The Nerother Kopf is the
conical hill
A conical hill (also cone or conical mountain) is a landform with a distinctly conical shape. It is usually isolated or rises above other surrounding foothills, and is often of volcanic origin.
Conical hills or mountains occur in different sha ...
of an extinct
volcano (a
cinder cone
A cinder cone (or scoria cone) is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as volcanic clinkers, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent. The pyroclastic fragments are formed by explosive eruptions o ...
) near
Neroth
Neroth is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Gerolstein, whose ...
in 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. It is and situated in the county of
Vulkaneifel in the German state of
Rhineland-Palatinate.
Geographical location
The Nerother Kopf rises in the
Volcanic Eifel Nature Park on the eastern edge of the
Gerolstein
Gerolstein () is a town in the Vulkaneifel district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Gerolstein is a local municipality of the ''Verbandsgemeinde Gerolstein''. It has been approved as a '' Luftkurort'' (spa town).
History
As early as the Ston ...
Land. Its north top, or ''
kuppe'', lies around 1 km east-southeast of Neroth, 2.5 km west-southwest of
Neunkirchen, 3.5 km west of
Pützborn and 2 km (all
as the crow flies) north of
Oberstadtfeld
Oberstadtfeld is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Daun, whose ...
. About 450 metres from the north top is the lower south ''kuppe''. To the west the stream of
Kleine Kyll
The Little Kyll german: Kleine Kyll, pronounced: "kill") is a orographically right-hand tributary of the Lieser.
Geography
Course
The Little Kyll rises northeast of Neroth on the heights of the Neroth woods in the county of Vulkaneifel i ...
flows through Neroth.
Description and history
On the north top of the originally prominent double volcano are the ruins of a castle, the
Freudenkoppe - built 1337–1340 and now a protected monument - as well as the
Mühlstein Cave. The entrance to the cave, which is near the summit, lies at a height of 643.2 m. It was in the cave where the Nerother
Wandervogel, a youth club, was founded on New Year's Eve in 1919/1920. The
nature reserve of ''Nerother Kopf'' around the
beech
Beech (''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia, and North America. Recent classifications recognize 10 to 13 species in two distinct subgenera, ''Engleriana'' and ''Fagus''. The ''Engle ...
-covered north top is a popular walking and recreation area which is accessed by several paths including the
Eifelsteig
The Eifelsteig is a long-distance hiking trail in the Eifel, Germany. It leads in 15 stages of from the Aachen district Kornelimünster to Trier and is maintained by the Eifel Club.
File:Eifelsteig Kornelimünster.JPG, Kornelimünster mon ...
, which runs right over the summit. The south top, whose summit region is treeless, has been mined for many years for its
basalt. The snow-covered edge of the quarry can be seen in the above photograph on the horizon to the right of the summit.
See also
*
List of mountains and hills of the Eifel
*
List of volcanoes in Germany
References
External links
''Nerother Kopf'' at neroth.de
Mountains under 1000 metres
Cinder cones
Natural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate
Mountains and hills of the Eifel
Mountains and hills of Rhineland-Palatinate
Nature reserves in Rhineland-Palatinate
Vulkaneifel