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Regions of the Eifel

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upland area in Belgium and Germany

' (), also known by its German name (), or English Oesling', is a region covering the northern part of both the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and , within the greater Ardennes area that also covers parts of Belgium and France. covers 32% of the territory of Luxembourg; to the south of lies Gutland (literally "Good Land"), which covers the remaining 68% of the Grand Duchy as well as the southern part of the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm.

280px|thumb|Guttland landscape near Bech, (Echternach Canton) '''''' () is a region covering the southern and central parts of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. (literally "Good Land") covers 68% of the territory of Luxembourg; to its north lies , which covers the remaining 32% of the Grand Duchy. To the east, the Luxembourgish Guttland adjoins the of Germany.

region in the Eifel Mountains in Germany, that is defined to a large extent by its volcanic geological history

thumb|The rather unassuming, long ridge of the Schneifel viewed from the Weißer Stein (Eifel)|Weißer Stein The Schneifel is a range of low mountains, up to , in the western part of the Eifel in Germany, near the Belgian border. It runs from Brandscheid near Prüm in a northeasterly direction to Ormont. The name Schneifel has nothing to do with the German words Schnee (snow) and Eifel. It is derived from the former dialect of this region and means something like Schneise ("swathe"). This swathe ran over the mountains. The term was "Germanised" during the Prussian era and the term Schnee-Eifel ("

northern part of the Eifel in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

thumb|400px|The landscape of the Voreifel near Weilerswist thumb|Map of the Eifel with the Voreifel bordering it to the north

thumb|300px|The Kermeter: in the foreground the Obersee (Rur)|Obersee (Pre-basin of the [[Rur Dam) and the wall of the Urft Dam]]

mountain range in western Germany centred on the town of Prüm

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