St. Antonius-Kapelle Kottenborn

On the 562 m high Schwarzenberg, hidden in the forest, there is a chapel dedicated to the Sorrowful Mother of God. The Schwarzenberg Chapel was built in 1719. The altar with the Pietà in the middle section is framed by the saints Aloysius (right) and Augustine.

A special geological highlight is the Windsborn crater lake which is part of the Mosenberg volcano group. It was wrongly referred to as Maar in the past but today it is clear that its origin was different.

It is neither a castle as we imagine it, nor does the building have anything to do with the Vikings: The meter-high rampart of fallen stones is the remains of a millennia-old fortification on the edge of the Ferschweiler plateau.

The special reason for building the Kaiserhalle in this form as a self-supporting domed hall was the need for the builder Wilhelm Bell to provide evidence that local building materials such as lime, lava sand and trass can also be used for extreme loads. At a time before the turn of the century, when cement had started its triumphal march and the mining of the tram in the Brohl valley continued to decline, such proof seemed necessary.

Maria Laach is one of the most famous sights in the Laacher See Volcano Park. The abbey church is the most famous building in the Eifel.