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Quellheiligtum Heckenmünster
Heckenmünster
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In the first century of our era, the Romans built a large healing and pilgrimage centre in the forest area around the sulphur spring and the Victoria spring.
The nature house "A Wiewesch" in Manternach was inaugurated in 2004 and offers visitors the opportunity to approach nature in the form of educational activities, thematic exhibitions as well as didactic promenades in the heart of the nature reserve "Manternacher Fiels".
The first mention of it as an urban settlement dates back to the 12th century. This is also the time when construction of the town's fortifications began, which were extended and secured until the early 18th century. Remains of this ring of walls and towers have been preserved to this day as architectural witnesses of past centuries.
The Ten Stargazes are places where you can observe the impressive night sky. They are easy to reach and perfectly equipped for an astronomical voyage of discovery on your own. Exciting information and suitable installations help to deepen the fascination of stargazing. Each Stargaze has been given its own theme. There, a variety of aspects of astronomy and nocturnal nature as well as local peculiarities are shown.