North Eifel

Map of the Eifel

Nordeifel is a geographically well-defined name for a northern part of the Eifel , a low mountain range in North Rhine-Westphalia , Rhineland-Palatinate and eastern Belgium . Usually some or all of the following areas are meant:

All of these areas belong to the Hohes Venn-Eifel nature reserve .

The high moor of the High Fens is something special ; the plateau of the High Fens has been on the Belgian list of proposals for UNESCO World Heritage since 2008 . The Eifeler Seenplatte with the second largest dam in Germany, the Rurtalsperre , is located in the middle of the northern Eifel .

Specifically, the northern Eifel includes:

the Eifel National Park ,
the Monschau Heckenland ,
the kermeter ,
the Huertgen Forest ,
the Zitterwald as well
Foothills of the northern Eifel that merge into the Jülich-Zülpich Börde , such as the areas around Euskirchen , Zülpich and Düren . These partial runners form the transition to the Vorifelland.

Use of the term

The term Nordeifel is often used as part of the name of institutions that are based in this area. So z. B. in the municipality of Simmerath in 2012 by merging the youth departments of six football clubs a new club with the name SV Nordeifel 2012 eV The secondary school in Hürtgenwald is called secondary school Nordeifel and since 2009 several communities of the Euskirchen district have been participating in the joint tourism company Nordeifel Tourismus GmbH .

Web links

Individual evidence

^ SV Nordeifel 2012 eV Accessed on January 21, 2019 .
↑ Secondary School North Eifel. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
↑ Founding of Nordeifel Tourismus GmbH. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .

[1] SV Nordeifel 2012 eV Accessed on January 21, 2019 .

[2] Secondary School North Eifel. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .

[3] Founding of Nordeifel Tourismus GmbH. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .