The Verbrannter Berg ("Burnt Mountain") near
Wolfgarten
Wolfgarten is a village in the north of the borough of Schleiden in the Eifel mountains in the county of Euskirchen (district), Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The village has a population of about 195.
Location
Wolfgar ...
in the county 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 ...
is a hill, ,{{GeoQuelle, DE-NW, TIM in the
Kermeter
The Kermeter is an upland region, up to , which is part of the Rureifel within the North Eifel in the districts of Aachen, Düren and Euskirchen in the southwestern part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
The Kermeter ridge is c ...
, a ridge 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, in the region of
Rur Eifel The Rur Eifel (german: Rureifel) lies in the district of Düren in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, and is a local recreation area from the regions of Cologne, Aachen, Düsseldorf, Krefeld, Mönchengladbach and Bonn. Its name comes from t ...
; at the same time ''Verbrannter Berg'' is the name of a parcel of land.
Origin of the name
The origin of the name is not clear. One possible explanation is the former presence of numerous
charcoal pile
A charcoal pile or charcoal clamp is a carefully arranged pile of wood, covered by turf or other layer, inside which a fire is lit in order to produce charcoal. The pile is tended by a charcoal burner. It is similar to a charcoal kiln, but the lat ...
s on the Kermeter in the past.
Location
The ''Verbrannter Berg'' rises in the
Eifel National Park
The Eifel National Park (german: Nationalpark Eifel) is the 14th national park in Germany and the first in North Rhine-Westphalia. The park was founded in 2004, and is classified as a "national park in development".
Eifel National Park is par ...
on the Kermeter ridge above the valleys of the
Rur
The Rur or Roer (german: Rur ; Dutch and li, Roer, , ; french: Rour) is a major river that flows through portions of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. It is a right (eastern) tributary to the Meuse ( nl, links=no, Maas). About 90 perce ...
to the north and the
Urft
Kall is a municipality in the district of Euskirchen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Eifel hills, approximatively 20 km south-west of Euskirchen
Euskirchen (; Ripuarian: ''Öskerche'') is a town in N ...
to the south. Its summit lies about 260 metres south of the ''
Landesstraße
''Landesstraßen'' (singular: ''Landesstraße'') are roads in Germany and Austria that are, as a rule, the responsibility of the respective German or Austrian federal state. The term may therefore be translated as "state road". They are roads t ...
15'' or Kermeter High Road (''Kermeterhochstraße''), which runs from the
Rur Dam
The Rur Dam (german: Rurtalsperre Schwammenauel) is a 77.2 metre high dam located in the southwestern part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It was built in 1939 and impounds the River Rur to form the Rur Reservoir (''Rurstau ...
southeastwards over the ridge to the L 249; the latter then runs to the nearby
Schleiden
Schleiden is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the Eifel hills, in the district of Euskirchen, and has 12,998 inhabitants as of 30 June 2017. Schleiden is connected by a tourist railway to Kall, on the Eifel Railway between Col ...
village of
Wolfgarten
Wolfgarten is a village in the north of the borough of Schleiden in the Eifel mountains in the county of Euskirchen (district), Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The village has a population of about 195.
Location
Wolfgar ...
.
Flora
The area around of the ''Verbrannter Berg'' forms one of the largest contiguous forests in the state.
Map
National Park map, walking map no. 50 published by the
Eifel Club
The Eifel Club (german: Eifelverein) is one of the largest rambling clubs in Germany with a membership of 28.000. Its purpose is the "maintenance of local customs, the protection and care of monuments to which it is particularly committed".
The ...
, North Rhine-Westphalia State Survey Office, 1:25,000, 2008
References
Mountains and hills of the Eifel