Michelsberg

#663 among destinations in Germany

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Michelsberg, at 586.1 m above sea level, is the highest point in the borough of Bad Münstereifel in the county of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The hill, which rises near the village of Mahlberg belongs to that part of the Eifel mountains known as the Ahr Hills, and is the second highest point in the range. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°30'45"N, 6°49'27"E

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North Rhine-WestphaliaGermany

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Michelsberg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stockert Hill, Felsennest, Hürten Heimatmuseum, Pharmacy Museum.

6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Specialty museum
Stockert Hill, Bad Münstereifel
153 min walk • The Stockert is a 435-metre-high hill which rises between Eschweiler and Holzheim in the district of Euskirchen in the borough of Bad Münstereifel, in the Eifel mountains of Germany, and west of the city of Bonn.
3.4 miNW
Ruins
Felsennest, Bad Münstereifel
87 min walk • At the start of the Western European campaign of 1940, the Felsennest was the codename for one of Hitler's Führer Headquarters near Bad Münstereifel, Germany. It was much more cramped than Adolf Hitler's other field bunkers, having only four rooms.
4 miNW
50°33'21"N • 6°45'46"E
Hürten Heimatmuseum, Bad Münstereifel
103 min walk • Museum
3.9 miNW
Specialty museum, Museum
Pharmacy Museum, Bad Münstereifel
101 min walk • The pharmacy museum in Bad Münstereifel displays materials from the 19th and 20th centuries in a functioning pharmacy, for example, an officina, laboratory, materials chamber, herb cabinet, herb garden, etc. The shelves date back to 1806.
1.4 miSW
Mountain
Kopnück, Bad Münstereifel
37 min walk • The Kopnück is a hill, 514.4 m above sea level, in the northern Ahr Hills, a region within the Eifel Mountains in Germany. It rises near the village of Kop Nück in the borough of Bad Münstereifel in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
5.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Steinbachtalsperre
141 min walk • The Steinbachtal Dam is a dam in the city of Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia south of Euskirchen-Kirchheim.
5.8 miN
Forts and castles
Arloff Castle
147 min walk • Arloff Castle is on the river Erft in the village of Arloff, part of the borough of Bad Münstereifel in the county of Euskirchen, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
3.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hochthürmerberg
98 min walk • The Hochthürmerberg, is a hill, 499.9 m above sea level, in the Eifel region. It is situated in the county of Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia near the state border with Rhineland-Palatinate in Deutschland.
6.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Herkelstein
172 min walk • The Herkelstein is a hill, 434.5 m, in the northeastern part of the der Eifel, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It forms the highest point of the Eschweiler Ridge and lies in the North Eifel Nature Park.
4 miNW
Archaeological site
Alte Burg, Bad Münstereifel
102 min walk • The Alte Burg in Bad Münstereifel, Germany, is a circular rampart that is the remains of a fortification from the Carolingian period. The refuge castle acted as a place of retreat for the local population and as protection for the daughter monastery of Prüm Abbey.
2.7 miE
Museum
Radioteleskop Effelsberg, Bad Münstereifel
70 min walk • The Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope is a radio telescope in the Ahr Hills in Bad Münstereifel, Germany. For 29 years the Effelsberg Radio Telescope was the largest fully steerable radio telescope on Earth, surpassing the Lovell Telescope in the UK.

Michelsberg

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Michelsberg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)