Maar Museum
The Maar Museum in Manderscheid in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is a museum whose focus is natural variety and international significance for science and the region of the volcanic maars that characterise parts of the Eifel mountains.Photo: Joho345, Public domain.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Manderscheid, Germany
- Address: Wittlicher Straße 11, Manderscheid, 54531
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castles of Manderscheid and Oberburg.
Castles of Manderscheid
Photo: Túrelio, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Near the Eifel town of Manderscheid are the ruins of two castles, the castles of Manderschied, whose history and location reflect the mediaeval conflict of interest between the Electorate of Trier and the Duchy of Luxembourg. Castles of Manderscheid is situated 750 metres east of Maar Museum.
Oberburg
Castle
Photo: Peter Daub, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oberburg is a castle, which is situated 760 metres east of Maar Museum.
Eckfelder Maar
Archaeological site
Photo: Unukorno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Eckfelder Maar is a former volcanic lake, that was formed during the Middle Eocene around 44.3 million years ago and is thus the oldest known maar. Eckfelder Maar is situated 2½ km north of Maar Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pantenburg and Bettenfeld.
Pantenburg
Village
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pantenburg is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Bettenfeld
Village
Photo: Thomas Hummel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bettenfeld is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Bettenfeld is situated 3½ km west of Maar Museum.
Eckfeld
Village
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eckfeld is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Eckfeld is situated 3½ km northeast of Maar Museum.
Maar Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Manderscheid, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.09159° or 50° 5′ 30″ northLongitude
6.8076° or 6° 48′ 27″ eastOpen location code
9F283RR5+J2OpenStreetMap ID
way 128637700OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q1494978
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In Other Languages
“Maar Museum” goes by many names.
- German: “Maarmuseum”
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