North Eifel - Nordeifel

The North Eifel is the part of Eifelwho is in the state North Rhine-Westphalia between the part of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate Eifel and the Cologne Bay extends.

Hints

• The main attractions of the Eifel are said in the article Eifel to be discribed.
• Attractions of less general interest can be described in the sub-region and locality articles.
• In this article, special features associated with belonging to the state of North Rhine-Westphalia can be described. This applies above all to the greater focus on the metropolises of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area.

structure

Sub-regions and localities

Reach the following sub-regions of the Eifel North Rhine-Westphalia

• The Pre-Eifel, the transition region to the Cologne Bay
  • Meckenheim (Rhineland)
  • Rheinbach
  • Zülpich (Part)
  • Euskirchen (Part)
  • Bonn (Part)
• The Rureifel in the west with the Rurtal
  • Rursee
    • Simmerath
  • Düren Rureifel
    • Heimbach
    • Nideggen
    • Kreuzau (Part)
  • Eifel National Park, including parts of the cities of Heimbach, Monschau, Schleiden
  • Schleiden Valley, in the area of ​​the Urft and Olef river systems
    • Schleiden
    • Hellenthal
    • Kall
• part of Kalkeifel:
  • upper Erfttal
    • Bad Münstereifel - Town with a beautiful cityscape
  • upper Urft valley
    • Nettersheim
    • Dahlem
• Upper Ahr Valley
  • Blankenheim (Ahr)
• Northern part of the Schneifel includes parts of the municipalities Dahlem and Hellenthal
• Parts of the High Fens
  • Monschau, picturesque historical town on the northern edge of the Eifel
• Parts of the Venn foreland
  • Vaalserberg
    • Aachen (Part)
  • Munsterland
    • Stolberg (Rhineland) (Part)
    • Huertgenwald
  • Ladder to heaven
    • Roetgen

National park and nature parks

1. The North Rhine-Westphalian part of the Eifel forms with Belgian parts of the Eifel and the High Fens, and parts of the Rhineland-Palatinate Eifel the German-Belgian Hohes Venn-Eifel Nature Park.
2. The Hohes Venn-Eifel Nature Park is included Eifel National Park. He is considered part of the Rureifel.
3. The part of the Eifel in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis belongs to Rhineland Nature Park, these are mostly parts of the cities Meckenheim (Rhineland) and Rheinbach.

Other goals

On the edge of and outside the Eifel:

• Vaals
• Liege
• Düren
• Cologne
• lower Middle Rhine

Other sub-regions of the Eifel:

• Vulkaneifel
• High Fens, Shares in Liege (Province)

background

language

German in Rhenish forms

getting there

Airports

The nearest commercial airports are Cologne-Bonn (50 km northeast of Euskirchen), Maastricht (35 km west of Aachen), Dusseldorf (100 km north of Euskirchen) and Liege (Liège, 60 km southwest of Aachen).

For example, the airfield is for self-pilots Dahlemer Binz available.

By train

In Aachen Individual ICE and IC / EC trains as well as the Thalys high-speed train stop. Otherwise, the northern Eifel is accessible with regional trains. Regional rail hub is Euskirchen.

Highway

• A 61
• A 4
• Of Cologne from the A 1 (ends at Blankenheim).

mobility

• The area of ​​the North Rhine-Westphalian Eifel belongs to the AVV tariff associations (Aachen) and Rhein-Sieg (Cologne)
• In the northern Eifel there are Cologne-Euskirchen–Kall–trier, Bonn–Euskirchen–Bad Münstereifel, Cologne–Düren–Aachen and Düren–Heimbach (Rurtalbahn). Other lines are not operated daily.

Tourist Attractions

see article Eifel

activities

• see. Eifel
• Cycling: for the North Rhine-Westphalian part cf. Cycle routes in North Rhine-Westphalia.

kitchen

see. Eifel, Sub-regions and localities

nightlife

security

Road traffic presents challenges:

• Winding routes
• Temperature fluctuations (winter road conditions)
• Frequent deer passes
• Coexistence between pedestrians, cyclists, agricultural traffic and cars

climate

The climate is around 3 degrees Celsius colder than in Cologne.

literature

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