Schalkenmehren - Weinfelder Maar

The graveyard, that surrounds the old church (prev. uploads) borders to the Weinfelder Maar, also called the Totenmaar ("maar of the dead"). The lake was formed more than 10000 years ago by a volcanic steam explosion. These maars are typical of the Volcanic Eifel.

In the foreground a memorial for Father Hugo Pötting, who obviously spent many years working as a missionary in South America, before he worked as a priest here.