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View of Kasselburg – Rockeskyller Kopf Lava Quarry loop from Rockeskyll

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View of Kasselburg – Rockeskyller Kopf Lava Quarry loop from Rockeskyll

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View of Kasselburg – Rockeskyller Kopf Lava Quarry loop from Rockeskyll

01:18

4.58km

100m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 15, 2026

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Natur- und Geopark Vulkaneifel

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748 m

View of Kasselburg

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What a panoramic view! Panorama! Amazing!

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1.62 km

View of the Rock Layers in Vulkaneifel Geopark

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1.78 km

View of the Rockeskyll Lava Quarry

Highlight • Viewpoint

The panoramic view into the lava pit shows textbook-like the anatomy of an Eifeler layer or ash and Schlackevulkans. The mountain nose consists in the lower part of ash and Lapillischichten, which are slightly offset by the disturbances and landslides against each other. Over this lower layer package store with a unconformity - as the geologist calls the discontinuity area between two differently incident layer packages - black and brown layers of a second eruption cycle. The unconformity marks the crater rim; at the disturbances whole layer packages slipped into the crater.

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1.79 km

Rockeskyller Kopf Lava Quarry

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In the heart of the volcanic Eifel is probably the most complete volcano in Germany, the Rockeskyller Kopf. No other volcano so openly shows its visitors all stages of its development, from the initial maar stage through a cinder cone to a lava-spewing fire mountain.

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2.12 km

Rockeskyller Kopf Basalt Quarry

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Towards the end of its eruption cycle, the explosiveness of the Rockeskyller head volcano erupted significantly. Liquid basaltic magma now penetrated to the earth's surface in the central production pit and solidified to solid, dense basalt. Until the sixties of the last century, the basalt was mined and in laborious handwork u.a. processed into paving stones.

Abandoned quarries are quickly repossessed by plants and animals. Birds of prey like to take the steep walls as breeding and nesting sites, as well as the clock. Here in the abandoned basalt quarry, the eagle owl has its breeding ground in the steep wall, on the pinnacle in front of it, he has his Kröpf- & Fressplatz. The eagle owl is on the red list of endangered species, but thrives in the Eifel quite well, just because he finds suitable quarries.

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2.34 km