The Aremberg is, at , the highest mountain in the

Ahr Hills The Ahr HillsElkins, T.H. (1972). ''Germany'' (3rd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus, 1972. . (german: Ahrgebirge or ''Ahreifel'' ) are a range of low mountains and hills up to and long in the Eifel region of Germany, which lie roughly southwest of ...

(german: Ahrgebirge) or Ahr Eifel (''Ahreifel''). It lies in the district of Ahrweiler,

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Geographic location

This former

Tertiary Tertiary ( ) is a widely used but obsolete term for the geologic period from 66 million to 2.6 million years ago. The period began with the demise of the non-avian dinosaurs in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, at the start ...

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rises in the northwestern part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, around east of its border with

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

and belongs to the volcanic region of the

High Eifel The High Eifel (german: Hocheifel (Ost) or ''Hohe Eifel'') forms part of the Eifel Mountains in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The landscape here between Adenau, Mendig and Daun rises to a height of 747 m. The region is not to be ...

. On its southwestern slopes lies the village of

Aremberg Aremberg() is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe aft ...

and, at its southeastern foot, the village of

Antweiler Antweiler is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. References Populated places in Ahrweiler (district) {{Ahrweiler-geo-stub ...

. The

basalt Basalt (; ) is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon. More than 90 ...

cone is surrounded by the small nature reserve of

. A section of the middle reaches of the

River Ahr Ahr () is a river in Germany, a left tributary of the Rhine. Its source is at an elevation of approximately above sea level in Blankenheim in the Eifel, in the cellar of a timber-frame house near the castle of Blankenheim. After it crosses from ...

flows past the Aremberg to the east; to the north an Ahr tributary, the Eichenbach, flows around the mountain.

Aremberg Castle

On the summit are a few ruins belonging to Aremberg Castle, once a mighty fortress, below and north of the mountaintop runs a section of Roman road.

Nürburgring Nordschleife

A section of the Nürburgring- Nordschleife racing track, from which the Aremberg can be seen, is named after the mountain.

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