List of volcanoes in Germany

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The list of volcanoes in Germany contains a selection of formerly active or extinct volcanoes in Germany.

The tertiary volcanism in Germany was mainly caused by the uplift of the Alps . Earthquakes from the Rheingraben to the Cologne Bay show that this process is not yet complete . The information behind the volcanic areas is the activity times.

Eifel Hegau Kaiserstuhl Vogelsberg Upper Lusatia

Main volcano areas in Germany

Surname	height	place	last outbreak
	meter	Coordinates
High Eifel , see Eifel			50 to 15 million years
Arensberg	5900	50 ° 17 '  N , 6 ° 44'  E	24 million years
High eight	746.9	50 ° 23 '  N , 7 ° 1'  E	40 million years
West and East Eifel, see Vulkaneifel			700,000 to 11,000 years
Duppacher Weiher	448.4	50 ° 16 '  N , 6 ° 35'  E	-
High simmer	587.9	50 ° 22 '  N , 7 ° 12'  E	410,000 years
Karmelenberg	372.5	50 ° 21 '  N , 7 ° 25'  E	300,000 years
Laacher See	2750	50 ° 24 ′ 37 ″  N , 7 ° 16 ′ 11 ″  E	13,000 years
Nerother head	651.7	50 ° 12 '  N , 6 ° 46'  E	700,000 years
Rockeskyller head	554.6	50 ° 15 '  N , 6 ° 41'  E	360,000 years
Rodderberg	1500	50 ° 38 '  N , 7 ° 12'  E	250,000 years
Ulmen Maar	4200	50 ° 13 '  N , 6 ° 59'  E	11,000 years
Westerwald			25 to 6 million years
Fox chews	657.3	50 ° 40 ′  N , 8 ° 6 ′  E	-
Hohenseelbachskopf	517.5	50 ° 46 '  N , 7 ° 59'  E	7 million years
Hummelsberg	4100	50 ° 35 '  N , 7 ° 19'  E	-
Rhön			25 to 11 million years
Dietrichsberg (Rhön)	668.9	50 ° 47 '  N , 10 ° 2'  E	-
Elbow (rhön)	815.5	50 ° 34 '  N , 10 ° 5'  E	-
Feuerberg (Rhön)	8320	50 ° 21 '  N , 9 ° 57'  E	-
Heidelstein	925.7	50 ° 28 '  N , 10 ° 0'  E	-
Heavenly Dunk Mountain	887.9	50 ° 25 '  N , 9 ° 58'  E	-
Kreuzberg (Rhoen)	927.8	50 ° 22 '  N , 9 ° 58'  E	-
Milseburg	835.2	50 ° 33 '  N , 9 ° 54'  E	-
Öchsenberg	627.2	50 ° 48 '  N , 10 ° 2'  E	-
Horse head	874.9	50 ° 29 '  N , 9 ° 55'  E	-
Platzer peak	736.8	50 ° 17 '  N , 9 ° 55'  E	-
Rockenstein	776.0	50 ° 25 '  N , 9 ° 57'  E	11 million years
Swabian sky	912.6	50 ° 28 '  N , 10 ° 1'  E	-
Steinkopf (Desert Saxony)	8880	50 ° 29 '  N , 10 ° 1'  E	-
Stoffelskuppe	620.1	50 ° 44 '  N , 10 ° 13'  E	-
Stoppelsberg	570.7	50 ° 45 '  N , 9 ° 42'  E	-
Wasserkuppe	950.2	50 ° 30 '  N , 9 ° 56'  E	-
Upper Lusatia
Baruther Maar	1520	51 ° 13 '  N , 14 ° 36'  E	30 million years
High forest	749.5	50 ° 49 '  N , 14 ° 44'  E	-
Kottmar	583.0	51 ° 1 ′  N , 14 ° 39 ′  E	27 million years
National crown	419.4	51 ° 8 '  N , 14 ° 56'  E	34 million years
Listen	792.6	50 ° 51 '  N , 14 ° 39'  E	26 million years
Löbauer Mountain	447.9	51 ° 5 '  N , 14 ° 42'  E	24 million years
Oberoderwitz Spitzberg	510.1	50 ° 58 '  N , 14 ° 41'  E	-
Schlechteberg	485.4	51 ° 0 '  N , 14 ° 35'  E	-
Vogelsberg			19 to 9 million years
Bilstein (Vogelsberg)	665.5	50 ° 30 '  N , 9 ° 12'  E	-
Hostage stone	7200	50 ° 32 '  N , 9 ° 15'  E	-
Hoherodskopf	763.8	50 ° 31 '  N , 9 ° 14'  E	-
Baptismal font	773.0	50 ° 31 '  N , 9 ° 14'  E	-
Other Hessen
Gleiberg	308.0	50 ° 37 '  N , 8 ° 38'  O	-
Knüllköpfchen	633.8	50 ° 55 '  N , 9 ° 25'  E	-
Vetzberg	3100	50 ° 37 '  N , 8 ° 37'  E	-
Hegau			15 to 6 million years
Hohenfriedingen	547.2	47 ° 47 '  N , 8 ° 53'  E	10 million years
Hohenhewen	845.3	47 ° 50 '  N , 8 ° 45'  E	-
High crows	636.6	47 ° 48 '  N , 8 ° 49'  E	-
Hohenstoffeln	841.8	47 ° 48 '  N , 8 ° 45'  E	-
Hohentwiel	696.2	47 ° 46 '  N , 8 ° 49'  E	-
Höwenegg	7980	47 ° 55 '  N , 8 ° 45'  E	-
Mägdeberg	654.2	47 ° 48 '  N , 8 ° 48'  E	-
Neuhewen	867.2	47 ° 53 '  N , 8 ° 43'  E	-
Staufen	594.0	47 ° 46 '  N , 8 ° 48'  E	-
Wartenberg	844.8	47 ° 56 '  N , 8 ° 37'  E	-
Other areas
Heldburger gang	679.0	50 ° 17 '  N , 10 ° 43'  E	16-12 million years
Kaiserstuhl (Baden)	556.6	48 ° 5 '  N , 7 ° 40'  E	19-16 million years
Swabian volcano	various	48 ° 31 '  N , 9 ° 25'  E	17-16 million years
Siebengebirge	460.1	50 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  E	28-15 million years
Steinberg	6530	50 ° 6 '  N , 12 ° 11'  E	-
Single occurrence
Desenberg	343.6	51 ° 30 '  N , 9 ° 12'  E	-
Great Beerberg	982.9	50 ° 40 '  N , 10 ° 45'  E	270 million years
High Hagen	4800	51 ° 28 '  N , 9 ° 46'  E	-
Neuerburger head	286.5	50 ° 0 '  N , 6 ° 57'  E	110 million years

See also

• List of volcanoes

Web links

Commons : Volcanoes in Germany  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Geology Hesse (Rhön)
• Kaiserstuhl
• Eifel
• Hegau
• Vogelsberg