Dronke Tower on the Mäuseberg – Gemündener Maar loop from Daun

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Dronke Tower on the Mäuseberg – Gemündener Maar loop from Daun

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Dronke Tower on the Mäuseberg – Gemündener Maar loop from Daun

02:05

6.97km

210m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 1, 2026

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Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

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Parking

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54 m

View of the Gemünden maar

Highlight • Lake

This maar is not only very beautiful and accessible via the MaareGlück-Rundweg, but there is also a forest café and a swimming pool here. You can swim in the maar and rent boats, and the sunbathing lawn is on the sunny side. However, you have to watch out for ticks. Those who want to can jump into the maar from a seven-and-a-half-meter high diving tower.

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1.70 km

View of Weinfelder Maar

Highlight • Viewpoint

The view is just beautiful and a side trip is guaranteed guaranteed.

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2.34 km

View of Totenmaar from the panoramic bench

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Nice to see this Weinfelder Maar again. One can really make beautiful walks in that area!

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3.73 km

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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4.26 km

Path along the Weinfelder Maar

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5.16 km

Dronke Tower on the Mäuseberg

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From the Dronketurm on the Mäuseberg you will definitely be rewarded with a direct view of the Gemündener Maar, which is worth a trip in every season. The platform on which the tower is located is ideal for enjoying the breathtaking view for a little longer and taking a breather in the wooden benches and loungers built for it.

The Adolf Dronke Tower on the 561 meter high Mäuseberg was erected in 1902 as a memorial to Dr. Adolf Dronke, who founded the Eifel Association in 1888. From this approximately 11 meter high observation tower, you have a wonderful panoramic view of the wide volcanic landscape of Eifel. Its viewing platform is exactly 166.5 meters above the Gemündener Maar.

If you walk a bit over the plateau, you have an impressive view of the Weinfelder Maar, which is also called Totenmaar, from the side opposite the Dronketurm.

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6.48 km

Gemündener Maar

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The smallest of the 3 maars is nestled nicely in the crater about 100m lower than the surrounding area. A beautiful circular path leads around the Maar, a transition to the other Maaren and a path up to the observation tower. Swimming in the outdoor pool and boating are possible here.

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Gemündener Maar

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The Gemünden Maar is the smallest of the three Daun Maars. These are three particularly well-known crater lakes in the Volcanic Eifel region around the town of Daun in Rhineland-Palatinate. They were formed by volcanic explosions approximately 10,000 years ago.

The Daun Maars are located in the Volcanic Eifel Nature Park, which covers an area of 970 square kilometers near the Moselle and Ormont on the Belgian border. Numerous hiking trails introduce you to the landscape with its maars and volcanoes. Detailed information about the nature park and its flora and fauna can be found here: nationale-naturlandschaften.de/gebiete/naturpark-vulkaneifel.

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6.97 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.36 km

3.26 km

264 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.65 km

3.11 km

196 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (550 m)

Lowest point (410 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

11°C

5°C

96 %

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Comments

April 6, 2024,Runde Gemündener und Weinfelder Maar

Relaxed route for hikers of all ages, as well as for geocachers. It's very varied, up and down. Have fun 🙋🏻‍♂️😁

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May 2, 2025,Vulkanmaare zwischen Gemünden und Mehren

a dreamlike hilly landscape for hiking, gravelling and mountain biking, many maars, intensely fragrant, bright yellow rapeseed fields

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June 11, 2026,🚶🏼‍♀️Weinfelder und Gemünder Maar – Blick auf das Schalkenmehrer Maar

I've wanted to see the Schalkenmehrer Maare in the Vulkaneifel for so long. Today was the day, and I got a closer look at two of them at least. The actual Schalkenmehrer Maar will have to wait a few more weeks, as time was limited today.
It's beautiful to hike there, the ascents and descents were tough, as the Maare …

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June 5, 2024,Wanderung mit Hund 🐶 - Dronketurm – Vulkaneifel - Gemündener Maar Runde von Gemünden

We start at the upper parking lot because it's free! The tour is great, but at the Mouse Tower you have to be a little careful to take the right path 😅

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April 23, 2022,Auto 🚗 bis Daun zum Wandererparkplatz - Wanderung 🚶🚶‍♀️ Weinfelder,- und Gemünder Maar 23.04.22 (96)

Yesterday after our weekend shopping, we made our way to Daun to the hiker's car park at the Maaren.
The aim was to explore the Maare and the surrounding area. After sighting the Weinfelder Maar, we circled the Gemünder Maar.
For the Schalkenmehrener Maar, the view of the Maar and Schalkenmehren was enough.

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September 25, 2022,Weinfelder und Gemündener Maar mit Mäuseberg

Unfortunately the weather is not so good anymore, it is raining, it is cold and windy. Nevertheless, drove to Daun to do a small hike at least on 2 of the 3 maars. The Weinfelder Maar with the small Martinskapelle
geopark-vulkaneifel.de/eifel/landschaft/burgen-und-schloesser/weinfelder-kapelle.html
and the Gemünden Maar. Here in the Eifel, maars are circular volcanic vents that have filled with water
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maar …

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