Kapelle St. Trinitatis in Virneburg

The devastating air raid carried out by the British Air Force on 16 November 1944 almost completely destroyed the Gothic St. Anne’s Church, including its steeple that measured in at just under 100 metres tall.

The Catholic church in Manderscheid could probably tell many stories about the last centuries. It was first mentioned in 1330. It is called the Tree of Life Church because a tree of life in the form of a column grows from the baptismal font in the crypt.

*** All tours by appointment only ***The 3-shaft-visitor mine "Grube Bendisberg" offers awesome insights deep in the inside of the earth. Old miner-traditions become alive in midst of broken stones.

The oldest and today much altered part of the mill complex is the mill building with the vaulting of the mill stream in the immediate vicinity. The door frame shows the Himmerode rings and the date 1712 in a coat of arms cartouche. Below it, the date 1814 indicates the reconstruction and extension by the residential house with vaulted cellar and the barn added at right angles. In addition, the perimeter wall of the adjacent garden to the south is partially preserved.

Viewing platform on the castle hill near Karl