In 1224 Count Gerhard of Are handed over the parish law of Kirmutscheid to the Order of Saint John in Adenau. In 1403, a pastor was mentioned, and around 1400 a new building was built using older parts.
*** 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 pedestal with the inscription and the lower part of the image relief have been preserved from the former dedication monument to the Roman goddess of the hunt from the 2nd century AD.
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.
This Eifel view on the "Simonsley" (415 meters above sea level) offers you an impressive panorama above the Rursee in a south-easterly to south-westerly direction, with the "Kermeter", a core area of the Eifel National Park, drawing the eye.