Places to Visit in the Vulkaneifel

MEDIAN CLINICS DAUN - THOMMENER HÖHE The Thommener Höhe Clinic is located near the village of Darscheid, about 10 kilometres from the district town of Daun, in the heart of the Volcanic Eifel. Since 1974, mainly men and women addicted to alcohol and drugs have been treated there. Due to the extensive diagnostic, medical and psychotherapeutic services. Thanks to the extensive diagnostic, medical and psychotherapeutic services, individual rehabilitation planning and care can be ensured. Patients requiring dialysis with a dependency disorder can also be treated there.

Sonnenberg-Klinik The Sonnenberg Klinik GmbH Bad Bertrich is a clinic for holistic preventive and rehabilitation cures for mothers and fathers with children. The strength of the clinic is the holistic understanding within the team: doctors, nurses, therapists, child carers and all other staff regularly agree on common steps for the well-being of the patients. The idyllic location of the clinic - surrounded by beautiful nature - also contributes to the patients' recovery. Strong cooperation with the guests is emphasised in all therapeutic measures. Indications: Locomotor organs, inflammatory rheumatic diseases, psychosomatic diseases, metabolism. Text source: Brochure "Stay healthy, get healthy!", Spas and health resorts in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland (Publisher: Tourismus- und Heilbäderverband Rheinland-Pfalz e. V., Löhrstraße 103-105, 56068 Koblenz) Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

The three caves are located at Mühlenberg, north of Hohenfels-Essingen.

The spa town of Manderscheid is most famous for two medieval castle ruins that stand directly opposite each other on steep mountain spurs not far from the town's alleyways. The massive complexes are separated only by the little Lieser river and a meadow, which in summer becomes a perfect place for a breather while hiking the Eifelsteig trail or for a family picnic with children. On a weekend in August, however, the castles and the meadow are ideal settings for a spectacular festival with quaint crafts, jugglers, jousting tournaments and minstrel singing. In Advent, the Manderscheid Castle Christmas lends the town a special magic. The freely accessible upper castle with its five-storey keep still looks martial today. The lower castle can be explored on guided tours - even at night - or on your own; it only remains closed in bad weather.

The "Old Mill" is the oldest maintained building on the site of Himmerod.

Less of an excursion destination than a spectacular site is the Eckfelder Maar in a side valley of the Lieser about 2 km north of Manderscheid.

An exhibition that provides an insight into the economic and social importance of the former home weaving cooperative in Schalkenmehren. Home weaving products over an expanse of six decades, from farm linen to "Maartuch" are shown. Demonstrations and exhibition of weaving equipment and accessories can be seen.

In the candle manufactory in the middle of Manderscheid you will find your favorite candles, like the dancing angels or the lava candle from the handwork of the only master wax maker in the district of Trier. During a guided tour of the manufactory you will learn everything worth knowing about this craft.

The upper forts is the older of the two Manderscheider forts. It was always owned by the Trier until the dissolution of the Electoral State and its destruction by the French (1673). Today, the well-preserved ruin is owned by the town of Manderscheid and is freely accessible.

The late Gothic-Era construction, in the Lutzather district of Driesch, was built at the end of the 15th century as a pilgrimage church in honor of the Mater Dolorosa (the mother of pain).