This was or is probably the most famous Drees in the Gerolsteiner Land, even if mineral water no longer bubbles here. The Kyll valley has one of its narrowest places here, the Kyll itself is only a few meters wide. Since the Devonian limestone and dolomite rocks are heavily fissured and karstized underground, there were and still are sufficient transport and ascent routes for the mineral water.    

The Eisenschmitter fountain stands in front of the church and is known beyond the region. It was designed and created by the artist Johann Baptist Lenz from Oberkail.

This Eifel view (approx. 300 metres above sea level) on the west tower, the so-called "Damenerker", of the castle offers you a distant view in a south-westerly to north-westerly direction over the middle Rur valley and the northern parts of the Eifel National Park across to the plateau of the Rur Eifel.

Mindfulness point 1: View into the valley - let your gaze wander and read into the theme of the "Mindfulness Path".

In 1994 the association for a local history museum created a field on Schulstrasse between Ober- and Niedermendig that shows exhibits from the surrounding volcanoes, the volcanic field.