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13-515: The municipality lies in the Vulkaneifel , a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth. Drees borders in the north on Döttingen , in the northeast on Herresbach , Baar and Mittelbaar , in the east on Niederbaar , in the southeast on Nitz , in the south on Kirsbach , in

26-475: A fountain with four streams argent, and argent a cross tau, hanging from each arm a bell, gules. The partition horizontally across the middle in the pattern of a crenellated wall ("Per fess embattled") refers to the time when Drees belonged to the Electorate of Cologne Amt of Nürburg. The fountain is, in a way, a canting charge , referring to the municipality's name, which comes from an old Celtic word for

39-628: A population of about 200,000. The following volcanoes belong to the Eifel, sorted by height in metres (m) above sea level ( Normalhöhennull , NHN) : Of particular note is the volcanic caldera known as Laacher See , the site of an eruption around 12,900 years ago that had an estimated VEI of 6. The tephras deposited by past eruptions of the Volcanic Eifel are lithological deposits that are radiometrically dateable via argon-argon dating of K-feldspar grains. These have in turn been utilised to ascertain

52-467: A rising magma plume . This activity does not imply an immediate eruptive danger, but might suggest an increase in volcanic and seismic activity in the region. 50°17′N 7°00′E  /  50.283°N 7.000°E  / 50.283; 7.000 South Eifel The South Eifel ( German : Südeifel ) refers to that part of the Eifel mountain region around the Bitburg-Prüm district in

65-462: A spring (although it hardly resembles the modern German word for this, Brunnen ). The "cross tau" – one without an upper arm – is Saint Anthony's Cross and thus a reference to the municipality's patron saint, whose attributes include this cross and a bell, two of which also appear in these arms. Among the local roads, Kreisstraße 93 leads northwards towards Döttingen and to Bundesstraße 258. It also leads westwards by way of Nitz, likewise to

78-559: Is divided into three natural regions: The centre of the Volcanic Eifel is the region around Daun and Manderscheid and the areas within the Mayen-Koblenz district . The landscape of the Volcanic Eifel is dominated by recent volcanism. Volcanic craters, thick pumice and basalt layers and maars create a diverse landscape that clearly witnesses to very recent events in geological terms. The entire Volcanic Eifel covers an area of about 2,000 km (770 sq mi) and as of 2007 has

91-847: Is still volcanically active today. One sign of this activity is the escaping gases in the Laacher See. The Volcanic Eifel stretches from the Rhine to the Wittlich Depression . It is bordered in the south and southwest by the South Eifel , in the west by Luxembourg and Belgian Ardennes and in the north by the North Eifel including the Hohes Venn . To the east the Rhine forms its geographical boundary, with no volcanicity immediately beyond it. The Volcanic Eifel

104-635: The East Eifel Volcanic Field ( EEVF ), is a region in the Eifel Mountains in Germany that is defined to a large extent by its volcanic geological history. Characteristic of this volcanic field are its typical explosion crater lakes or maars , and numerous other signs of volcanic activity such as volcanic tuffs , lava streams and volcanic craters like the Laacher See . The Volcanic Eifel

117-602: The Electorate of Cologne until 1794. The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Drees's mayor is Klaus Brachthäuser. The German blazon reads: Durch Zinnenschnitt geteilt von Blau und Silber. Oben ein silberner Brunnen mit geteiltem Wasserstrahl. Unten ein rotes Antoniuskreuz mit 2 Pilgerglöckchen. The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per fess embattled of seven, azure

130-557: The B ;258. Southwestwards runs Kreisstraße 92 to Welcherath and Landesstraße 94. North of the village, west of the road to Döttingen, is found an off-road track in a disused quarry run by the company Camp 4 Fun (even in German) where companies and private citizens can drive off-road vehicles over rough ground for training or leisure. Vulkan Eifel The Volcanic Eifel or Vulkan Eifel ( German : Vulkaneifel ), also known as

143-765: The German state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It is bordered to the south and southeast by the river Moselle , to the northwest by the Schnee Eifel and the northeast by the Volcanic Eifel . The cross-border German-Luxembourg Nature Park lies within the South Eifel. In the village of Bollendorf is the South Eifel Youth Hostel. 49°56′14″N 6°38′17″E  /  49.9372°N 6.6381°E  / 49.9372; 6.6381 This Bitburg-Prüm location article

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156-466: The ages of climatic changes such as transitions from glacial to interglacial states during the Pleistocene . There is thought that future eruptions may occur in the Eifel, as: In 2020, Professor Kreemer noted that Eifel was the only region within an area of Europe studied where ground motion happened at significantly higher levels than expected. It is possible that such movements originate from

169-488: The southwest on Welcherath , in the west on Nürburg and in the northwest on Meuspath . In 1222, Drees had its first documentary mention under the name Dreyse . The word comes from the Celtic term for "bubbling spring". This is akin to the old Germanic word Thrais , for "bubbles", "to bubble" or "to swirl". The namesake mineral spring , the result of volcanic activity in the area, no longer exists. The village belonged to

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