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pictures by Jost Schilgen

published by Sachbuchverlag Karin Mader D-28879 Grasberg

About the Eifel What is the Eifel? It has been defined in various way.

as the land between the rivers Rhine, Moselle and Meuse
as the land between the Ahr, Rhine and Moselle,
The Rhenish Slate Mountains between the four old Roman towns of Trier, Coblence, Cologne and Aachen

The Eifel is made up of graceful valleys, with vineyards lining the banks of the Rhine, Ahr and Moselle, of fertile areas

Eifel Links

Eifel.com -( in German),
Kreis Ahrweiler -
Kreis Euskirchen -http://www.infonetz.de/regionen/nordr-we/koeln/euskirch/euskirch.htm
Monreal -history and pictures of Monreal,
Bad Münstereifel - map of area, pictures
Effelsberg - Radioteleskop and pictures & history
Dollendorf - history, pictures
Der Treffpunkt Region Aachen -
Mosel-Eifel Village in the Freilichtmuseum Bad Sobernheim-

Eifel genealogies online by surname

Dollendorf area genealogy
Effelsberg area genealogy
The Colling Family Groups in Germany (Eifel, Saar etc - and later all over Germany) are certainly branches from The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. We should like to find out more about the exact lines of family migration -

Genealogy helps in the Eifel

At the time of the French Occupation of the Rhineland Province of Prussia, all legal documents, including birth, marriage and death certificates, were required to be dated in accordance with the calendar dates of the First French Republic. This practice continued through December 31, 1805., or the fourteenth year of the French Republic. See conversion chart.