Kalkeifel

Eifelkalkmulden in the Kalkeifel

The Kalkeifel is one of the six areas of the Hohes Venn-Eifel nature park in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate .

The limestone soils are more than 360 million years old. Lime hollows have formed, which have given the Kalkeifel its name with its rich flora and fauna. The limestone basins near Sötenich , Blankenheim and Prüm are known .

At Sötenich, this lime is extracted mechanically and processed there with other substances into cement .

The limestone troughs are remnants of the seas that created coral reefs for millions of years and deposited the limestone on the sea floor. The troughs near Prüm was declared a nature reserve, the Schönecker Switzerland , which is characterized by its flora and fauna adapted to the limestone soil.