CUSTOM CHROME EUROPE Bolt On And Ride Tour Rhein Time – Germany’s most romantic ride! Tuff stone cross on the parking above lake Laach The lake Laach caldera is accessible from many routes, none offering a full view on the lake. The parking off the Mendig road offers one option.
CUSTOM CHROME EUROPE PRESS RELEASE - PUBLICATION FREE OF CHARGE The massive eruption of the Laacher See dates back only to approx. 10.930 bc, a time during which the area was already inhabited. If you want to get an idea what has happened, watch the well-documented Mt. St. Helens eruption – and multiply it with 6! The resulting lake is roughly 2 x 1.2 km and 51 meters deep. Volcanic gas is still bubbeling in some sections. For the Benedictine monks who built and operated the abbey on the west shore in the 11th century, this was likely only a lake in a remote and very scenic location. a „teaser“, especially as in the vincinity is one of the most spectacular German Castles ever: Burg Eltz. The CCE Tour uses the fast road to Muenstermaifeld – an interesting side route would be through the Schrumpftal Valley road where a succession of mills was working for centuries – from which „Burg Eltz“ is signed out. The Eltz Castle itself can only be reached by foot (or trolley transfer), either from the parking lot or through the Eltz river gorge hiking from Moselkern, another 2 km Mosel river upstream from Hatzenport. The roads approaching Muenstermaifeld from all direction signal the importance of the town which has been a central distribution point in the „Maifeld“, the fertile plain between Eifel, Mosel and Rhine river. Why this plain has become so fertile will soon come into view! O = a Meanwhile, it‘s time to refill the „peanut“ tanks of Sportster and Chopper-powered riders: When plotting
