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Windsborn Crater summit – View of the Crater Lake loop from Manderscheid

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Windsborn Crater summit – View of the Crater Lake loop from Manderscheid

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Windsborn Crater summit – View of the Crater Lake loop from Manderscheid

02:37

8.66km

290m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 15, 2026

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Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

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Bus stop

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402 m

Stepping Stones Across the Kleine Kyll

Highlight • Bridge

Great little hike, after crossing the river you can lie comfortably in a hammock

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3.79 km

Lava rock formations at the summit of Mosenberg

Highlight • Natural Monument

A beautiful place - you feel very proud when you are up there, although it is not that high 😀 The view of the crater lake is also very beautiful!

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3.82 km

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 lava hits water-bearing layers, the Windsborn is a stratovolcano that has built itself up as a mountain on top of the basement. Layers of lava alternate with slag and ash thrown out of the volcano. Such an outbreak usually lasts from days to a few weeks. Today you can look down from the summit cross to the lake, which is only around two meters shallow. The water used to be drained to extract peat. It's over. Today the lake is filled up by rainwater. The summit cross is ideal for a picnic. In this audio contribution, Prof. Achim Brauer from the Georesearch Center Potsdam explains how the crater lake was formed: soundcloud.com/zeitwissen/wie-entstand-der-windsborn.

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4.08 km

View of the Crater Lake

Highlight • Lake

It really couldn't be more beautiful👍
Definitely worth a trip!!!

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7.82 km

Heidsmühle Hotel & Restaurant

Highlight • Restaurant

Here I was with my parents for a Sunday trip 50 years ago. Many hiking trails, the Manderscheider castles nearby and a lot of volcanic Eifel all around.

You can rest well in the Heidsmühle - whether breakfast, coffee & cake or a complete meal. Here is something for everyone. I am always for trout.

Open every day - no day off.

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8.66 km

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Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.78 km

3.05 km

550 m

209 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.84 km

2.29 km

1.36 km

636 m

334 m

133 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (470 m)

Lowest point (300 m)

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Wednesday 8 July

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Windsborn Crater summit – View of the Crater Lake loop from Manderscheid

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Stepping Stones Across the Kleine Kyll

Lava rock formations at the summit of Mosenberg