The Schnee Eifel is a heavily wooded landscape in Germany's Central Uplands , up to 699.1 m above sea level (NHN) , that forms part of the western Eifel in the area of the German-Belgian border. The name may have been derived in the 19th century from the Schneifel chain of hills, which had nothing to do with snow ( Schnee ), but with the name for a forest swathe ( Schneise ).
15-789: The Schnee Eifel natural region is formed by the southern part of the Hohes Venn-Eifel Nature Park . To the north it is bounded by the river Kyll , the border with the North Eifel , that begins near Hallschlag and Kronenburg with the Zitter Forest ; To the east the Kyll forms the boundary river with the High Eifel . To the south the Schnee Eifel merges into the South Eifel to Pronsfeld in
30-674: Is a river in Belgium , Luxembourg and Germany . It is a left-hand tributary of the river Sauer/Sûre . Its total length is 78 kilometres (48 mi). The source of the Our is in the High Fens in southeastern Belgium, near Manderfeld . It flows southwards, more or less along the German-Belgian border, and after Ouren , along the German-Luxembourg border. The historic town of Vianden lies on
45-574: The North Eifel Nature Park ( Naturpark Nord Eifel ), is a cross-border nature park with elements in the German federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate as well as the Belgian province of Liège . It has a total area of 2,485 km (959 sq mi). The nature park lies between Langerwehe and Eupen in the north and Bad Münstereifel , Prüm and Sankt Vith in
60-576: The Prümer Land . Its highest elevation is found on the Schneifel ridge: the 697.3 metres (2,288 ft) high Schwarzer Mann ("Black Man"). The term Schneifel is frequently employed in publications to mean the whole Schnee Eifel region, but they are not synonymous. The Schneifel is actually the uninhabited central chain of hills in the Schnee-Eifel; whose coverage goes beyond the narrow definition of
75-615: The Belgian-German state border. The river continues alternating between Belgium and Germany. From the tripoint by the Europa Monument between Ouren (B), Sevenig (D) and Lieler (L) it runs almost entirely on the German-Luxembourg border until it reaches Wallendorf in Germany where it empties into the Sauer. It generally meanders from north to south. For the section where it runs along
90-725: The Eifel belongs to the Rhine Massif . The Schnee Eifel, and in particular, the Schneifel , its highest region, is a truncated upland , the stumps of once great mountains that were formed by Hercynian folding during the Devonian period of geological history. After a long period of severe erosion they were uplifted again in the Quaternary period. Scattered areas of old rock with smooth relief still exist, although at times they are hard to discern. Rougher highlands stand out from this base, especially in
105-412: The German-Luxembourg border the Our is a jointly managed condominium (the "Joint German-Luxembourg Sovereign Area"). Unilateral sovereignty only begins at the respective shore. In its upper reaches between Germany and Belgium, the state border lies, as is normal on the thalweg of the river. – Location of the confluences measured from the source of the Our – A comprehensive list that also includes
120-718: The Hohes Venn – Eifel Nature Park. The emblem of the nature park is the black grouse . In the middle of the nature park, largely around the former Belgian Army military training area at Vogelsang and the Rur Valley Dam , is the Eifel National Park founded in 2004 and expanded after the withdrawal of the Belgians on 1 January 2006. Our (river) The Our ( Luxembourgish: [ˈuːɐ̯] ; French: [uʁ] , German: [ˈuːɐ̯] )
135-603: The Our. The Our empties into the Sauer in Wallendorf . The river rises in the eastern Ardennes and western Eifel on Belgian soil. Its source near the village of Losheimergraben lies northeast of the Eichelsberg mountain (653 m) at 643 m near the B 265 . Just a few hundred metres away is the source of the River Kyll . The Our initially follows the B 265, which is also
150-652: The Schneifel and includes the southern source region of the Kyll and its upper reaches as well as the adjoining Prüm Forest southeast of the main crest. The largest town in the Schnee Eifel is Prüm which lies on the river of the same name. Its well-known ski areas are the Schwarze Mann and the Wolfsschlucht . They lie about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Prüm respectively. Much of
165-735: The Steinberg (654 m). Due to its remote location the Schnee-Eifel is undeveloped, where rare plants and animals may be found, including the wildcat and, for several years now, the Eurasian lynx . The hamlet of Winterspelt is the setting for the novel of the same name by Alfred Andersch , which takes place in the final months of the Second World War . Hohes Venn-Eifel Nature Park The German - Belgian High Fens – Eifel Nature Park ( German : Naturpark Hohes Venn – Eifel ), often called
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#1732851852601180-626: The east and over the Rur Eifel to the Belgian border in the west. The Hohe Venn is geographically seen as a separate natural region within the whole Eifel area, but is nevertheless included in the nature park. In 1960, the president of the now-defunct administrative district of Aachen, Hubert Schmitt-Degenhardt, founded the North Eifel Nature Park. In 1971 it was merged with the Belgian Parc Naturel Hautes Fagnes to become
195-534: The north ( Prümer Land ) ], owing to the hardness of their rocks, like the quartzite ridge of the Schneifel. This long, sinewy ridge juts out above the less jagged, old plateau by around 100 metres and is clear evidence of the resistance of the local quartz rock to the forces of weathering. It is remarkable for its length of 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) against an average width of just 2 kilometres (1.2 mi). With little variation in height, it runs from Brandscheid as far as Ormont near Stadtkyll , where it ends at
210-487: The smaller tributaries is here . The border village of Vianden , one of the most important tourist resorts in Luxembourg, lies on the Our. The Our Valley Route is a circular route that runs through Belgium and North Luxembourg. Especially worth seeing is the section between Manderfeld (Belgium) and Lieler (Luxembourg), where the route follows the Our almost all the way. It runs inter alia past Reuland Castle (Ouren) and
225-731: The south and covers six regions: the Rur Eifel , the High Eifel , the Limestone Eifel , the Our valley, the Venn Foreland and the Hohes Venn , a raised bog and heath landscape, remnants of the last ice age 7,500 years ago. The geographical description North Eifel in its narrowest sense only covers the Eifel landscape between Zitter Forest in the south and Aachen in the north, Bad Münster Eifel to
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