The excellently renovated old town hall of the copper town of Stolberg is now connected to the New Town Hall and houses the prestigious Great Council Chamber and the registry office.

Olbrück Castle is located in the middle of the magnificent volcanic area of the Eifel. The geological dimension of volcanism and the cultural-historical dimension of the Middle Ages collide here and become tangible at Olbrück Castle!

On the Stockert, a mountain near Bad Münstereifel, stands a technical monument: the Astropeiler, Germany's first freely movable radio telescope.

Petri Heil on the Obermaubach reservoir - The outstanding quality of the Rureifel waters is reflected in the abundance of fish.

Kunsthof Greven - Experience art and life creatively

The magnesium-calcium mineralisation here comes from sandstone and claystone as well as overlying volcanic rock. The high content of carbonic acid originates from the Eifel volcanism and gives the water the name ‘Säuerling’ (acidulous). A total of five springs are known in Birresborn, several of which were of great economic importance. Today, drinking water can be taken from the Lindenquelle and the Fischbach-Drees.

Gas station, bistro and shop24h refueling possible

Demeter quality goat's cheese is available here.

As a museum for industrial, economic and social history of the Aachen region, Zinkhütter Hof shows the development of one of the oldest industrial regions in Central Europe. A unique testimony to local industrial history is the Zinkhütter Hof itself...

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.