Ulmener Maar, Ulmen

Name: Ulmener Maar
Address: Ulmen, Germany

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The Ulmener Maar is a maar in the Eifel mountains of Germany in the immediate vicinity of the town of Ulmen in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The lake is up to 37 metres deep and is surrounded by an embankment of tuff with an average height of 20 metres, which was formed from the erupted material of the former volcano. By the southern edge of the embankment are the ruins of a knight's castle, Ulmen Castle dating to the 11th century. ()

Alternative names: Length: 1673 ftWidth: 820 ftMaximum depth: 121 ftElevation: 1411 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 50°12'37"N, 6°58'58"E

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Ulmener Maar – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pulvermaar, Schalkenmehrener Maar, Ulmen Castle, Hochkelberg.

6 miSW
Natural attraction, Lake
Pulvermaar, Gillenfeld
154 min walk • The Pulvermaar is a water-filled maar that lies southeast of Daun in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Together with the Holzmaar it is one of the Gillenfeld maars.
6.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Schalkenmehren
158 min walk • The Schalkenmehrener Maar is a maar roughly 3 kilometres southeast of the town of Daun in the Eifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
~740 ftS
Forts and castles
Ulmen Castle, Ulmen
4 min walk • Ulmen Castle is a ruined castle complex in Ulmen, Germany. The upper castle was built on a slope above the Ulmener Maar, while the lower castle was adjacent but below it.
4.6 miN
Natural attraction, Mountain
Hochkelberg, Mosbrucher Weiher
117 min walk • At 674.9 metres the Hochkelberg is one of the ten highest mountains in the Vulkan Eifel in Germany. It is a former stratovolcano, at the southern foot of which lies the Mosbrucher Weiher, an explosion crater lake or maar.
3.1 miN
Locality
Gunderath
80 min walk • One of the main attractions in Gunderath is the nearby volcanic crater lakes, known as the "Eifel Maare". These stunning bodies of water were formed by volcanic activity thousands of years ago and now offer a unique and beautiful landscape for visitors to explore.
4.1 miW
Locality
Darscheid
105 min walk • Darscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Ulmener Maar, Ulmen

Facts and practical information

Ulmener Maar – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Pulvermaar, Gillenfeld

Schalkenmehrener Maar, Schalkenmehren

Ulmen Castle, Ulmen

Hochkelberg, Mosbrucher Weiher

Gunderath

Darscheid