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Mountains and hills of the Eifel

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The Vaalserberg (; ) is a hill with a height of above NAP and is the highest point in the European part of the Netherlands. The Vaalserberg is located in the province of Limburg, at the south-easternmost edge of the country, near the town of Vaals (after which it is named).

Signal de Botrange

Kneiff is a hill in the Ardennes, in the commune of Troisvierges, in northern Luxembourg, near the tripoint shared with Belgium and Germany. At 560 metres, it is the highest point in the country; it is 1 m taller than Buurgplaatz, which was previously considered the highest point until 1997. It lies close to the town of Wilwerdange.

thumb|right|250px|Tower at the Buurgplaatz Buurgplaatz (alternate names: Buergplaatz, Burrigplatz, Burgplatz, Buergplaz zu Huldang) is a hill in the commune of Troisvierges, in northern Luxembourg. The summit lies within the Éislek region at .

hill in Germany

Napoléonsgaard

Napoleonsgaart is a hill in the commune of Rambrouch, in western Luxembourg. It is tall, and lies to the north-east of Schwiedelbrouch.

thumb|upright|View from the Landesstraße|L 82 (Ettringen–Bell) looking west-southwest to the Hochsimmer thumb|upright|Hochsimmer Tower ([[viewing tower)]]

locality in the municipality Jalhay, in the High Fens, eastern Belgium

mountain in Germany

hill in Luxembourg

thumb|Map of the Karmelenberg showing local footpaths thumb|Geological outcrop at the old quarry The Karmelenberg is a wooded cinder cone that was formed by volcanic activity. It marks the southeastern end of the East Eifel volcano field and rises to a height of , about 170 metres above the Pellenz region, and is visible from a long way off.

Ettringer Bell-Berg

mountain in Germany

The Ernstberg (also Erresberg) southeast of Hinterweiler is, at 698.8 m, the highest of the west Eifel volcanoes and, after the Hohe Acht, the second highest mountain in the Eifel overall. Its summit consists of pyroclastic rocks (Schweißschlacken) that form a volcanic crater that is open towards the east. This is where the basalt masses flowed out, forming a semicircle on the eastern slope of the mountain. It lies within the Waldeifel region.

The Scharteberg is a mountain, high, near Kirchweiler in the district of Vulkaneifel and is one of the highest peaks in the Eifel region of Germany. On the summit is the Eifel Transmitter, which belongs to SWR and is used for FM radio and television.

The Bausenberg is a cinder cone hill, , in the East Eifel in the county of Ahrweiler in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Rockeskyllerkopf

mountain in Germany

At the Hochkelberg is one of the ten highest mountains in the Vulkan Eifel in Germany. It is a former stratovolcano, at the southern foot of which lies the Mosbrucher Weiher, an explosion crater lake or maar. Below the summit of the Hochkelberg is a transmission tower.

Hochthürmerberg

The Hochthürmerberg (variously also called the Hochthürmchen, Hochthürmen or Hochthürmer), is a hill, , in the Eifel region. It is situated in the county of Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia near the state border with Rhineland-Palatinate in Deutschland.

hill in the borough of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate

Hardtkopf (Eifel)

mountain in Germany

The Steling is a mountain, on the High Fens plateau. The German-Belgian border runs 60 meters from the mountaintop. The closest borderpoint near the summit is also the highest point in the municipal region of Aachen.

The Häuschen is a hill, , in the Eifel mountains. It rises near Ahrweiler in the county of Ahrweiler in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

At the Raßberg is one of the highest mountains in the Eifel region on the German and Belgian border. It lies within the municipality of Arft in the collective municipality of Vordereifel within sight of the Eifel's highest peak, the Hohe Acht.

hill in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

hill in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

thumb|Exposed profile of the Roman road from Trier to Cologne on the Heidenköpfen thumb|Vierherrenstein on the Roman road between Dahlem (Nordeifel)|Dahlem and Esch

The Herkelstein is a hill located in the town of Mechernich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its highest point is 1,426ft above sea level.

Apert is a forested mountain, , in the western Volcanic Eifel, a mountain range in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It rises about two kilometres south of Büdesheim and is the highest point in the parish (Gemarkung).

The is a hill, , in the Eifel mountains of Germany. It is located in the county of Ahrweiler in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It rises north of the lake of Laacher See in the area of the village of Wassenach.

Monzeler Hüttenkopf

in the Moselle Hills, Rhineland-Palatinate

The Dietzenley in the county of Vulkaneifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is a mountain, , and the highest point in the Pelm Forest, a part of the Volcanic Eifel range.

thumb|Typical rocks on the summit

Verbrannter Berg

mountain in Germany