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Daun Tourist Information
Leopoldstrasse 5
54552 Daun
Email:
touristinfo@daun.de
Internet:
www.tourismus.daun.de
Leopoldstrasse 5
54552 Daun
Email:
touristinfo@daun.de
Internet:
www.tourismus.daun.de
Places of interest

Maars are small lakes formed by volcanic activity. They are a characteristic feature of this region, and are known as the "eyes of the Eifel". The Eifel maars were created mainly by eruptions of volcanic gas, and it is thought that the Daun maars formed separately, within a relatively short period of time in geological terms. Separated only by their volcanic tuff walls, these three maars are located right beside each other, around 1.5 kilometres to the south of Daun's town centre.
The Volcanic Eifel Geo Centre is the focal point for geosciences in the region and also coordinates all geological installations. Between 10,000 and 600,000 years ago, volcanic events left behind around 250 eruption points in the western Eifel. To illustrate this, the centre displays local rocks from the Devonian and Triassic periods, together with a total of 60 carefully selected examples of volcanic peculiarities, all divided into twelve different categories.
Wallenborn is situated south-west of Daun in a pretty valley in the heart of the Volcanic Eifel, ideal if you want to see spectacular evidence of the volcanic activity that goes on beneath the Earth's crust. Everywhere in and around the village carbon dioxide gas from a 20-kilometre-deep magma chamber forces its way to the surface. At the Wallenborn geyser, this occurs in such breathtaking fashion, that together with the recently formed dry crater lakes located nearby, it gives you some idea of the powerful forces locked deep within the Earth. This amazing volcanic spring is the only one of its kind in Europe.
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