chapel | Schutzengelkapelle Aremberg

The upper forts is the older of the two Manderscheider forts. It was always owned by the Trier until the dissolution of the Electoral State and its destruction by the French (1673). Today, the well-preserved ruin is owned by the town of Manderscheid and is freely accessible.

From the smallest mouse to bears and lions, you can go on a journey of discovery here. Experience a tour through nature as it once was or can still be found today. The Nature Learning Experience Museum displays over 1000 specimens on approx. 200 square meters.

This burial mound tells us about a family that lived almost 2,000 years ago in the area that is now the Osteifel Volcano Park. The people lived in a manor nearby and farmed successfully.

The 87 tombstones for 94 deceased face east, towards Jerusalem. Five tombstones were placed with their faces facing west. Two memorial stones for murdered family members also face westward. Samson Kahn's grave stele also has a memorial plaque. The Kahn couple's grave stele also had a memorial plate that fell out of the stone in the 1970s.

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