 257
The Bundesstraße 257 is a German federal highway which leads from the connection to the A 565 near the Kreuz Meckenheim in a south-westerly direction through the Eifel to the border with Luxembourg in Echternacherbrück.
See Eifel and Bundesstraße 257
Bundesstraße 258
The Bundesstraße 258 is a German federal highway.
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Bundesstraße 49
The Bundesstraße 49 is a German federal highway.
Bundesstraße 51
The Bundesstraße 51 (translates from German Federal road, abbreviated as B 51) runs from Bremen in south-west direction though Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, and ends at the French border in the town Kleinblittersdorf.
Burberg
The Burberg, also called the Buerberg and Bürberg, is a hill,, in the Eifel mountains in Germany.
Caldera
A caldera is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcanic eruption.
Caledonian orogeny
The Caledonian orogeny was a mountain-building cycle recorded in the northern parts of the British Isles, the Scandinavian Caledonides, Svalbard, eastern Greenland and parts of north-central Europe.
See Eifel and Caledonian orogeny
Calmont (hill)
The Calmont, also called the Calmond, between Bremm and Ediger-Eller in the county of Cochem-Zell in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, is a steep hill on the heights above the Moselle river to a height of.
Cambrian
The Cambrian is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and the Phanerozoic Eon.
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
Carbonic acid
Carbonic acid is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Permian Period, Ma.
Castles of Manderscheid
Near the Eifel town of Manderscheid are the ruins of two castles, the castles of Manderschied, whose history and location reflect the mediaeval conflict of interest between the Electorate of Trier and the Duchy of Luxembourg.
See Eifel and Castles of Manderscheid
Charcoal
Charcoal is a lightweight black carbon residue produced by strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials) in minimal oxygen to remove all water and volatile constituents.
Cinder cone
A cinder cone (or scoria cone) is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as volcanic clinkers, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent.
Cisuralian
The Cisuralian is the first series/epoch of the Permian.
Clara Viebig
Clara Emma Amalia Viebig (17 July 1860 – 31 July 1952) was a German author.
Cologne
Cologne (Köln; Kölle) is the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region. Eifel and Cologne are Rhineland.
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium was the Roman colony in the Rhineland from which the city of Cologne, now in Germany, developed.
See Eifel and Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
Commentarii de Bello Gallico
Commentarii de Bello Gallico (italic), also Bellum Gallicum (italic), is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative.
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County of Luxembourg
The County of Luxembourg (Luxembourg; Lëtzebuerg) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire.
See Eifel and County of Luxembourg
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).
Crime fiction
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, often a murder.
Cross Eifel Railway
The Cross Eifel Railway (German: Eifelquerbahn) is a non-electrified railway line between Andernach and Gerolstein in the Eifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
See Eifel and Cross Eifel Railway
Dahlem, North Rhine-Westphalia
Dahlem is a municipality in the district of Euskirchen.
See Eifel and Dahlem, North Rhine-Westphalia
Daun, Germany
Daun is a town in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Düren
Düren (Ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne, on the river Rur.
See Eifel and Düren
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. Eifel and Düsseldorf are Rhineland.
Devonian
The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era during the Phanerozoic eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian period at million years ago (Ma), to the beginning of the succeeding Carboniferous period at Ma.
Dietzenley
The Dietzenley in the county of Vulkaneifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is a mountain,, and the highest point in the Pelm Forest, a part of the Volcanic Eifel range.
Diphthong
A diphthong, also known as a gliding vowel or a vowel glide, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable.
Dockweiler
Dockweiler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Dollendorf
Dollendorf is a village in the municipality of Blankenheim in the district of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Dreiborn Plateau
The Dreiborn Plateau (Dreiborner Hochfläche) is an area of woods and open terrain, some 33 square kilometres in area, in the Eifel National Park.
See Eifel and Dreiborn Plateau
Duchy of Jülich
The Duchy of Jülich (Herzogtum Jülich; Hertogdom Gulik; Duché de Juliers) comprised a state within the Holy Roman Empire from the 11th to the 18th centuries.
Dudeldorf Castle
Dudeldorf Castle (Burg Dudeldorf) is the most important monument in the parish of Dudeldorf in the district of Bitburg-Prüm in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
See Eifel and Dudeldorf Castle
Duden
The Duden is a dictionary of the Standard High German language, first published by Konrad Duden in 1880, and later by Bibliographisches Institut GmbH, which was merged into Cornelsen Verlag in 2022 and thus ceased to exist.
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Early Middle Ages
The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th to the 10th century.
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Early modern human
Early modern human (EMH), or anatomically modern human (AMH), are terms used to distinguish Homo sapiens (the only extant Hominina species) that are anatomically consistent with the range of phenotypes seen in contemporary humans, from extinct archaic human species.
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Earth's crust
Earth's crust is its thick outer shell of rock, referring to less than one percent of the planet's radius and volume.
Earth's mantle
Earth's mantle is a layer of silicate rock between the crust and the outer core.
Eichholzmaar
The Eichholzmaar is one of the smaller maars in the Volcanic Eifel and lies on the Landstraße between Steffeln and Duppach.
Eicks
Eicks is a village belonging to the town of Mechernich in the district of Euskirchen in the south of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
See Eifel and Eicks
Eifel Aqueduct
The Eifel Aqueduct was one of the longest aqueducts of the Roman Empire.
Eifel Club
The Eifel Club (Eifelverein) is one of the largest rambling clubs in Germany with a membership of 28.000.
Eifel dialects
The Eifel dialects (Eifeler Mundarten) are those dialects spoken in the Eifel mountains of Germany.
Eifel hotspot
The Eifel hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in Western Germany.
Eifel Literature Festival
The Eifel Literatur Festival (Eifel Literatur Festival.) is a volunteer-organized literature event held in the Eifel mountains in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate every two years as part of the state's "Cultural Summer". Eifel and Eifel Literature Festival are Rhineland.
See Eifel and Eifel Literature Festival
Eifel National Park
The Eifel National Park (Nationalpark Eifel) is the 14th national park in Germany and the first in North Rhine-Westphalia.
See Eifel and Eifel National Park
Eifel-Ardennes Green Route
The Eifel-Ardennes Green Route or Eifel-Ardennes Green Road (Grüne Straße Eifel-Ardennen, Route Verte Ardennes-Eifel) is a cross-border, tourist route, about 500 kilometres long, which links the Ardennes to the Eifel.
See Eifel and Eifel-Ardennes Green Route
Eifeler Regel
The Eifeler Regel (in Luxembourgish also spelled Äifler Regel) or Eifel rule is a linguistic phenomenon originally documented in the dialects of the Eifel region in the far west of Germany during the late 19th century. The rule describes a phonological process in the languages which causes the deletion of final in certain contexts, and may be reflected in spelling.
Eifelgau
The Eifelgau was a Frankish gau in the region of the present day Limestone Eifel in Germany.
Eifelian
The Eifelian is the first of two faunal stages in the Middle Devonian Epoch.
Eifelpark
The Eifelpark is a wildlife and leisure park in Gondorf near Bitburg in the Eifel mountains of Germany.
Eifelsteig
The Eifelsteig is a long-distance hiking trail in the Eifel, Germany.
Eigart
The Eigart is a hill located in the county of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia at, in the North Eifel.
See Eifel and Eigart
Ejecta
Ejecta (singular ejectum) are particles ejected from an area.
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Electorate of Cologne
The Electorate of Cologne (Kurfürstentum Köln), sometimes referred to as Electoral Cologne (Kurköln), was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire that existed from the 10th to the early 19th century.
See Eifel and Electorate of Cologne
Electorate of Trier
The Electorate of Trier (Kurfürstentum Trier or Kurtrier or Trèves) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire that existed from the end of the 9th to the early 19th century.
See Eifel and Electorate of Trier
Eltz Castle
Eltz Castle (Burg Eltz) is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle between Koblenz and Trier, Germany.
Elz (Rhine)
The Elz is a river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, a right tributary of the Rhine.
Elzbach
The Elzbach (also: Elz) is a small river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a left tributary of the Moselle.
Enz (Prüm)
The Enz (also: Enzbach) is a, orographically right-hand tributary of the Prüm in the Eifel mountains of Germany.
Erft
The Erft is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
See Eifel and Erft
Ernst Moritz Arndt
Ernst Moritz Arndt (26 December 1769 – 29 January 1860) was a German nationalist historian, writer and poet.
See Eifel and Ernst Moritz Arndt
Ernstberg
The Ernstberg (also Erresberg) southeast of Hinterweiler is, at 698.8 m, the highest of the west Eifel volcanoes and, after the Hohe Acht, the second highest mountain in the Eifel overall.
Erosion
Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.
Eugen Bracht
Eugen Felix Prosper Bracht (3 June 1842 – 5 November 1921) was a German landscape painter.
Eupen
Eupen (Ripuarian;; former) is the capital of German-speaking Community of Belgium and is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Liège, from the German border (Aachen), from the Dutch border (Maastricht) and from the "High Fens" nature reserve (Ardennes).
See Eifel and Eupen
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
See Eifel and Europe
Euskirchen
Euskirchen (Ripuarian: Öskerche) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the district Euskirchen.
Fairy tale
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre.
Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BfN) is the German government's scientific authority with responsibility for national and international nature conservation.
See Eifel and Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
Ferschweiler Plateau
The Ferschweiler Plateau, which is home to the villages of Ferschweiler and Ernzen among others, is an extensive highland area made from sandstone and is located in the collective municipality of Irrel in the county of Bitburg-Prüm in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Eifel and Ferschweiler Plateau are landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate.
See Eifel and Ferschweiler Plateau
Fold (geology)
In structural geology, a fold is a stack of originally planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, that are bent or curved ("folded") during permanent deformation.
Forage
Forage is a plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock.
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Fracture
Fracture is the appearance of a crack or complete separation of an object or material into two or more pieces under the action of stress.
Francia
The Kingdom of the Franks (Regnum Francorum), also known as the Frankish Kingdom, the Frankish Empire (Imperium Francorum) or Francia, was the largest post-Roman barbarian kingdom in Western Europe.
Friedrich Schlegel
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (after 1814: von) Schlegel (10 March 1772 – 12 January 1829) was a German poet, literary critic, philosopher, philologist, and Indologist.
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Gödersheim Castle
Gödersheim Castle (Burg Gödersheim) is a ruined, Late Gothic, water castle a few kilometres from Wollersheim, a village in the borough of Nideggen, in the county of Düren in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
See Eifel and Gödersheim Castle
Gemündener Maar
The Gemündener Maar is the northernmost of the three Daun Maars (Dauner Maare).
Genovevaburg
Genovevaburg is a castle standing on the southwestern side of Mayen in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Geology
Geology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time.
German Reich
German Reich (lit. German Realm, German Empire, from Deutsches Reich) was the constitutional name for the German nation state that existed from 18 January 1871 to 5 June 1945.
German Volcano Route
The German Volcano Route or, less commonly, German Volcano Road (Deutsche Vulkanstraße) is a 280-kilometre-long tourist route from the River Rhine to the mountains of the High Eifel.
See Eifel and German Volcano Route
German Wildlife Route
The German Wildlife Route (Deutsche Wildstraße) runs through the Eifel mountains.
See Eifel and German Wildlife Route
German-Luxembourg Nature Park
The German-Luxembourg Nature Park (Deutsch-Luxemburgische Naturpark) is a cross-border nature park, which was established on 17 April 1964 by state treaty between the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
See Eifel and German-Luxembourg Nature Park
German-speaking Community of Belgium
The German-speaking Community (Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft), also known as East Belgium (Ostbelgien), is one of the three federal communities of Belgium, with an area of in the Liège Province of Wallonia, including nine of the eleven municipalities of Eupen-Malmedy.
See Eifel and German-speaking Community of Belgium
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Gerolstein
Gerolstein is a town in the Vulkaneifel district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Gerolsteiner Brunnen
Gerolsteiner Brunnen GmbH & Co.
See Eifel and Gerolsteiner Brunnen
Gevenich
Gevenich is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Gileppe Dam
The Gileppe Dam (French Barrage de la Gileppe) is an arch-gravity dam on the Gileppe river in Jalhay, Liège province, Wallonia, Belgium.
Glossary of rail transport terms
Rail transport terms are a form of technical terminology applied to railways.
See Eifel and Glossary of rail transport terms
Gondelsheim (Weinsheim)
Gondelsheim is a village (Ortsteil) in the municipality of Weinsheim in the county of Bitburg-Prüm in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
See Eifel and Gondelsheim (Weinsheim)
Goose Neck Tower
Goose Neck Tower (Gänsehalsturm) is an 87-metre concrete radio tower near Bell and Mendig in Western Germany.
See Eifel and Goose Neck Tower
Guido Görres
Guido Görres (28 May 1805 – 14 July 1852) was a German Catholic historian, publicist and poet.
Gypsum
Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula.
See Eifel and Gypsum
Hammer mill
A hammer mill, hammer forge or hammer works was a workshop in the pre-industrial era that was typically used to manufacture semi-finished, wrought iron products or, sometimes, finished agricultural or mining tools, or military weapons.
Handbook of the Natural Region Divisions of Germany
The Handbook of Natural Region Divisions of Germany (Handbuch der naturräumlichen Gliederung Deutschlands) was a book series resulting from a project by the former German Federal Institute for Regional Studies (Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde) to determine the division of Germany into natural regions. Eifel and Handbook of the Natural Region Divisions of Germany are natural regions of Germany.
See Eifel and Handbook of the Natural Region Divisions of Germany
Hardtkopf (Eifel)
The Hardtkopf is a high hill in the county of Bitburg-Prüm in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
See Eifel and Hardtkopf (Eifel)
Häuschen
The Häuschen is a hill,, in the Eifel mountains.
Hürtgen Forest
The Hürtgen forest (also: Huertgen Forest; Hürtgenwald) is located along the border between Belgium and Germany, in the southwest corner of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Hürth-Kalscheuren–Ehrang railway
The Hürth-Kalscheuren–Ehrang railway (also known in German as the Eifelstrecke—Eifel Railway) is a non-electrified line in the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate running from Hürth-Kalscheuren via Euskirchen and Gerolstein to Trier-Ehrang through the Eifel hills.
See Eifel and Hürth-Kalscheuren–Ehrang railway
Headless Horseman
The Headless Horseman is an archetype of mythical figure that has appeared in folklore around Europe since the Middle Ages.
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Heidenköpfe
The Heidenköpfe (plural) are a group of three summits (Heidenkopf I, Heidenkopf II und Heidenkopf III) near Dahlem in Germany that are about.
Heimbach
Heimbach is a town in the district of Düren of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Hellenthal
Hellenthal is a municipality in the district of Euskirchen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Herkelstein
The Herkelstein is a hill located in the town of Mechernich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
High Eifel
The High Eifel (Hocheifel (Ost) or Hohe Eifel) forms part of the Eifel Mountains in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Eifel and High Eifel are landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate.
High Fens
The High Fens (Hohes Venn; Hautes Fagnes; Hoge Venen), which were declared a nature reserve in 1957, are an upland area, a plateau region in Liège Province, in the east of Belgium and adjoining parts of Germany, between the Ardennes and the Eifel highlands. Eifel and high Fens are areas of Belgium, Landforms of Liège Province and Rhenish Massif.
High Fens – Eifel Nature Park
The German-Belgian High Fens – Eifel Nature Park (Naturpark Hohes Venn – Eifel), often called the North Eifel Nature Park (Naturpark Nord Eifel), is a cross-border nature park with elements in the German federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate as well as the Belgian province of Liège.
See Eifel and High Fens – Eifel Nature Park
Hill (stream)
The Hill (Helle) is a stream in the High Fens in east Belgium.
Hillesheim
Hillesheim is the third largest town in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Hochkelberg
At the Hochkelberg is one of the ten highest mountains in the Vulkan Eifel in Germany.
Hochsimmer
The Hochsimmer is a volcanic cone,, in the Eifel Mountains in Germany.
Hochstein (Eifel)
The Hochstein (also called the Kalberg or Kahler Berg and, formerly, the Forstberg) is a volcanic cone,, in the Eifel near Obermendig in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and county of Mayen-Koblenz.
See Eifel and Hochstein (Eifel)
Hochthürmerberg
The Hochthürmerberg (variously also called the Hochthürmchen, Hochthürmen or Hochthürmer), is a hill,, in the Eifel region.
Hohe Acht
The Hohe Acht is the highest mountain in the Eifel mountains of Germany.
Hoher List
The Hoher List is a stratovolcano,, near the town of Daun in the Eifel region.
Holsthum
Holsthum is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Holzmaar
The Holzmaar lies in the Volcanic Eifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate almost halfway between Gillenfeld (2.5 km away to the southwest) and Eckfeld.
Hops
Hops are the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant Humulus lupulus, a member of the Cannabaceae family of flowering plants.
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Humour
Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement.
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Hunsrück-Eifel culture
The Hunsrück-Eifel Culture (HEK.
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Impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, unusual visual angles, and inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience.
Inde
The Inde (L'Inde) is a small river in Belgium and in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Iron
Iron is a chemical element.
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Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.
Islek
The Islek (Aquilania) is a part of the German Eifel region (Rhineland-Palatinate), in the Bitburg-Prüm district next to the Luxembourg and Belgian border. Eifel and Islek are areas of Belgium and landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate.
See Eifel and Islek
Jülich-Zülpich Börde
The Jülich-Zülpich Börde (Jülich-Zülpicher Börde) is a landscape in the Rhineland in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the northern edge of the Eifel. Eifel and Jülich-Zülpich Börde are regions of North Rhine-Westphalia.
See Eifel and Jülich-Zülpich Börde
Johann Friedrich Schannat
Johann Friedrich Schannat (23 July 1683 – 6 March 1739) was a German historian.
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Joke
A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be interpreted literally.
See Eifel and Joke
Jurassic
The Jurassic is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya.
Kaisersesch
Kaisersesch is a town in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Kall, North Rhine-Westphalia
Kall is a municipality in the district of Euskirchen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
See Eifel and Kall, North Rhine-Westphalia
Kalvarienberg
The Kalvarienberg is a Deutsche Grundkarte 1:5,000 calvary hill in the nature reserve of Lampertstal near Alendorf, a village in the municipality of Blankenheim in the county of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Karl Joseph Simrock
Karl Joseph Simrock (28 August 1802 – 18 July 1876) was a German poet and writer.
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Kasselburg
The Kasselburg is a ruined hill castle on a 490-metre-high basalt massif in Pelm near Gerolstein in the county of Vulkaneifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Königsfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate
Königsfeld is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
See Eifel and Königsfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate
Kühlbach
Kühlbach is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Kellerberg (Meulenwald)
The Kellerberg is a hill,, and the highest point of the Eifel part of the Meulenwald and of the collective municipality of Wittlich-Land.
See Eifel and Kellerberg (Meulenwald)
Kempenich
Kempenich is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Kermeter
The Kermeter is an upland region, up to, which is part of the Rureifel within the North Eifel in the districts of Aachen, Düren and Euskirchen in the southwestern part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
Koblenz
Koblenz is a German city on the banks of the Rhine (Middle Rhine) and the Moselle, a multinational tributary. Eifel and Koblenz are Rhineland.
Kolverath
Kolverath is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Kondelwald
The Kondelwald, also known as the Kondel, is a forest, about 2,500 hectares in area and up to, that forms part of the Moselle Eifel. Eifel and Kondelwald are landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Kop Nück
Kop Nück, also called Am Kopnück, is a small settlement, which belongs to the town of Bad Münstereifel in the district of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Kopnück
The Kopnück is a hill,, in the northern Ahr Hills, a region within the Eifel Mountains in Germany.
Kottenheim
Kottenheim is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Kuppe
A Kuppe is the term used in German-speaking central Europe for a mountain or hill with a rounded summit that has no rock formation, such as a tor, on it.
See Eifel and Kuppe
Kuttenbach
The Kuttenbach is a 5.3 kilometre-long, orographically left-hand tributary of the Urft in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the municipality of Kall.
Kyll
The Kyll, noted by the Roman poet Ausonius as Celbis, is a river in western Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate), left tributary of the Moselle.
See Eifel and Kyll
Kyllburg
Kyllburg is a town in the Waldeifel region in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
La Tène culture
The La Tène culture was a European Iron Age culture.
Laacher See
Laacher See, also known as Lake Laach or Laach Lake, is a volcanic caldera lake with a diameter of in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, about northwest of Koblenz, south of Bonn, and west of Andernach.
Lake Bütgenbach
Lake Bütgenbach (Bütgenbacher See; Lac de Butgenbach) is an artificial lake created by the damming of the Warche river in 1932.
Lake Eupen
Lake Eupen is an artificial lake near Eupen in East Belgium, not far from High Fens.
Lake Robertville
Lake Robertville is an artificial lake located in Wallonia near the city of Malmedy in Belgium.
See Eifel and Lake Robertville
Land consolidation
Land consolidation is a planned readjustment and rearrangement of fragmented land parcels and their ownership.
See Eifel and Land consolidation
Land development
Land development is the alteration of landscape in any number of ways such as.
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Landskrone (Ahr)
The Landskrone in the borough of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is a hill,, in the Middle Rhine area.
See Eifel and Landskrone (Ahr)
Last Glacial Period
The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known as the Last glacial cycle, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the beginning of the Holocene, years ago, and thus corresponds to most of the timespan of the Late Pleistocene.
See Eifel and Last Glacial Period
Laurasia
Laurasia was the more northern of two large landmasses that formed part of the Pangaea supercontinent from around (Mya), the other being Gondwana.
Löwenburg and Philippsburg
On a hill spur above the Eifel village of Monreal in Germany's Elzbach valley, at a height of, stand two neighbouring ruined hill castles: the Löwenburg, also called Monreal Castle (Burg Monreal), and the Philippsburg.
See Eifel and Löwenburg and Philippsburg
Lead
Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.
See Eifel and Lead
Legend
A legend is a genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived to have taken place in human history.
See Eifel and Legend
Leidenborn
Leidenborn is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Liège
Liège (Lîdje; Luik; Lüttich) is a city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.
See Eifel and Liège
Lieser (river)
The Lieser is a small river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a left tributary of the Moselle.
Lime (material)
Lime is an inorganic material composed primarily of calcium oxides and hydroxides.
Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
Lissingen Castle
Lissingen Castle (Burg Lissingen) is a well-preserved former moated castle dating to the 13th century.
See Eifel and Lissingen Castle
List of mountains and hills of the Eifel
This List of mountains and hills in the Eifel contains a selection of mountains (2000 feet or higher) and hills (below 2000 feet) in the low mountain range of the Eifel which lies mainly in Germany but also crosses into Belgium.
See Eifel and List of mountains and hills of the Eifel
Little Kyll
The Little Kyll Kleine Kyll, pronounced: "kill") is a orographically right-hand tributary of the Lieser.
Losheim am See
Losheim am See is a municipality in the district Merzig-Wadern, in Saarland, Germany.
Lower Rhine Bay
The Lower Rhine Bay (Niederrheinische Bucht), sometimes called the Lower Rhine Bight, is a lowland plain in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia that cuts into the Rhenish Massif. Eifel and Lower Rhine Bay are regions of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Lumber
Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards.
See Eifel and Lumber
Luxembourg
Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg; Luxemburg; Luxembourg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a small landlocked country in Western Europe.
Luxembourg City
Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg; Luxembourg; Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City (Stad Lëtzebuerg or d'Stad; Ville de Luxembourg; Stadt Luxemburg or Luxemburg-Stadt), is the capital city of Luxembourg and the country's most populous commune.
Maar
A maar is a broad, low-relief volcanic crater caused by a phreatomagmatic eruption (an explosion which occurs when groundwater comes into contact with hot lava or magma).
See Eifel and Maar
Maastricht
Maastricht (Mestreech; Maestricht; Mastrique) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.
Magma
Magma is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed.
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Magma chamber
A magma chamber is a large pool of liquid rock beneath the surface of the Earth.
Maifeld
The Maifeld is a landscape (a natural region sub-unit) of the Middle Rhine Basin on its western perimeter with the Eifel mountains, southwest of the city of Koblenz. Eifel and Maifeld are regions of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Malmedy
Malmedy (Malmedy, historically also label; Måmdiy) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2018, Malmedy had a total population of 12,654. The total area is 99.96 km2 which gives a population density of 127 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following districts: Bellevaux-Ligneuville, Bévercé (including the hamlets of Baugnez and Xhoffraix), and Malmedy.
Manderscheid, Bernkastel-Wittlich
Manderscheid (in Eifel dialect: Maanischd) is a town in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and also both a climatic spa and a Kneipp spa.
See Eifel and Manderscheid, Bernkastel-Wittlich
Mantle (geology)
A mantle is a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.
See Eifel and Mantle (geology)
Matronae Aufaniae
The Matronae Aufaniae (or Matres Aufaniae or Deae Aufaniae) are Germanic Matronae attested on Roman era altars.
See Eifel and Matronae Aufaniae
Mayen
Mayen is a town in the Mayen-Koblenz District of the Rhineland-Palatinate Federal State of Germany, in the eastern part of the Volcanic Eifel Region.
See Eifel and Mayen
Müllenbach
Müllenbach is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Münstereifel Forest
Münstereifel Forest (Münstereifeler Wald) is a densely wooded region in the northern part of the Eifel mountains in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
See Eifel and Münstereifel Forest
Münstermaifeld
Münstermaifeld is a town in the district Mayen-Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mechernich
Mechernich (Meischernisch) is a town in the district of Euskirchen in the south of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Meerfelder Maar
The Meerfelder Maar is a maar by the village of Meerfeld not far from the town of Manderscheid in the Eifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Mendig
Mendig is a small town in the district Mayen-Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
See Eifel and Mendig
Meulenwald
The Meulenwald, also called the Mühlenwald, is a bunter sandstone hill ridge, up to, in the southern part of the Eifel mountains in the counties of Trier-Saarburg and Bernkastel-Wittlich in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Eifel and Meulenwald are landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Meuse
The Meuse (Moûze) or Maas (Maos or Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.
See Eifel and Meuse
Michael Imhof Verlag
Michael Imhof Verlag is a German publishing company in Petersberg, Hesse.
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Michelsberg (Eifel)
The Michelsberg, at, is the highest point in the borough of Bad Münstereifel in the county of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
See Eifel and Michelsberg (Eifel)
Middle Rhine
Middle Rhine (Mittelrhein,; kilometres 529 to 660 of the Rhine) is the section of the Rhine between Bingen and Bonn in Germany. Eifel and Middle Rhine are Rhineland.
Mindset
A mindset is an established set of attitudes of a person or group concerning culture, values, philosophy, frame of mind, outlook, and disposition.
Mineral spring
Mineral springs are naturally occurring springs that produce hard water, water that contains dissolved minerals.
Mining law
Mining law is the branch of law relating to the legal requirements affecting minerals and mining.
Mississippian (geology)
The Mississippian (also known as Lower Carboniferous or Early Carboniferous) is a subperiod in the geologic timescale or a subsystem of the geologic record.
See Eifel and Mississippian (geology)
Monschau
Monschau (Montjoie,; Mondjoye) is a small resort town in the Eifel region of western Germany, located in the Aachen district of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Monschau Castle
Monschau Castle (Burg Monschau) is a castle in the eponymous town of Monschau in the southern part of the Region of Aachen in Germany.
Monzeler Hüttenkopf
The Monzeler Hüttenkopf, also just Hüttenkopf, at, is the second highest point of the Moselle Hills.
See Eifel and Monzeler Hüttenkopf
Moselle
The Moselle (Mosel; Musel) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany.
Moselle Eifel
The Moselle Eifel (Moseleifel) forms the southeastern strip of the East Eifel to the left of the Moselle from the city of Trier downstream as far as Moselkern; in the southeast it does not reach as far as the Moselle Valley. Eifel and Moselle Eifel are landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Moselle Hills
The Moselle Hills (Moselberge) form a ridge, up to, on the left bank of the river Moselle between Reil and Schweich in the Rhineland-Palatinate counties of Bernkastel-Wittlich and Trier-Saarburg. Eifel and Moselle Hills are landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Moselle Valley
The Moselle Valley (vallée de la Moselle,; Moseltal) is a region in north-eastern France, south-western Germany, and eastern Luxembourg, centred on the river valley formed by the river Moselle. Eifel and Moselle Valley are regions of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground.
National park
A national park is a nature park designated for conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance.
Natural regions of Germany
This division of Germany into major natural regions takes account primarily of geomorphological, geological, hydrological, and pedological criteria in order to divide the country into large, physical units with a common geographical basis.
See Eifel and Natural regions of Germany
Naturalism (literature)
Naturalism is a literary movement beginning in the late nineteenth century, similar to literary realism in its rejection of Romanticism, but distinct in its embrace of determinism, detachment, scientific objectivism, and social commentary.
See Eifel and Naturalism (literature)
Nature park
A nature park, or sometimes natural park, is a designation for a protected natural area by means of long-term land planning, sustainable resource management and limitation of agricultural and real estate developments.
Nature reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
Nürburg Castle
The Nürburg is a ruined hilltop castle in the German Eifel Mountains near the village of Nürburg south of Adenau in the district of Ahrweiler in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Nürburgring
The Nürburgring is a 150,000-person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Neanderthal
Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis or H. sapiens neanderthalensis) are an extinct group of archaic humans (generally regarded as a distinct species, though some regard it as a subspecies of Homo sapiens) who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 years ago.
Neidenbach
Neidenbach is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Nerother Kopf
The Nerother Kopf is the conical hill of an extinct volcano (a cinder cone) near Neroth in the Eifel mountains.
Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
Nette (Middle Rhine)
The Nette is a small river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a left tributary of the Rhine.
See Eifel and Nette (Middle Rhine)
Neuerburg
Neuerburg (Neierbuerg) is a city in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Nideggen
Nideggen is a town in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Nideggen Castle
The ruins of Nideggen Castle (Burg Nideggen) are a symbol of the town of Nideggen in Germany and are owned by the county of Düren.
Nims (river)
The Nims is a, lefthand arm of the River Prüm in the South Eifel region of the Eifel Mountains.
Norbert Scheuer
Norbert Scheuer (born December 16, 1951, in Prüm, Westeifel, Rheinland-Palatinate) is a German author.
Normalnull
Normalnull ("standard zero") or Normal-Null (short N. N. or NN) is an outdated official vertical datum used in Germany.
North Eifel
The North Eifel (Nordeifel), the northern part of the Eifel, a low mountain range in Germany and East Belgium, comprises the following six sub-regions. Eifel and north Eifel are regions of North Rhine-Westphalia.
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a state (Land) in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state in Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of, it is the fourth-largest German state by size.
See Eifel and North Rhine-Westphalia
North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
Oberbettingen
Oberbettingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Observation tower
An observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision to conduct long distance observations.
See Eifel and Observation tower
Oceanic basin
In hydrology, an oceanic basin (or ocean basin) is anywhere on Earth that is covered by seawater.
Olef
The Olef is a river in Liège, Belgium and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
See Eifel and Olef
Olef Dam
The Olef Dam (Oleftalsperre) is located in the vicinity of the Eifel National Park near Hellenthal within the High Fens-Eifel Nature Park in the county of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Oligocene
The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.
Ordovician
The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era.
Osann-Monzel
Osann-Monzel is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – and a winegrowing centre in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Otto Follmann
Otto Follmann (10 December 1856 in Landscheid – 11 June 1926 in Koblenz, Germany) was a German geologist, paleontologist and educator.
Our (river)
The Our is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.
Ourthe
The Ourthe (Walloon: Aiwe d' Oûte) is a long river in the Ardennes in Wallonia (Belgium).
See Eifel and Ourthe
Pagus
In ancient Rome, the Latin word pagus (plural pagi) was an administrative term designating a rural subdivision of a tribal territory, which included individual farms, villages (vici), and strongholds (oppida) serving as refuges, as well as an early medieval geographical term.
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Paleolithic
The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic, also called the Old Stone Age, is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which represents almost the entire period of human prehistoric technology.
Pellenz
The Pellenz is a hill country in the northwestern part of the Middle Rhine Basin in Germany between Mayen in the southwest and Andernach in the northeast. Eifel and Pellenz are regions of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Peneplain
In geomorphology and geology, a peneplain is a low-relief plain formed by protracted erosion.
Perlenbach Valley
The Perlenbach Valley (Perlenbachtal or Perlbachtal) is the valley of the Perlenbach stream in the Eifel mountains in the countries of Belgium and Germany.
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Permian
The Permian is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya.
Pit prop
A pit prop or mine prop (British and American usage, respectively) is a length of lumber used to prop up the roofs of tunnels in coal mines.
Platißbach
The Platißbach is a roughly, southern and orographically right-hand tributary of the River Olef in the municipality of Hellenthal in Germany.
Pliocene
The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years ago.
Polch
Polch is a town in the district Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Prüm
Prüm is a town in the Westeifel (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany.
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Prüm (river)
The Prüm is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, left tributary of the Sauer.
Prüm Abbey
Prüm Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Prüm, now in the diocese of Trier (Germany), founded by the Frankish widow Bertrada the elder and her son Charibert, Count of Laon, in 721.
Prüm Syncline
The Prüm Syncline, Prüm Limestone Basin (Prümer Kalkmulde) or Prüm Basin (Prümer Mulde) is a landscape unit of the southern Limestone Eifel in Germany, which in turn is part of the Eifel mountain range. Eifel and Prüm Syncline are regions of Rhineland-Palatinate and Rhenish Massif.
Prümscheid
The Prümscheid is a mountain,, in the Eifel mountains in Germany.
Proclamation of the German Empire
The proclamation of the German Empire, also known as the Deutsche Reichsgründung, took place in January 1871 after the joint victory of the German states in the Franco-Prussian War.
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Prussia
Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.
Pulvermaar
The Pulvermaar is a water-filled maar that lies southeast of Daun in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Pumice
Pumice, called pumicite in its powdered or dust form, is a volcanic rock that consists of extremely vesicular rough-textured volcanic glass, which may or may not contain crystals.
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Quartzite
Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone.
Quaternary
The Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).
Raßberg
At the Raßberg is one of the highest mountains in the Eifel region on the German and Belgian border.
Rain shadow
A rain shadow is an area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from prevailing winds, known as its leeward side.
Ralingen
Ralingen is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Reichsmark
The Reichsmark (sign: ℛ︁ℳ︁; abbreviation: RM) was the currency of Germany from 1924 until the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945, and in the American, British and French occupied zones of Germany, until 20 June 1948.
Reifferscheid
Reifferscheid is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Reservoir
A reservoir is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Revenant
In folklore, a revenant is a spirit or animated corpse that is believed to have been revived from death to haunt the living.
Rhenish Massif
The Rhenish Massif, Rhine Massif or Rhenish Uplands (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge,: 'Rhenish Slate Uplands') is a geologic massif in western Germany, eastern Belgium, Luxembourg and northeastern France. Eifel and Rhenish Massif are Rhineland.
Rhine
--> The Rhine is one of the major European rivers.
See Eifel and Rhine
Rhineland Nature Park
Rheinland Nature Park (Naturpark Rheinland) is a nature park in North Rhine-Westphalia, situated between Bergheim, Kerpen, Erftstadt, Euskirchen, Königswinter, Bornheim, Bonn, Brühl, Hürth, Frechen and Pulheim. Eifel and Rhineland Nature Park are Rhineland.
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Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz; Rheinland-Pfalz; Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany.
See Eifel and Rhineland-Palatinate
Rockeskyller Kopf
The Rockeskyller Kopf near Rockeskyll in the county of Vulkaneifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is a hill,, in the Eifel mountains.
See Eifel and Rockeskyller Kopf
Roer
The Roer or Rur (Rur; Dutch and Roer,,; Rour) is a major river that flows through portions of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.
See Eifel and Roer
Roman aqueduct
The Romans constructed aqueducts throughout their Republic and later Empire, to bring water from outside sources into cities and towns.
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
Roman road from Trier to Cologne
The Roman road from Trier to Cologne is part of the Via Agrippa, a Roman era long distance road network, that began at Lyon.
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Roman roads
Roman roads (viae Romanae; singular: via Romana; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.
Romanticism
Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century.
Roofing slates
Roofing slates are roofing tiles made out of slate.
Royal Meteorological Institute
The Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (French: Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique or IRM; Dutch: Koninklijk Meteorologisch Instituut van België or KMI) is a Belgian federal institute engaged in scientific research in the field of meteorology.
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Rur Dam
The Rur Dam (Rurtalsperre Schwammenauel) is a 77.2 metre high dam located in the southwestern part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. Eifel and Rur Dam are Rhineland.
Rur Eifel
The Rur Eifel (Rureifel) lies in the district of Düren in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, and is a local recreation area from the regions of Cologne, Aachen, Düsseldorf, Krefeld, Mönchengladbach and Bonn. Eifel and Rur Eifel are regions of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Saga
Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia.
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Salm (Moselle)
The Salm is a river in western Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate), a left-bank tributary to the river Moselle.
Salm family
The House of Salm was an ancient Lotharingian noble family originating from Salmchâteau in the Ardennes (present-day Belgium) and ruling Salm.
Sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.
Sauer
The Sauer (German and Luxembourgish) or Sûre (French) is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.
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Scenic route
A scenic route, tourist road, tourist route, tourist drive, holiday route, theme route, or scenic byway is a specially designated road or waterway that travels through an area of natural or cultural beauty.
Schalkenmehrener Maar
The Schalkenmehrener Maar is a maar roughly 3 kilometres southeast of the town of Daun in the Eifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
See Eifel and Schalkenmehrener Maar
Scharteberg
The Scharteberg is a mountain, high, near Kirchweiler in the district of Vulkaneifel and is one of the highest peaks in the Eifel region of Germany.
Schönecken Castle
Schönecken Castle (Burg Schönecken) is a ruined hill castle at above the village of Schönecken in the Nims valley in the West Eifel mountains.
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Schöneseiffen
Schöneseiffen is a village southwest of Schleiden in the county of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Schleiden
Schleiden is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Schloss Eicks
Schloss Eicks is a mansion of Renaissance architecture located in the village of Eicks belonging to the town of Mechernich based in the district of Euskirchen in the south of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Schnee Eifel
The Schnee Eifel is a heavily wooded landscape in Germany's Central Uplands, up to, that forms part of the western Eifel in the area of the German-Belgian border. Eifel and Schnee Eifel are landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Schneifel
The Schneifel is a range of low mountains, up to, in the western part of the Eifel in Germany, near the Belgian border. Eifel and Schneifel are mountain ranges of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Schwarzer Mann
The Schwarzer Mann ("Black Man") is a mountain in the western part of the Eifel which is known as Schnee Eifel.
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels.
Siebengebirge
The italics(), occasionally Sieben Mountains or Seven Mountains, are a hill range of the German Central Uplands on the east bank of the Middle Rhine, southeast of Bonn.
Siegfried Line
The Siegfried Line, known in German as the Westwall (.
Signal de Botrange
Signal de Botrange is the highest point in Wallonia and in Belgium, located in the High Fens (Hautes Fagnes in French, Hohes Venn in German, Hoge Venen in Dutch), at.
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Silurian
The Silurian is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya.
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade, regional metamorphism.
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Smelting
Smelting is a process of applying heat and a chemical reducing agent to an ore to extract a desired base metal product.
Smithsonite
Smithsonite, also known as zinc spar, is the mineral form of zinc carbonate (ZnCO3).
Sonnenberg (Eifel)
The Sonnenberg, near Heimbach in the county of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, is a hill,, in the Rur Eifel, a northern part of the Eifel mountains in Germany.
See Eifel and Sonnenberg (Eifel)
South Eifel
The South Eifel (Südeifel) refers to that part of the Eifel mountain region around the Bitburg-Prüm district in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Eifel and South Eifel are landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Speicher, Germany
Speicher is a town in the county of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
See Eifel and Speicher, Germany
St. Vith
St.
Steling
The Steling is a mountain, on the High Fens plateau.
Stockert (hill)
The Stockert is a 435-metre-high hill which rises between Eschweiler and Holzheim in the district of Euskirchen in the borough of Bad Münstereifel, in the Eifel mountains of Germany, and west of the city of Bonn.
Stolberg (Rhineland)
Stolberg (Ripuarian: Stolbersch) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Stoneware
Stoneware is a broad term for pottery fired at a relatively high temperature.
Strategic railway
A strategic railway is a railway proposed or constructed primarily for military strategic purposes, as opposed to the usual purpose of a railway, which is the transport of civilian passengers or freight.
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Stromberg (Ripsdorf)
The fortification on the Stromberg near Ripsdorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia is a circular rampart site, which may have been a Celtic refuge fort.
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Subsidence
Subsidence is a general term for downward vertical movement of the Earth's surface, which can be caused by both natural processes and human activities.
Swist
The Swist is a stream, long, in the German Rhineland.
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Syllable
A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds, typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional initial and final margins (typically, consonants).
Tertiary
Tertiary is an obsolete term for the geologic period from 66 million to 2.6 million years ago.
Teufelsley (Rhineland-Palatinate)
The Teufelsley (c.f. ley) is a hill,, in the East Eifel, a region of the Eifel mountains in Germany.
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Thelenberg
Thelenberg is a hamlet in the municipality of Asbach in the district of Neuwied in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Theo Breuer
Theo Breuer (born 30 March 1956) is a German poet, essayist, editor, translator and publisher.
Thrust fault
A thrust fault is a break in the Earth's crust, across which older rocks are pushed above younger rocks.
Tobacco
Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus Nicotiana of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants.
Tourism
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel.
Trail riding
Trail riding is riding outdoors on trails, bridle paths, and forest roads, but not on roads regularly used by motorised traffic.
Triassic
The Triassic (sometimes symbolized 🝈) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.5 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.4 Mya.
Trier
Trier (Tréier), formerly and traditionally known in English as Trèves and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany. Eifel and Trier are Rhineland.
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Truncated upland
A truncated upland, truncated highland or bevelled upland (Rumpfgebirge) is the heavily eroded remains of a fold mountain range, often from an early period in earth history.
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Tuff
Tuff is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption.
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Ulmen
Ulmen is a town in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Ulmener Maar
The Ulmener Maar is a maar in the Eifel mountains of Germany in the immediate vicinity of the town of Ulmen in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Undead
The undead are beings in mythology, legend, or fiction that are deceased but behave as if alive.
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Urft (river)
The Urft is a right-hand tributary of the Rur in the county of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Urft Dam
The Urft Dam (Urfttalsperre) is a 58.50 metre high dam in the southwestern part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
Ursula Krechel
Ursula Krechel (born 4 December 1947) is a German writer.
Variscan orogeny
The Variscan or Hercynian orogeny was a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia) and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea.
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Veitskopf
The Veitskopf is a hill,, in the Eifel mountains of Germany.
Venn Foreland
The Venn Foreland (Vennvorland) is a region of the North Eifel on the northwestern edge of the High Fens and in its transition zone with the Jülich-Zülpich Börde.
Verbrannter Berg
The Verbrannter Berg ("Burnt Mountain") near Wolfgarten in the county of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia is a hill,, in the Kermeter, a ridge in the Eifel mountains, in the region of Rur Eifel; at the same time Verbrannter Berg is the name of a parcel of land.
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Vesdre
The Vesdre (French) or Weser (German) and Vesder (Dutch) is a river in Liège Province, eastern Belgium.
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Veybach
Veybach is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Vichtbach
Vichtbach is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Vinxtbach
The Vinxtbach is a stream of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Volcanic Eifel
The Volcanic Eifel or Vulkan Eifel (Vulkaneifel), also known as the East Eifel Volcanic Field (EEVF), is a region in the Eifel Mountains in Germany that is defined to a large extent by its volcanic geological history. Eifel and volcanic Eifel are landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Volcanic Eifel Nature Park
The Volcanic Eifel Nature Park (Naturpark Vulkaneifel) lies in the counties of Bernkastel-Wittlich, Cochem-Zell and Vulkaneifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
See Eifel and Volcanic Eifel Nature Park
Volcanism
Volcanism, vulcanism, volcanicity, or volcanic activity is the phenomenon where solids, liquids, gases, and their mixtures erupt to the surface of a solid-surface astronomical body such as a planet or a moon.
Voreifel
The Voreifel ("Fore-Eifel" or "Pre-Eifel") is the name of a settlement area in the southern part of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Eifel and Voreifel are regions of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Voreifel Railway
The Voreifel Railway (Voreifelbahn) is a partly double track, non-electrified main line in the Voreifel from Bonn to Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (KBS 475).
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Vulkanland Eifel Geopark
The Vulkanland Eifel Geopark (Geopark Vulkanland Eifel) is a German national geopark in the Volcanic Eifel region that was established on 19 April 2005.
See Eifel and Vulkanland Eifel Geopark
Waldeifel
The Waldeifel or Kyllburger Waldeifel is a landscape region of the South Eifel in Germany along the middle and lower Kyll valley and its immediate surrounding area.
Warche
The Warche is a river in eastern Belgium (province of Liège).
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Weißer Stein (Eifel)
The Weißer Stein (German for White Stone; in English also written as Weisser Stein) is located in the forest of, a hamlet of the Büllingen municipality in East Belgium.
See Eifel and Weißer Stein (Eifel)
Weinfelder Maar
The Weinfelder Maar, also called the Totenmaar, is a maar around two kilometres southeast of the town of Daun in the Eifel Mountains, in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Werewolf
In folklore, a werewolf, or occasionally lycanthrope (λυκάνθρωπος|lykánthrōpos|wolf-human|label.
West Eifel
The West Eifel (Westeifel) refers to that part of the Eifel mountains in Germany that is centred on the town of Prüm and reaches as far as the border with Belgium and Luxembourg. Eifel and West Eifel are areas of Belgium and landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Western Roman Empire
In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the western provinces of the Roman Empire, collectively, during any period in which they were administered separately from the eastern provinces by a separate, independent imperial court.
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Westerwald
The Westerwald (literally 'Western forest') is a low mountain range on the right bank of the river Rhine in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. Eifel and Westerwald are mountain ranges of North Rhine-Westphalia, mountain ranges of Rhineland-Palatinate, Rhenish Massif and Rhineland.
Wildbretshügel
The Wildbretshügel, at, is the third highest hill in the Kermeter, an upland region which is part of the Northern Eifel.
Wind direction
Wind direction is generally reported by the direction from which the wind originates.
Windsborn Crater Lake
Windsborn Crater Lake (Windsborn-Kratersee) is a water-filled volcanic crater in the Eifel mountains in Germany.
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Winterscheid
Winterscheid is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Witchcraft
Witchcraft, as most commonly understood in both historical and present-day communities, is the use of alleged supernatural powers of magic.
Wittlich
Wittlich (Moselle Franconian: Wittlech) is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany, the seat of the Bernkastel-Wittlich district.
Wittlich Depression
The Wittlich Depression (Wittlicher Senke or Wittlicher Rotliegend-Senke), less commonly, the Wittlich Basin, is the continuation of the Trier Valley in a northeasterly direction. Eifel and Wittlich Depression are landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate.
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Wolfgarten
Wolfgarten is a village in the north of the borough of Schleiden in the Eifel mountains in the county of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Wollersheim
Wollersheim is a village in the municipality of Nideggen in the district of Düren in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
2020 Eifel Grand Prix
The 2020 Eifel Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Aramco Großer Preis der Eifel 2020) was a one-off Formula One motor race held on 11 October 2020 at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany on the GP-Strecke layout.
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2020 Formula One World Championship
The 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship was the motor racing championship for Formula One cars which was the 71st running of the Formula One World Championship.
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2021 European floods
In July 2021, several European countries were affected by severe floods.
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See also
Areas of Belgium
- Ardennes
- Arelerland
- Belgian Eifel
- Belgian Lorraine
- Borinage
- Brussels Periphery
- Calestienne
- Campine
- Centre region, Hainaut
- Condroz
- Denderstreek
- Eifel
- Fagne (natural region)
- Fagne-Famenne
- Famenne
- Flemish Ardennes
- Flemish Diamond
- Gaume
- Hageland
- Hesbaye
- High Fens
- Islek
- Klein-Brabant
- Land of Eupen
- Les Moëres
- Meetjesland
- Pajottenland
- Pays Noir
- Pays de Herve
- Picardy Wallonia
- Sillon industriel
- Thiérache
- Veurne-Ambacht
- Waasland
- West Eifel
- Westhoek (region)
Cultural landscapes of North Rhine-Westphalia
Eifelian
- Eifel
- Eifelian
- Eifelian Stage
Landforms of Liège Province
- Ardennes
- Battle of Losheim Gap
- Calestienne
- Condroz
- Eifel
- Fagne-Famenne
- Famenne
- Grotte de Rosée
- Hesbaye
- High Fens
- Pays de Herve
- Stavelot Massif
Landforms of Wallonia
- Ardennes
- Calestienne
- Condroz
- Eifel
- Fagne (natural region)
- Fagne-Famenne
- Famenne
- Hesbaye
- Pays de Herve
Landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Éislek
- Ahr Hills
- Ahr Valley
- Alzey Hills
- Bienwald
- Dahner Felsenland
- Diemerstein Forest
- Eifel
- Ferschweiler Plateau
- Frankenweide
- Gräfenstein Land
- Haardt
- High Eifel
- Holzland (Palatinate)
- Hunsrück
- Idar Forest
- Islek
- Kaiserslautern Basin
- Karlstal
- Kondelwald
- Lützelsoon
- List of landscapes in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Lower Moselle
- Meulenwald
- Middle Rhine Basin
- Moselle Eifel
- Moselle Hills
- Naheland
- Osburger Hochwald
- Rheinwesterwald Volcanic Ridge
- Rhenish-Hessian Hills
- Saargau
- Schnee Eifel
- Soonwald
- South Eifel
- Upper Moselle
- Volcanic Eifel
- Weinstraße (region)
- West Eifel
- Westrich Plateau
- Wittlich Depression
Mountain ranges of Belgium
- Ardennes
- Eifel
Mountain ranges of Luxembourg
- Ardennes
- Eifel
Mountain ranges of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Ahr Hills
- Bergisches Land
- Brilon Plateau
- Ebbe Mountains
- Eifel
- Rothaar Mountains
- Süder Uplands
- Sauerland
- Westerwald
Mountain ranges of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Ahr Hills
- Bingen Forest
- Dollberge
- Eifel
- Hunsrück
- Idar Forest
- Palatinate Forest
- Schneifel
- Taunus
- Westerwald
Natural regions of Germany
- Alpine Foreland
- Aper Tief
- Central Saxon Hills
- Central Uplands
- Cologne Lowland
- East Hesse Depression
- Eider-Treene Depression
- Eifel
- Elbe Marshes
- Haller Plain
- Handbook of the Natural Region Divisions of Germany
- Harz
- Heide-Itzehoe Geest
- Hessian Central Uplands
- High Fichtel Mountains
- Hildesheim Börde
- Holstein Switzerland
- Iller-Lech Plateau
- Klues Forest
- Krempe Marsh
- Lüneburg Heath
- Lange Berge
- Limburg Basin
- Linteln Geest
- List of natural regions in Schleswig-Holstein
- Lower Bavarian Upland
- Magdeburg Börde
- Natural regions of Germany
- North German Plain
- Old Bavarian Donaumoos
- Saxon Loess Fields
- Schleswig Geest
- Schwalm (region)
- Senne (Germany)
- Steigerwald Nature Park
- Thuringian Basin
- Upland (mountain range)
- Wendland and Altmark
Regions of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Ahr Hills
- Arnsberg (region)
- Bergisches Land
- Cologne (region)
- Cologne Bonn Region
- Dümmer Geest Lowland
- Düsseldorf (region)
- Detmold (region)
- Eifel
- Hellweg Börde
- Jülich-Zülpich Börde
- Kernmünsterland
- Lübbecke Loessland
- Lower Rhine Bay
- Lower Rhine Plain
- Lower Rhine region
- Lower Saxon Hills
- Münster (region)
- Minden Land
- Mittelrhein (wine region)
- Nethegau
- North Eifel
- Oberwälder Land
- Ostwestfalen-Lippe
- Rahden-Diepenau Geest
- Ravensberg Basin
- Ravensberg Land
- Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region
- Rhineland
- Ruhr
- Rur Eifel
- Sauerland
- Siegerland
- Soest Börde
- Voreifel
- Weser Uplands
- Westphalia
Regions of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Ahr Hills
- Anterior Palatinate
- Dahner Felsenland
- Eifel
- Golden Mile (Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Hunsrück
- Idar Forest
- Kannenbäckerland
- Kroppach Switzerland
- Lahrer Herrlichkeit
- Landstuhl Marsh
- Leiningerland
- Lower Westerwald
- Maifeld
- Mainz Basin
- Moselle Valley
- Musikantenland
- Naheland
- Nassau (region)
- North Palatinate
- Palatinate (region)
- Palatinate Forest
- Pellenz
- Prüm Syncline
- Rhenish Hesse
- Rhine-Neckar
- Rhineland
- Siegerland
- South Palatinate
- Taunus
- Wasgau
- Westerwald (natural region)
Rhenish Massif
- Ardennes
- Bergisches Land
- Eifel
- Giessen nappe
- Gladenbach Uplands
- High Fens
- Hunsrück
- Kellerwald
- Keseberg (hill)
- Limburg Basin
- List of mountains and hills of the Rhenish Massif
- Lower Westerwald
- Middle Rhine Basin
- Prüm Syncline
- Rhenish Massif
- Sauerland
- Siegerland
- Taunus
- Westerwald
References
Also known as East Eifel, Eifel Mountains, Eiffiel mountains, Osteifel.
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