The 6 Most Amazing Peaks around Duppach

In one of the – wonderfully told and far beyond the borders of Italy popular – short stories that Giovanni Guareschi (1908 to 1968) tells about the two protagonists he invented, “Don Camillo” and “Peppone”, the title is “AUTUMN”. Even though most of his stories have a humorous background, this time it is about a serious topic, namely the national remembrance of the fallen on the occasion of November 4th. The communist mayor Peppone expresses himself in the heated discussion with the priest as follows: » “The people are fed up with all these wars and victories. The people know very well what a war is and do not need speeches and appeals that glorify it.” Don Camillo shook his head. “You are on the wrong path, Peppone. Nobody wants to glorify war. It is only about paying homage and gratitude to all those who suffered in this war and lost their lives.” « (G. Guareschi)

Commemoration / thanks to / for safe return from World War II

"To the west of the Langer Stein (640m) and Seimersberg (662m) we move to the Prümer Kopf. The gradients have so far proven to be very moderate, as they are today. In the surrounding spruce forest we repeatedly discover up to two meter high anthills ( https://www.das-tierlexikon.de/ameise/) and these are often surprisingly close together. We also encounter an unusually large number of hard-working dung beetles; we often have to be very careful not to step on them. (https://www .biologie-schule.de/mistkaefer-steckbrief.php)" https://www.komoot.de/tour/778942841

"With an area of approx. 102 hectares, the area around the Gerolsteiner Dolomites has been a nature reserve since 1990. + occurring animal species: bat + occurring plant species: juniper, orchids, character plants calcareous grassland, grove rush-beech forest, woodruff-beech forest, orchid-limestone-beech forest Around 380 million years ago there was a warm, subtropical shallow sea here, in which mighty reefs of stromatopores - relatives of sponges - and corals formed. After the dolomitization, sinking and folding of the rocks, the Devonian deposits were lifted out again. Today's Gerolsteiner Dolomites were formed, which rise steeply above the Kylltal north of the center of Gerolstein. The rocks "Hustley", "Munterley", "Drohende Ley", "Große Kanzel" and "Auberg" characterize the cityscape from afar and form the landmark of Gerolstein. The most famous summit of the Gerolsteiner Dolomites is the "Munterley" - with a height of 482 meters - and offers a breathtaking view over Gerolstein, the Kylltal and far into the Vulkaneifel. Stone Age people, who settled here 30,000 years ago, obviously enjoyed this view, as evidenced by stone tools and bones found at the nearby Buchenloch Cave. Visiting the Gerolsteiner Dolomites can be perfectly combined with hiking the Felsenpfad - the northern part of the "Gerolsteiner Dolomiten Acht". The almost eight-kilometer round tour offers many magical places and geological traces." https://www.eifel.info/a-gerolsteiner-dolomites

A mighty, beautiful building in the middle of the Eifel, including the building of the adjoining grammar school.

The Basilica of St. Salvator stands in Prüm, a town in the West Eifel region. In 721, the Frankish noblewoman Bertrada founded a monastery on her estate on the Prüm River with monks from Echternach. A second foundation was established in 752 by King Pippin, who had married a granddaughter of the first founder, with monks from Meaux near Paris, who lived according to the Rule of St. Benedict. In 1222, the monastery became the center of an independent principality, which was annexed by the Elector of Trier in 1576. The Elector and Archbishop of Trier then served as the abbot's administrator. Reconstruction of the abbey buildings began in 1721. As part of the Napoleonic secularization, the abbey was finally dissolved in 1802. Prüm, which initially belonged to the original parish of Rommersheim, was under the pastoral care of the Marienstift (St. Mary's Collegiate Church) from the mid-15th century. The Marienstift had been founded in 1016 by Abbot Urold of Prüm. The collegiate church became the parish church. In 1802, the monastery church became the parish church, and the collegiate church was demolished in 1826.

The observation tower on the Dietzenley offers an impressive view of the landscape of the Vulkaneifel. About 2500 years ago there was a Celtic housing estate on the Dietzenley with pasture areas, which were protected against attacks by ramparts up to 9 m high and 4 m wide.

Soldiers returning from Berndorf built a large wooden cross as a thank you that Berndorf was not shot at when the Americans marched in and placed it on Jischbühl. The cross had already been struck twice by lightning, but it was repeatedly restored. The cross is visible from far and wide on the road to Hillesheim. A plaque on the cross bears the inscription: "This cross was inaugurated in 1948 as a thank you to those who took part in the war 1939-1945 for returning home from the Second World War.