About 50 m northwest of the mountain top of the 560 m high mountain "Gänsehals" stands the Gänsehalsturm, a 74 m high radio tower, which also serves as a viewing tower.
Lime was already burnt by the Romans 2000 years ago. For the Eifel farmers, lime burning was an important and necessary secondary income in the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.
Maybe the biggest swing in Germany!? The panoramic swing loads with a size of 4.34 meters wide and 3.50 m high as well as a green roof, at least 10 visitors can swing at the same time.
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Radioteleskop Effelsberg
Bad Münstereifel
Heute geöffnet
With a diameter of 100 metres, the Radio Telescope Effelsberg is one of the largest fully mobile radio telescopes on earth. Since its commissioning in 1972, the company has continuously worked on improving its technology (e. g. B. a new surface of the antenna dish, better receivers for high-quality data, extremely lownoise electronics) so that even today it is still considered one of the most modern telescopes in the world.