Hartborn Spring – Forest Path on the Vulkanpfad Trail loop from Kottenheim

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Rhineland-Palatinate

Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz

Kottenheim

Hartborn Spring – Forest Path on the Vulkanpfad Trail loop from Kottenheim

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Hartborn Spring – Forest Path on the Vulkanpfad Trail loop from Kottenheim

01:19

4.73km

90m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 23, 2026

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1.60 km

Historic Crane at Kotenbacher Wegfeld

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Kottenheimer Winfeld is the name of the quarry in the district of Kottenheim. The other quarry area is in the district of Ettringen.
From 1858 to 1970, basalt columns were …

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1.64 km

Basalt Cliffs at Kottenheimer Winfeld

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Interesting and enlightening section on mining basalt in the pit.

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2.62 km

former lava flow

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The streamlet flows over basaltic lava rocks formed from a 200 thousand year old lava flow.

With the eruption of the Bellerberg volcano 200,000 years ago, the outflowing basalt lava …

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2.80 km

Segbach Lava Flow

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🫨What is water today...was lava a long time ago🌋
Volcano remains from a period of more than 200,000 years & its lava flows.🌋

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2.97 km

Hartborn Spring

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Great & interesting photo location.
Calcium magnesium hydrogen carbonate
Water does not meet drinking water quality standards - NOT DRINKING WATER!

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3.55 km

Forest Path on the Vulkanpfad Trail

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🎨Enjoy great forest paths in wonderful peace and quiet🌲🌳.
A changing picture every season 🍃 🍂 🌿.
Great photo location on the dream volcano path🎨📷

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4.07 km

Junker Schilling Rock Relief in the Kottenheim Forest

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If you go along the forest path and come to the Junker Schilling Square you will initially see only the rocks. If you go around the rocks, you can see the picture of Junker Schilling ;-)

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4.73 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.76 km

1.35 km

448 m

188 m

Surfaces

2.72 km

880 m

599 m

475 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (350 m)

Lowest point (260 m)

Weather

Wednesday 14 October

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6°C

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Comments

January 8, 2023,Kottenheimer Winfeld – Vulkanpfad - Runde von Ettringen

Due to lack of time we couldn't walk the whole volcano path, but the part we saw was more than impressive..
was worth delving into the history of the planet.

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January 2, 2026,🏨 Kottenheimer Winfeld 🐾

On the Ettringer Vulkanpfad (Ettringen Volcano Trail, 6.7 km in total), past the Hartborn spring and the Junker-Schilling-Platz rest area, through the Kottenheimer Winfeld.

200,000 years ago, one of three lava flows from the Bellerberg volcanic complex erupted here. The high basalt walls were exposed millennia later during the quarrying of the rock. Today, the former quarry is a hiking …

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