Top 20 Lakes around Olzheim

Very well-kept lake and the surroundings also invite you to linger.

children's playground

Beautiful lake, unfortunately currently with reduced water level, so use is prohibited

The Am Richelberg pond complex is located east of Bleialf, a local community in the Schneifel in the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate, near Prüm. The body of water is therefore in the North Eifel Nature Park. The Dürenbach river flows through the ponds. The “Richelberg” road flanks the ponds on their western banks. There is a large farmstead on the opposite road. At the height of the northwest bank of the southernmost pond, the Wöppelbach flows into the Dürenbach. Here the “Richelberg” road bridges the two streams. A little further north of the pond complex is a barbecue hut. The Am Richelberg pond complex is located northeast of Bleialf on the edge of a small forest area. The ponds are accordingly characterized on the eastern bank by the foothills of this forest area. On the western banks - as a boundary to the “Richelberg” road - the ponds have a narrow strip of trees.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the village priest bred trout in the maar, which was around 100,000 years old. In the 1920s the water was drained and its quickly overgrown, fertile ground was used as a viewing area. 80 years later, scientists proved that this was a silted maar. During a core drilling, 23 m of animals found tuff remains from the Laacher See eruption 13,000 years ago. In addition, the funnel lies on a geological fault line that runs from northwest to southeast. The renatured maar is around 120 meters in diameter and offers a biotope for numerous birds. When the maar was revived from 2007, the Oosbach was dammed. Source: 111 places in the Eifel that you have to see Further information: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichholzmaar

Only vaguely visible from the Bahntrassenradweg due to the vegetation, but a beautiful reservoir.

"The Landal campsite near Stadtkyll appears on the internet as if its world were all right. But she isn't here either. The place is closed. No info anywhere. Drowned meadows, torn power lines... We look for a secluded spot and camp free of charge on the closed site. There are well-occupied fixed camper sites above the camping meadows, so a wash house is open. The associated restaurant is publicly located on the street and so the evening meal is guaranteed. Everything good? Starry sky, suddenly it gets cold at the pond where we are still sitting in the evening. The course is almost 500 meters above sea level. Off to the tent. The coldest night of the journey is upon us. Klausen's sleeping bag corner in the tent draws water out of the ground. I put on almost all my clothes, so to speak, the entire onion, during the night, sit in the overheated toilet for a while and don't think ungratefully about this enormous waste of energy. And about light pollution; the closed square is brightly outshined by the light of the lanterns all night long. Despite it. All good." https://www.komoot.de/tour/777211898

Super nice little nature reserve with many bird observation posts. Many paths around the Maar and a small parking lot are the ideal starting point for a hike.