Wolfgang Praegler & Gudrun Mirbach-Praegler
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The small historic town of Monschau in the Eifel region
The
Eifel
is
a
low
mountain
range
in
the
west
of
Germany,
with
the
volcanic
cone
“Hohe
Acht”
as
the
highest
elevation
of
about
750m.
The
biggest
part
of
the
Eifel
is
of
volcanic
origin.
Volcanism
began
about
50
million
years
ago
and
continues
to
this
day.
The
last
volcanic
eruption
happened
about
11,000
years
back.
Geologically
the
volcanism
is
still
active
with
fumaroles
of
carbon
dioxide,
and
eruptions
are
still
possible.
On
walking-tours
we
can
see
volcanic
cones,
craters,
lava
flows
and Maars (round volcanic craters caused by magmatic explosions).
Along
the
river
Moselle
we
can
see
one
of
the
famous
winegrowing
areas
of
Germany
with
vineyards
going
up
the
slopes.
This scenery we wanted to see from bird’s eye view.
