Gemündener Maar

Gemündener Maar, aerial photo (2015)

Natural swimming pool

The Gemündener Maar is the northernmost of the three Dauner Maar , in the immediate vicinity of the Daun district of Gemünden and about 1.5 km south of Daun in the Eifel ( Rhineland-Palatinate ).

The Maarsee is around 325 m long, 300 m wide and a maximum of 38 m deep. With an area of ​​around 7.2  hectares , the 30,000-year-old maar is younger than the Schalkenmehrener maars (western maar lake and eastern dry maar) and the smallest of the three Dauner maars . The average water level of the maar is 406.6  m above sea level. NHN , the Maarboden at 368  m above sea level. NHN . Parts of the lake are used as an outdoor swimming pool in summer, which greatly affects the maar area as a nature reserve .

During the volcanic steam explosion that gave rise to the maar, only a thin ridge of slate , greywacke and sandstone remained between the maar and the neighboring Liesertal . On a path around the maar you can find these Devonian stones scattered around the lake. Numerous ejections can be found particularly in the north-western area of ​​the maar .

literature

• Werner D'hein: National Geopark Vulkanland Eifel. A nature and culture guide. Gaasterland-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 3-935873-15-8 .

Web links

Commons : Gemündener Maar  - Collection of Images

• The three Schalkenmehrener maars. ( Memento from February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )

Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ 39 ″  N , 6 ° 50 ′ 11 ″  E