Dollendorf is a village in the municipality of

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in the district of

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in the German state of

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. It gives its name to the surrounding limestone depression (''Kalkmulde'').

History

Dollendorf was incorporated into Blankenheim on 1 July 1969.

Sights

* Catholic parish church of

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(14th-century tower; nave built 1732–1736) * War memorial to the fallen of the First World War; inaugurated on 30 May 1926 * Typical farmhouses from the 18th and 19th centuries. * Chapel of St. Anthony of Padua (on the

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between Dollendorf and Schloßthal) * Dollendorf Castle ruins * Neuweiler Castle not far from Ahrhütte, below Schloßthal (wall remains) * Haus Vellen or Vellerhof (Clemens-Josef-Haus), courtyard building from the 18th century with chapel and its own cemetery.

References

Literature

* Franz-Josef Außem: ''Die Pflanzenwelt in der Dollendorfer Kalkmulde in der Eifel.'' Cologne, 1994. * Johannes Becker: ''Geschichte der Pfarreien des Dekanats Blankenheim.'' Cologne, 1993, pp. 461 ff. * Christoph Bungartz, Ralf Gier, Peter Scheulen: ''Von der Eifel nach Amerika. Auswanderung nach Nordamerika 1840–1914.'' Euskirchen, 2005. * Hermann Bungartz: ''Dollendorf/Eifel. Landschaft und Geschichte.'', 2nd expanded edn., Hillesheim, 1989 * ''Dollendorf. Bilder eines Eifeldorfes.'', Cologne, 1993 * Peter Neu: ''Rheinischer Städteatlas.'' Dollendorf, Bonn 1976 * Ernst Wackenroder: ''Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Schleiden'', Düsseldorf, 1932, pp. 98–108

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