The Old Oak Tree The large old English oak tree on the Müllenberg has been considered a natural monument since 1940. Many years ago this oak tree was analysed and is estimated to be 330 years old. The special oak - pedunculate oak (Quercus robur, The old oak on the top of the "Müllenberg"), shows a very strong branch formation at a trunk height of 3.5 m.
Alfred Andersch lebte nach dem 2. Weltkrieg mehrere Jahre auf Burg Kerpen. Castle Kerpen was from 1911 to 1941 the home of the famous Eifel painter Fritz von Wille, whose grave is located above the castle. Alfred Andersch lived for several years afther the Second Worl War at the Kerpen Castle. The castle is currently privately owned and can only be visited from the outside.
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Ehem. Synagoge Wittlich
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The building of the former synagogue (1910) was restored from 1976 and converted into a cultural and conference centre. In 1985, the town of Wittlich opened an exhibition entitled "Images of German-Jewish History", which was to be the beginning of an intensive examination of the fate of Jewish fellow men.
The Eifel-Blick Leudersdorf offers hikers an extensive panorama. You can look directly over Leudersdorf, a district of Üxheim in the Hillesheim region, all the way to the Ahütte industrial estate in the Ahrbach valley.