Mosenberg Elivation:    517 m Latitude:     50.081°N Longitude:  6.78° E The Mosenberg volcanic mountain range is  rising 100m over the mountain surface of the  Rheinish slate mountains. The volcanic history  of the Mosenberg volcanic mountain range   began over 80,000 years ago with the first  eruption . Further eruptions followed along a  line running north north west/south south east  , just like a pearl necklace. The Mosenberg  volcanic mountain range consists of six  eruption points. In which lava pits were  opened with several, feathery shaped  chimneys due to the decomposition of the  southernmost and oldest support centre of the 1st eruption. The actual, 517 m high Mosenberg  consists of 2 cinder cones . From the most southern of the two volcanoes, a 17 m powerful, basaltic  lava stream flowed through Horngraben into the Kleine Kyll valley. There at the end is the  Wolfsschlucht, an abandoned quarry with lines of basalt columns. The Windsborn cinder cone, the  4th eruption point, is separated by a clear cutting from both Mosenberg volcanoes. There is a lake in  its crater with accretion zones, making a circular embankment from welding cinders. The lake filled  with rain water is the only "crater lake" north of the Alps. A summit cross was set up at the highest  point (497m) of the crater embankment.  cliclick on pictures to enlarge HOME