Arloff is a village in the borough of Bad Münstereifel in the district of

Euskirchen Euskirchen (; Ripuarian: ''Öskerche'') is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the district Euskirchen. While Euskirchen resembles a modern shopping town, it also has a history dating back over 700 years, having been granted to ...

in the German state of

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

. Arloff Castle is a well preserved fortified building from the early Gothic period.

Location

Arloff lies in the Voreifel between

and the old town of Bad Münstereifel on the boundary between the

Zülpich Börde Zülpich ( ksh, Zöllech) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany between Aachen and Bonn. It belongs to the district of Euskirchen. History The town is commonly agreed to be the site with the Latin name of ''Tolbiacum'', famous for the ...

lowlands and the

Eifel The Eifel (; lb, Äifel, ) is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the southern area of the German-speaking Community of ...

mountains. The River Erft flows through the village. The Erft and the '' Landesstraße'' 194 are crossed by local roads that run along the edge of the Eifel. The urban area of Arloff and the village to the north, Kirspenich, merge here in the wide valley of the Erft.

Archeology

2018 Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, Dodekaeder & Ikosaeder

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

icosahedron In geometry, an icosahedron ( or ) is a polyhedron with 20 faces. The name comes and . The plural can be either "icosahedra" () or "icosahedrons". There are infinitely many non- similar shapes of icosahedra, some of them being more symmetrica ...

was found near Arloff. It was at first misclassified as a dodecahedron. It is on display in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum.

References

Literature /Sources

* ''Eifelführer 2006''. 39th edn. Rheinländischer Eifelverein, Düren, 2006, . * Gabriele Harzheim: ''Historische Wege in der Eifel, zu Fuß und per Rad''. J. P. Bachem Verlag, Cologne, 2004, . * Harald Herzog, Klaus Ring: ''„Mauern, Türme und Ruinen“. Ein Wanderführer zu Burgen und Schlössern im Kreis Euskirchen''. Published by the ''Verein der Geschichts- und Heimatfreunde des Kreises Euskirchen'', Rheinland Verlag, Cologne, 1990, . * Dirk Holtermann, Harald Herzog: ''Die Euskirchener Burgenrunde. Radeln zwischen Erft und Eifel''. Walter Rau Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2000, .

External links

Arloff at the homepage of Bad Münstereifel

{{Borough of Bad Münstereifel Euskirchen (district) Former municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia