Schleiden is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the Eifel hills, in the district of Euskirchen, and has 12,998 inhabitants as of 30 June 2017. Schleiden is connected by a tourist ra
Aerial view
Schleiden
Schleiden, roundabout feature with national park logo
The Kermeter is an upland region, up to 527.8 m above sea level, which is part of the Rureifel within the North Eifel in the districts of Aachen, Düren and Euskirchen in the southwestern part of the s
Schleiden
…Simmerath (both in the Borough of Aachen) The Roer-tributary Urft and the Urft-tributary Olef are the most important rivers within Schleiden. Parts of the Kermeter and the Dreiborn Plateau with the Ordensburg Vogelsang belong to Schleiden. County of Luxembourg 1271–1353 Duchy of Luxembourg 1353–1795 French Republic…
The Kermeter: in the foreground the Obersee (Pre-basin of the Rur Dam) and the wall of the Urft Dam
Trail through the beech forest
Southern hillside of the Kermeter with oak woods and slate crags