Strohner Maarchen

The Strohner Märchen

The Strohner Maarchen (also Strohner Märchen[1]) is a dry maar near the village of Strohn in the Volcanic Eifel region of Germany. Its bowl forms an elongated oval and has a diameter of about 210 x 140 metres. Its name ("maarchen" means "little maar") stems from the fact that it is small for a maar. Together with the Pulvermaar to the north and the adjacent hill of Römerberg the Strohner Maarchen lies within the nature reserve of Pulvermaar mit Römerberg und Strohner Märchen.[2]

Vulcanologists from the Smithsonian Institution estimate the last eruption of the Strohner Maar and Pulvermaar in 8,300 BC.[3]

Footnotes and references

  1. ↑ On maps also called Dürres Maar, but this is not the Dürres Maar near Holzmaar
  2. ↑ Rechtsverordnung über das Naturschutzgebiet "Pulvermaar mit Römerberg und Strohner Märchen" (pdf; 93 kB) by the administrative council of Trier dated 14 March 1984
  3. ↑ "West Eifel Volcanic Field". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
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Coordinates: 50°07′20″N 6°55′43″E / 50.122225°N 6.928523°E / 50.122225; 6.928523

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