Mosbruch: Hiking at Mosbrucher Weiher

A clear starting point for a trip to Mosbruch is hiking around Mosbrucher Weiher. The forest and field paths in the surrounding area include easier routes as well as trails that require more stamina. The Kelberg History Trail also passes through Mosbruch. Its themed circular route offers a choice of hikes to suit different abilities, as well as a route with specified distance and elevation figures.

On foot around Mosbrucher Weiher

The trails around Mosbrucher Weiher vary in difficulty: as well as easier routes, there are trails that require a higher level of fitness. Before setting out, check local conditions to make sure the general description fits your own plans. If you would like to consider a hike with specific figures, you can compare it with the Kelberg History Trail. This themed circular route passes through Köttelbach, Sassen and Mosbruch, as well as by Hochkelberg and Mosbrucher Weiher. It is classified as moderate, is 10.4 kilometres long and has an estimated walking time of around three hours. The route profile also includes around 209 metres of ascent and descent. As the route details may be updated by the responsible route authority, it is advisable to check them again before your hike.

Mosbrucher Weiher is also Stop 17 on the German Volcano Route. This adds another perspective on Mosbruch: alongside the walking trails, the pond is also part of a named themed route.

The Vulkaneifel as a wider setting

The wider Vulkaneifel destination offers a broader view of the geological setting. So far, 77 maars have been identified there; 350 eruption centres have also been counted, around 270 of them from the more recent phase. Ulmener Maar marks the most recent volcanic eruption in the Vulkaneifel, which took place around 10,900 years ago.

The Vulkaneifel also offers hikes of various lengths. The Vulkaneifel Trails lead to scenic highlights on both sides of the Eifelsteig. They are marked and signposted, and include half-day hikes, day hikes and multi-day hikes. One specific point of comparison is the eleventh stage of the Eifelsteig, from Daun to Manderscheid: it is 23.4 kilometres long, making it more than twice as long as the 10.4-kilometre Kelberg History Trail. Another regional circular route, the Vulcano Trail, is 26.2 kilometres long and lies east of Schalkenmehren.

Museums in the wider destination

Visitors interested in geology as well as hiking will find a range of museum exhibits in the Vulkaneifel. The Eifel Volcano Museum in Daun displays three-dimensional landscape models of cinder cones, maars and mineral springs, as well as exhibits on West Eifel volcanism. The Vulkanhaus Strohn is an interactive museum featuring a lava fissure wall around 30,000 years old, approximately six metres long and four metres high. The Gerolstein Natural History Museum is considered the largest and oldest geo-museum in the Eifel and displays stone evidence of the region’s geological history across three floors.

Discover more destinations: Drees, Hörschhausen, Uersfeld, Gunderath, Lirstal, Borler, Mannebach, Reimerath.

View the wider travel overview: Kelberg.