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| Hellenthal | ||
| federal state | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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| Residents | 7.895 (2019) | |
| height | 400 m | |
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Hellenthal is a community at the "South Pole" of North Rhine-Westphalia. It includes the districts of Losheim, Udenbreth, Hollerath, Schnorrenberg, Rescheid, Reifferscheid, Blumenthal and the main town of Hellenthal.
background
The place name Reifferscheid there are several times in the Eifel.
Losheim belonged to Belgium until 1958.
getting there
By plane
By train
- DB stop in Kall, 30 km away, there is a direct connection with the regional bus
- In the summer months, a museum train runs between Kall and Hellenthal on Sundays and public holidays.
By bus
In the street
By bicycle
- from the north: arrival with little incline along the rivers Rur, Urft and Olef von Düren above Heimbach, Simmerath, Schleiden
- from the south: arrival along the Kyll or from the Vennbahn (trier, Gerolstein) and Burg-Reuland)
mobility
Map of Hellenthal
Tourist Attractions
- 1 St. Aegidius (Wolfert)
- 2 Hellenthal game reserve.
Flight demonstrations of the griffin station in the game reserve also take place daily.Open: all year round, daily at least 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Old town and Reifferscheid Castle - Info des Village marketing Reifferscheid
- Visitor mine "Grube Wohlfahrt" at Rescheid.
- donnerwetter.de weather park " on the White Stone, Udenbreth.
- White stone observation tower
- Narcissus meadows near the Hollerater knee on the upper reaches of the Olef (cross-border to Belgium). The daffodil bloom can be expected from mid-April to mid-May. Deviating from the "Narzissenrundweg" trail from the Hollerater Knie car park, it is recommended to also pay attention to the opposite side of the Olef; the flower can also be seen there a little later, but a little less abundantly. It grows the Yellow daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus).
Ardennes Cultur Boulevard
The "Ardenner Cultur Boulevard", also known as the Ardennes Center for short, is located near Losheim on the German-Belgian border with the following exhibitions:
- ArsTecnica - Model railway exhibition with an area of 2,000 m² in the former German customs house. You can see a 250 m² H0 layout on a 1:87 scale with 100 trains. There is also a collection of 50 dioramas: a. Depiction of a submarine landing, ships like the Titanic, military dioramas (charts from the Ardennes offensive in World War II), historical and themed scenes such as B. mining, a medieval battle, etc., for Exhibition page.
- ArsKrippana - The 2,500 m² exhibition includes 300 nativity scenes from around the world, making it the largest nativity scene exhibition in Europe (Museum side).
- ArsFigura - Puppet exhibition and others with early paper mache and porcelain dolls from 1830 to 1925. Exhibition page
- There is also a cafe, a hotel / restaurant, the large border market with specialties from the region as well ArsMineralis, a specialty store specializing in minerals. For more see page of the Ardennes centers
- Location of the Ardennes Center on the B 285: 50 ° 21 '10 "N.6 ° 23 '5 "E
activities
shop
- Daily necessities are available in the main town of Hellenthal.
- Supermarket in Rescheid
- The butcher's shop Schneider in the district of Blumenthal is very well known!
- Hypermarket Grenzmarkt, Ardennencenter, Manderfeld
- homemade pralines at the "Old Smuggler", Ardennes Center, Belgium
kitchen
- Cafe / bistro Old smuggler, Ardennes Center
- Restaurant at the Bürgerhalle Rescheid
- Snack at the visitor mine
- ice cream parlor Il gelato, in the main town of Hellenthal on the main street
nightlife
- Calypso discotheque, Losheimergraben, Belgium
accommodation
security
health
Practical advice
trips
By bicycle
- Eifel National Park and environment:
- Dreiborn plateau (Vogelsang, Wool soaps)
- Mariawald Abbey
- Rursee with Urftsee
- Monschau
- Schneifel
- Vennbahn
- upper Ahr Valley: Blankenheim (Ahr)
- Mechernich: Rheinisches Freilichtmuseum
- Kall: Monasteries in Steinfeld
The next more significant cities are:
- the historic district town Schleiden
- the county seat Euskirchen
- Closest major city is Aachen
Other neighboring communities:
literature
Web links
- http://www.hellenthal.de - Official website of Hellenthal
