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Windsborn Crater summit – Meerfelder Maar loop from Meerfeld

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Windsborn Crater summit – Meerfelder Maar loop from Meerfeld

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Windsborn Crater summit – Meerfelder Maar loop from Meerfeld

03:49

13.0km

330m

Hiking

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: July 6, 2026

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Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

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Start point

Bus stop

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1.10 km

View of the Eifel countryside in Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

Highlight • Viewpoint

The view is really worth it. You can see wide fields and a very beautiful landscape.

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3.02 km

Windsborn Crater summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

One of the few volcanic crater lakes north of the Alps: the Windsborn crater lake, formed around 30,000 years ago. While maars are blasted into the earth as craters when lava hits water-bearing layers, the Windsborn is a stratovolcano that has built itself up as a mountain on top of the basement. Layers of lava alternate with slag and ash thrown out of the volcano. Such an outbreak usually lasts from days to a few weeks. Today you can look down from the summit cross to the lake, which is only around two meters shallow. The water used to be drained to extract peat. It's over. Today the lake is filled up by rainwater. The summit cross is ideal for a picnic. In this audio contribution, Prof. Achim Brauer from the Georesearch Center Potsdam explains how the crater lake was formed: soundcloud.com/zeitwissen/wie-entstand-der-windsborn.

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3.04 km

Lava rock formations at the summit of Mosenberg

Highlight • Natural Monument

A beautiful place - you feel very proud when you are up there, although it is not that high 😀 The view of the crater lake is also very beautiful!

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3.64 km

Mosenberg Lookout Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Moseberg is one of the most beautiful and striking volcanic mountains in the Eifel. At the top of the tower you have a beautiful view to the north to the Meerfelder Maar and to the east to Manderscheid, where the Maarmuseum is located. Immediately to the north is the water-filled Windsborn Crater.

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6.53 km

Heidsmühle Hotel & Restaurant

Highlight • Restaurant

Here I was with my parents for a Sunday trip 50 years ago. Many hiking trails, the Manderscheider castles nearby and a lot of volcanic Eifel all around.

You can rest well in the Heidsmühle - whether breakfast, coffee & cake or a complete meal. Here is something for everyone. I am always for trout.

Open every day - no day off.

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10.6 km

Big Bang Sculpture

Highlight • Monument

The Cosmos Cycle Path is a cycle path that opens up part of the Vulkaneifel on an almost slope-free route.

It connects the Eifel city of Daun with Meerfeld and the largest Eifelmaar, the Meerfelder Maar. In addition to the natural landscape of the region, it offers an insight into our solar system and the cosmos. He tries to convey a sense of the gigantic distances and periods of the surrounding universe. The path is divided into two areas. Between the Kurpark Daun and the Bleckhausener mill are models of the individual planets, scaled in size and distance to the sun. Here a covered meter corresponds to 500,000 km in reality. In the second section between the bridge at the Bleckhausener mill, which leads over the Kleine Kyll, and the Meerfelder Maar, the distance traveled does not correspond to distances, but time periods. Every meter equals three million years. The time from the Big Bang to today is demonstrated.

The family-friendly route is uniformly marked in both directions with the bike path logo. (Wiki)

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10.9 km

Meerfelder Maar

Highlight • Lake

Surrounded by the beautiful landscape of the Westeifel, you can enjoy pure nature at the Meerfelder Maar while cycling. To rest, the natural swimming pool on the lake offers, which is open all year around the clock. There is a beautiful lawn where you can relax comfortably.

Prices for the sunbathing area:
If there is not much to do, you can use the lawn for free. On days with more visitors, the use of the lawn for adults costs 2 euros and for children 1 euro.

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11.2 km

Meerfelder Maar

Highlight (Segment) • Lake

The Maarsee in the Meerfelder Maar is not circular but a semicircle, because the southern part of the Maars is not filled with water. Here lies the small village Meerfeld within the Maars. Especially towards the north, the maar is bounded by a steep slope more than 150 meters high. The trail directly on the northern shore below the slope is very beautiful and should be committed.

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13.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.72 km

3.53 km

1.81 km

909 m

748 m

272 m

Surfaces

4.51 km

2.78 km

2.13 km

1.68 km

1.28 km

620 m

Elevation

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Highest point (490 m)

Lowest point (300 m)

Weather

Friday 24 July

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Comments

December 30, 2024,Meerfelder Maar, Urknall, Mosenberg, Windsborner Kratersee, Heidsmühle und Kleine Kylltal

We only chose the return route via the country road at the exit of the Kleine Kylltal because it was already quite dark and no cars were allowed on the road back to Meerfeld due to a construction site. Otherwise, I recommend the return route via the hill. It's worth stopping at the Heidsmühle. Delicious cakes and hot chocolate with …

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Windsborn Crater summit – Meerfelder Maar loop from Meerfeld

View of the Eifel countryside in Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

Windsborn Crater summit

Lava rock formations at the summit of Mosenberg

Mosenberg Lookout Tower

Heidsmühle Hotel & Restaurant

Big Bang Sculpture

Meerfelder Maar

Meerfelder Maar

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