Wingertsberg Cliff – View of the Mendig Quarry loop from Mendig

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Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz

Mendig

Wingertsberg Cliff – View of the Mendig Quarry loop from Mendig

Easy

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Wingertsberg Cliff – View of the Mendig Quarry loop from Mendig

01:16

4.75km

50m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 23, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Rhein-Ahr-Eifel

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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675 m

Hotel Hansa Mendig

Highlight • Rest Area

As a hotel guest, it is the ideal starting point for hikes to the nature reserve & National Geopark "Laacher See" and the Benedictine monastery complex of Maria Laach. Bus stop Mendig "Vulkanbad" directly at the hotel car park. Bus stop 810 and 395 (for more see mendighansahotel.de/bahn_bus.html ) with connection to Mendig/Niedermendig train station and to Mayen or via HSt. Maria Laach & Laacher See campsite via Niederzissen to Sinzig. In the summer months, the municipal open-air swimming pool "Vulkanbad", only 200 m away, is open.

"Wingertsbergwand" volcano park station not far away (approx. 1.6 km) adjacent to the Laacher See bird and nature reserve. Likewise, the German volcano museum Lava-Dome Mendig is only 700 m away, including the lava cellar in Brauerstrasse Mendig. Vulkan brewery & brewery/beer garden as well as the deepest beer cellars only 500 m away from Hotel HANSA.

Address: Hotel HANSA, Laacher-See-Str. 11, 56743 Mendig,
Telephone 02652 97080, web mendighansahotel.de
Offers: mendighansahotel.de/angebote.html

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990 m

Laacher Lay Monument and Rest Area

Highlight • Monument

1.06 km

Footpath to Maria Laach

Highlight • Trail

2.03 km

Krufter Ofen Quarry

Highlight • Structure

One of the countless quarries in the Volcanic Eiffel region where lava rock, basalt and tuff are mined.

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2.41 km