Belgian Eifel

The canton of Sankt Vith is known as the Belgian Eifel

In the German-speaking part of Belgium, the southern part of the German-speaking Community (DG), which forms the canton of Sankt Vith, is usually referred to as the Belgian Eifel . According to this definition, the area of ​​the communities Amel , Büllingen , Burg-Reuland , Bütgenbach and Sankt Vith belong to the Belgian Eifel. In contrast to the northern part of the DG, the Eupener Land , this very rural area is very sparsely populated.

The Belgian Eifel can also generally be understood to mean that part of the North and West Eifel that lies in Belgium . The term is not used consistently because the border with the Ardennes in the Hautes Fagnes is fluid.

In the center of the picture the cross-border mountains of the Ardennes and the Eifel, bounded by the Meuse, Semois, Moselle and Rhine

The following areas can be counted in the wider sense of the Belgian Eifel:

• Part of the dither forest (the west part Nordeifel ), insofar as these high surface to Belgium towards Bütgenbach continues
• The westernmost part of the Schnee Eifel (Ommerwald) and the German-speaking area around Sankt Vith
• The High Fens (Hautes Fagnes), which can also be counted as part of the Ardennes
• Geologically and geographically, part of the Eupener Land can also be counted as part of the Eifel .
• A small part of the Ösling (hill country in northern Luxembourg ).

See also

Portal: German-speaking community  - overview of Wikipedia content on the topic of German-speaking community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German-speaking community  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Archive page): Belgian Eifel and the Eupener Land, accessed on January 12, 2015.  
2. ↑ DGSTAT : Population structure, accessed on November 26, 2015.
3. ↑ eastbelgium.com.