The Strohner Maarchen (also Strohner Märchen) is a

dry maar A maar is a broad, low-relief volcanic crater caused by a phreatomagmatic eruption (an explosion which occurs when groundwater comes into contact with hot lava or magma). A maar characteristically fills with water to form a relatively shallo ...

near the village of Strohn in the Volcanic Eifel region of

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. 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 A maar is a broad, low-relief volcanic crater caused by a phreatomagmatic eruption (an explosion which occurs when groundwater comes into contact with hot lava or magma). A maar characteristically fills with water to form a relatively shallow ...

. Together with the

Pulvermaar The Pulvermaar is a water-filled maar that lies southeast of Daun in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Together with the Holzmaar it is one of the Gillenfeld maars. Description A tuff site in the bog formations of the neighbouring S ...

to the north and the adjacent hill of Römerberg the Strohner Maarchen lies within the

nature reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...

of Pulvermaar mit Römerberg und Strohner Märchen. Vulcanologists from the

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estimate the last eruption of the Strohner Maar and Pulvermaar in 8,300 BC.

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{{Coord, 50.122225, N, 6.928523, E, type:landmark_region:DE-RP, display=title Bogs of Rhineland-Palatinate Maars of the Eifel Nature reserves in Rhineland-Palatinate Vulkaneifel