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Demerather Drees – Celtic Sacrificial Stone loop from Demerath

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Demerather Drees – Celtic Sacrificial Stone loop from Demerath

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Demerather Drees – Celtic Sacrificial Stone loop from Demerath

02:50

10.0km

220m

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: May 15, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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312 m

The juniper nature reserve "Geisert" is approx. 20 minutes' walk southwest of the town center, on the southern slope of a flood valley to the Grundbach. The Celtic circular path leads along here.
The Wacholderheide has been a nature reserve (NSG) since March 19, 1962 and has been under intensive biotope care since 1991 by Gerd Ostermann, graduate agricultural engineer, from Birgel. The development goal is: "Preservation of a juniper heather on a silicate subsoil (here winged gorse grows as a Kennart) as a relic of historical land use forms."

The NSG juniper area near Demerath, together with the area "Geisert near Demerath", is the relic of an originally widespread landscape form in the Demerath and surrounding area. And because this is so important, trees and bushes were thinned out there and the resumption of sheep and goat grazing was promoted. This means that the juniper heather is kept open and the typical heather vegetation such as bristle grass and heather can recover and expand.

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2.74 km

Hiking map at FerienRegion Pulvermaar

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The information board indicates other hiking trails in the area.

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Demerather Drees

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nice resting place, unfortunately the source is just a trickle.

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4.56 km

Celtic Sacrificial Stone

Highlight • Historical Site

The so-called sacrificial stones - specially shaped or worked stones - were often associated, especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with a bloody sacrificial cult of the Teutons, for which there is no evidence. In archeology terms such as grooved or shell stone are known. Folklore reports on "superstitious practices" of the rural population.

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Vulcano Observation Tower Steineberger Ley

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The 28 meter high Vulcano information platform (wooden tower) on the Steineberger Ley offers a wonderful view over the volcanic landscape of the Eifel; when the weather is good, parts of the Hunsrück and Westerwald are visible.

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5.03 km

Steineberger Ley

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The information board provides information on where the individual points of the Celtic ring wall are.

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End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.94 km

966 m

597 m

511 m

Surfaces

7.41 km

1.16 km

474 m

420 m

316 m

243 m

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Highest point (550 m)

Lowest point (390 m)

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Wednesday 8 July

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Demerather Drees – Celtic Sacrificial Stone loop from Demerath

Church of Demerath

Chapel Above Demerath

Geisert Juniper Heath

Hiking map at FerienRegion Pulvermaar

Demerather Drees

Celtic Sacrificial Stone

Vulcano Observation Tower Steineberger Ley

Steineberger Ley

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