The town museum invites you on an exciting journey through the history of Euskirchen. With numerous exhibits such as legionary helmets, motorbikes or cinema chairs, the town's history comes alive. The historic town wall is integrated into the rooms of the museum in the Kulturhof and is partly visible.
No sooner have people left the horrors of the two world wars behind them than the next war is already looming - the Cold War. These are the years of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall and nuclear armament. The great powers USA and the Soviet Union threaten each other with ever more powerful nuclear weapons. At any time the cold war can turn into a hot one.
From the Perdsley, visitors can look out over the picturesque Rur valley at a height of around 400 meters above sea level in the direction of Monschau. The name is made up of the words "Perd" for horse and "Ley" for rock.
It is a journey back in time to the world of the cloth industry. In 1961, factory owner Kurt Müller closed the doors of his cloth factory in the Eifel, hoping to reopen it soon. This did not come true, but today visitors can take a unique tour of a factory where robust woollen fabrics and loden cloth were produced for many years. They are immersed in the world of dyeing and weaving and experience how some of the machines are brought back to life during a guided tour and how people used to work here.
The excellently renovated old town hall of the copper town of Stolberg is now connected to the New Town Hall and houses the prestigious Great Council Chamber and the registry office.
On the Stockert, a mountain near Bad Münstereifel, stands a technical monument: the Astropeiler, Germany's first freely movable radio telescope.
Petri Heil on the Obermaubach reservoir - The outstanding quality of the Rureifel waters is reflected in the abundance of fish.
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The magnesium-calcium mineralisation here comes from sandstone and claystone as well as overlying volcanic rock. The high content of carbonic acid originates from the Eifel volcanism and gives the water the name ‘Säuerling’ (acidulous). A total of five springs are known in Birresborn, several of which were of great economic importance. Today, drinking water can be taken from the Lindenquelle and the Fischbach-Drees.
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