monastery maria laach the caldera laacher see

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Laacher See with Monastery Maria Laach and village Bell on the hill Royalty Free Stock Photo

gloomy stormy Laacher See with Monastery Maria Laach and village Bell on the hill Royalty Free Stock Photo

Aerial view on Laacher See behind the famous abbey Maria Laach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Royalty Free Stock Photo

historic monastery church Maria Laach Royalty Free Stock Photo

caldera Laacher See in the Eifel Royalty Free Stock Photo

Monastery Maria Laach the caldera Laacher See

Laacher See, volcano lake with monastery Maria Laach Royalty Free Stock Photo

caldera Laacher See on a cloudy stormy day Royalty Free Stock Photo

view across Laacher see, West Side with Monastery Maria Laach Royalty Free Stock Photo

monastery Maria Laach with snow on the roofs Royalty Free Stock Photo

Laacher See, cometimes refereed as Laach Lake, is a volcanic caldera lake in the east of the Eifel. The Vulkaneifel is a volcanic are north of the Mosel and west of the Rhine. The lake is mostly surrounded by mountains forming a caldera much bigger than the lake. During the medieval era the lake level was lowered by flooding former mines with the water. That way Maria Laach Abby could get more fertile land around the lake.