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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Old School of Wollseifen

North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Old School of Wollseifen

Highlight • Historical Site

Old School of Wollseifen

Hiking

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Gravel riding

5.0

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Mountain biking

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Nationalpark Eifel

Location: Schleiden, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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October 11, 2022

Cycling

This village was close to the NSDAP training center in Vogelsang (which can also be visited not far away). After the war, the British army took over the area as …

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March 1, 2017

Hiking

The former school building also survived the use as a military training area and the associated, almost complete destruction of wool soaps.

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November 19, 2017

Hiking

The ruin of the school (ground floor) was secured. Since March 2011, new street signs in the Eifel dialect have been naming the former village streets. Historical photographs that were posted in the church, at the school and on the information board in the center of the village document village life in the pre-war period.
In November 2014, the restoration of the wool soaps primary school started, which currently houses a small exhibition on wool soaps.

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Elevation 580 m

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Location: Schleiden, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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