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Whirlpools of the Kleine Kyll – Windsborn Crater summit loop from Manderscheid

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Whirlpools of the Kleine Kyll – Windsborn Crater summit loop from Manderscheid

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Whirlpools of the Kleine Kyll – Windsborn Crater summit loop from Manderscheid

07:37

26.0km

710m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 23, 2026

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Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

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Parking

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194 m

View of the Manderscheid Castles

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Beautiful castles! The lower castle is big and you can even visit it, but the upper castle is free to enter and you have a wonderful view of the lower castle!

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625 m

Viewpoint

3.02 km

Philosopheneck

Viewpoint

5.42 km

Whirlpools of the Kleine Kyll

Highlight • Natural Monument

A beautiful and very exciting way. It's definitely worth not taking the signposted shortcut back to the Heidsmühle, but rather climbing up the Wolfsschlucht - it's sure to be a lot of fun for little mountaineers too.

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5.74 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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7.69 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 …

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8.53 km

Reihenkrater Mosenberg und Horngraben

Nature Reserve

9.34 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 …

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11.4 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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14.6 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 …

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14.9 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 …

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26.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.4 km

5.77 km

1.52 km

1.11 km

936 m

291 m

Surfaces

7.22 km

5.91 km

5.23 km

3.82 km

2.82 km

1.02 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (490 m)

Lowest point (300 m)

Weather

Wednesday 1 July

26°C

13°C

42 %

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Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

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Comments

June 28, 2025,Vulkamaarpfad mit DAV Köln

Vulkamaar Trail, the most beautiful hike of 2021. The original route is 15 km, but our tour was extended to 28 km. We were with the German Alpine Club (DAV) Cologne. Despite a lot of forest trails, a cool breeze, and wind, it was quite strenuous, primarily due to the heat. However, we had a few cooling-off stops along the …

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May 4, 2024,VulkaMaar Pfad mit der DAV Tourengruppe

VulkaMaar path, Germany's most beautiful hiking trail 2021. A hike in the Eifel around Manderscheid.
The original tour has been extended to 28 km and around 900 m in altitude. 🦵🏼🐎🏹

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June 21, 2025,VulkaMaar-Pfad 21.6.25

A nice tour. The signage wasn't quite there anymore. It's a good thing I downloaded it offline, otherwise I would have covered miles today.

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April 5, 2025,VulkaMaar-Pfad

To the YouTube video:

--> from 18.07.2026

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April 15, 2025,Vulkaneifel-Pfad: VulkaMaar-Pfad

Hiking in the Healthy Land Volcanic Eifel:
komoot.com/de-de/collection/2445266/-wandern-im-gesundland-vulkaneifel

Germany's most beautiful hiking trail 2021:
On this two-day hiking tour, you'll experience firsthand the battle of the elements from which the Eifel region was formed.
Starting in the Manderscheid spa park, the trail descends along narrow, winding paths to the Wolfsschlucht Gorge with its Horngraben ditch, where the VulkaMaar Trail unfolds …

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November 23, 2024,Vulkaneifel-Pfad VulkaMaar-Pfad

The start of the "VulkaMaar-Pfad" hike was Manderscheid. I parked at the Kurhaus in Manderscheid (4 Euro day ticket).

It was a reunion with the Lieserpfad, which I walked in April 2022. The highlights of the hike were the narrow paths along the Lieser and the impressive Wolfsschlucht.

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October 24, 2022,Wandern in der Vulkaneifel: VulkaMaar-Pfad

Miss Outside guest author Franzi (komoot.de/user/1499761263207) was hiking in the Vulkaneifel last week! In the coming days we will present you their most beautiful tours here. 🤠🥾🌋

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It is not easy to summarize 27 kilometers in a few words when you could spend not only hours but even days on this route (and many hikers also divide the circular …

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July 10, 2024,Eifel: Manderscheid / Vulkaneifel-Pfad / Meerfeld / Manderscheid

The path leads along the narrow, rustic Lieser path into the Wolfsschlucht gorge with its real jungle character. It then continues to the Mosenberg volcano adventure park with a high lava cliff. Past the Windsborn crater lake, the only crater lake north of the Alps, it goes through the beautiful Eifel landscape to the Meerfelder Maar. A steep climb leads …

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Whirlpools of the Kleine Kyll – Windsborn Crater summit loop from Manderscheid

View of the Manderscheid Castles

Whirlpools of the Kleine Kyll

Wolfsschlucht (Vulkaneifel)

Mosenberg Volcano Experience Park

Windsborn Crater summit

View of the Eifel countryside in Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

View of the Meerfelder Maar

Landesblick Observation Tower (Meerfelder Maar)

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