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Windsborn Crater summit – Kleine Kyll River loop from Bettenfeld

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Bernkastel-Wittlich

Bettenfeld

Windsborn Crater summit – Kleine Kyll River loop from Bettenfeld

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Windsborn Crater summit – Kleine Kyll River loop from Bettenfeld

05:03

17.5km

430m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very 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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1.51 km

Windsborn Crater summit

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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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2.13 km

Aussichtsturm Mosenberg

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3.06 km

Mosenberg Volcano Experience Park

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You should take a little time for the volcano adventure park. There is a pavilion here with some information boards. But also a collection of different volcanic rocks that you can touch. The whole thing is located on the site of a former lava mining area. Very interesting!

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5.01 km

Wolfsschlucht (Vulkaneifel)

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A detour to the Wolfsschlucht takes you into another world. The moss-covered rocks, rare ferns and the sound of the stream have their own charm.

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6.07 km

Kleine Kyll River

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The Kleine Kyll stream valley is very beautiful, the Kleine Kyll mindfulness path leads through here, but also the Ville-Eifel-Weg and the VulkaMaar path and the Manderscheid GEO route,

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12.5 km

View of the Meerfelder Maar

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There are parking spaces in front of Meerfeld and also in the village. I recommend the panorama or high-altitude trail, which leads after a stretch through the forest over an open area to the Landesblick. On the way there you always have sensational views of the Vulkaneifel and the Meerfeld Maar.

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12.7 km

Landesblick Observation Tower (Meerfelder Maar)

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The ascent to the "crater rim" is tough, but the view makes up for it. From the observation tower, you have a great view over Meerfeld. You can clearly see that the maar and the town of Meerfeld lie in a crater.

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14.5 km

View of the Meerfelder Maar

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The Meerfelder Maar is the largest maar in the West Eifel. A visit is absolutely worthwhile. Those interested in botany and geology will be able to discover a lot

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17.0 km

View of the Eifel countryside in Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

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

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17.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.75 km

4.34 km

1.83 km

1.74 km

1.54 km

316 m

Surfaces

5.57 km

5.13 km

3.08 km

1.68 km

1.07 km

952 m

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Highest point (490 m)

Lowest point (290 m)

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Wednesday 15 July

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Comments

November 5, 2022,Runde Manderscheid, Meerfelder Maar, Aussichtsturm Landesblick, Café in Meerfeld (lecker), Vulkanerlebnispfad, Wolfssschlucht

A beautiful, varied hike. Lots of vertical meters, condition definitely required!
Take your bathing suit with you in summer and jump into the Meerfelder Maar 😃

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March 5, 2022,Frühmorgentliche Rundtour zum Landesblick, Windsborn Kratersee, Mosenberg, Wolfsschlucht und ins Tal der kleinen Kyll

Early in the morning we set off to watch the sunrise from the Landesblick above the Meerfelder Maar.

We parked at the Heidsmühle and followed the Kleine Kyll upstream. In order to get to Meerfeld, it was sometimes necessary to walk along the roadside, but this was not a problem. Arriving at Meerfelder Maar, the first steep climb up to …

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Windsborn Crater summit – Kleine Kyll River loop from Bettenfeld

Windsborn Crater summit

Mosenberg Volcano Experience Park

Wolfsschlucht (Vulkaneifel)

Kleine Kyll River

View of the Meerfelder Maar

Landesblick Observation Tower (Meerfelder Maar)

View of the Meerfelder Maar

View of the Eifel countryside in Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

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