Eiffel

The Eiffel is an area of hills in Western Germany, in the south of Cologne, and in the south of the Cantons of the east of the Belgium. It occupies the south-west of the Rhineland-of-North-Westphalia and the North-West of the the Rhineland-Palatinat. It borders the Belgium and the Luxembourg.

Eiffel is bordered by the the Moselle in the south and the the Rhine in the east. In the North-West, it is prolonged by the plate of the High Fagnes ( Hohes Venn ), in the west by the Ardenne. Ardenne and Eiffel are areas géophysiquement and geologically distinct but geographically close.

During the geological period tertiary, Eiffel knew an intense volcanic activity. Number of the hills are Volcan S extinct. The lakes of the area are generally called craters of volcanic origin of the Maar S . The last eruptions took place approximately 10.000 years ago, therefore towards the end of the Quaternaire. It is thought that the volcanic activity of Eiffel was produced by the existence of a hot Point in the subjacent terrestrial coat. Geodetic measurements established that Eiffel is at present in uplift, and one estimates the average rate of this uplift at approximately 1 to 2 millimetres per annum.

Studies showed that the active volcanicity of Eiffel was not a continuous phenomenon in time, but that enters two phases of activity there was an inactive phase being able to last from ten to twenty thousand years; basing itself on this observation, certain geologists do not exclude the possibility of future eruptions, the last eruptions having taken place at one time little moved back in time.

Several ranges of hills can be distinguished within Eiffel:

  • the north of the area is called Ahrgebirge and extends to north from the river Ahr in the district from Ahrweiler.

  • In the south of this river is the Hohe Eiffel (literally “High Eiffel”), with the Hohe Acht (“High Eight”) culminating with 747 meters above the sea level and constituting more the high summit of Eiffel.
  • In the west, on the Belgian border , the area is known under the name of Schneifel (or Schnee-Eiffel , literally “snow-covered Eiffel”), culminating with 698 meters with the Schwarzer Mann (“Black Man”).
  • the southern part of Eiffel is less low. The solid mass is cut several rivers going down in the North-South direction towards the Moselle. Most important of these rivers is the Kyll, and the forest which borders it is the Kyllwald .
  • In the south of Eiffel is the Voreifel overhanging the Moselle.
  • the Nürburgring, one of the road racing sets most famous of the world, is in Eiffel. The northern part of the circuit ( Nordschleife ) is also known under the name of Green Enfer ( Grüne Hölle ) because of its long, difficult and dangerous crossing of the forest.

Since 2004,110 km ² of the area of Eiffel are protected and included in the National park of Eiffel.

An interesting archaeological curiosity of the area is the Aqueduc of Eiffel, one of longest the Aqueduc S of the Roman Empire, supplying Cologne out of water.

Cities of Eiffel

Rivers

External bonds

  • History: the District of Eiffel (in English)
  • Presentation of the area (partly in French)

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