Discover Neichen on the Lieser Trail

The Neichener Drees, also known as the Schulldrees, is located on the western edge of Neichen: a publicly accessible mineral and carbonated spring. Seating invites you to take a short break, and there are views to enjoy. The water is classified as a calcium-magnesium-hydrogen carbonate spring; it did not meet the required drinking-water quality standards. Therefore, do not treat the spring water as drinking water.

From the Gerolstein exit on the A1, drive in the direction of Neichen. The Drees is at the western end of the village, on the Lieser Trail. Road conditions and signposting may change; check your route before setting out.

Neichen on the Lieser Trail

The first stage of the Lieser Trail runs from the source of the Lieser near Boxberg to Daun. It is 15.2 kilometres long, rated easy to very easy, and passes through Neichen. A Drees in the village offers a possible place to stop. The 74-kilometre Lieser Trail is a long-distance hike. Its features include volcanic terrain, deep valleys, ancient oaks and castles; these shape the character of the route.

Volcanic landscape in the wider Vulkaneifel destination

The wider Vulkaneifel destination opens up views of a larger volcanic landscape. To date, 77 maars have been identified there. In addition, 350 eruption centres have been counted, around 270 of them from the more recent phase. The Ulmen Maar marks the most recent volcanic eruption in the Vulkaneifel, which took place around 10,900 years ago. Other striking places also contribute to the landscape: the Windsborn crater lake near Bettenfeld is the only natural crater lake north of the Alps; the Gemünden Maar covers around seven hectares of water and is the smallest of the three famous “Eyes of the Eifel.”

Hiking options also offer a range of route formats: the 26.2-kilometre Vulcano Trail is a circular route east of Schalkenmehren. The Vulkaneifel Trails lead to scenic highlights on both sides of the Eifelsteig. They are marked and signposted, and include half-day hikes, day hikes and multi-day hikes. For comparison, the first stage of the Lieser Trail is 15.2 kilometres long, while the eleventh stage of the Eifelsteig, from Daun to Manderscheid, is longer at 23.4 kilometres.

Volcanism in museums and exhibitions

The Eifel Volcano Museum in Daun features three-dimensional landscape models of cinder cones, maars and mineral springs, as well as exhibits on volcanism in the Western Eifel. The Strohn Volcano House is an interactive museum; on display there is a lava fissure wall around 30,000 years old, about six metres long and four metres high. The Natural History Museum in Gerolstein is considered the Eifel’s largest and oldest geoscience museum and displays stone evidence from the region’s geological history across three floors.

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