Hitsche Maar

The Hitsche Maar lies in the Mountains between and Ulmen. The maar has a diameter of 60 metres and a crater depth of 5 metres. Known as the "smallest maar in the Eifel", the Hitsche has silted up to form a sedge marsh.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Dürres Maar and Sangweiher.

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The is a maar located in the vicinity of the village of , in the West mountains about 400 metres northwest of the .

Nature reserve
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is a nature reserve.

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The lies in the Volcanic Eifel in the German state of almost halfway between and . The maar has an area of about 6.8 hectares, a diameter of 325 metres and a depth of 21 metres and lies within a nature reserve, almost completely surrounded by woods.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gillenfeld and Brockscheid.

Village
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is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the district in , . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Daun, whose seat is in the .

Village
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the district in , . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Daun, whose seat is in the .

Village
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the district in , .

Hitsche Maar

Latitude
50.1245° or 50° 7′ 28″ north
Longitude
6.8702° or 6° 52′ 13″ east
Open location code
9F284VFC+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 159080184
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wetland
Wiki­data ID
Q1300707
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