The Volcano Park in Mayen-Koblenz is a geopark in the rural district of Mayen-Koblenz in the eastern Vulkan Eifel, Germany. It was founded in 1996 and wraps around the Laacher See . Together with the Volcano Park, Brohltal/Laacher See and the Vulkan Eifel Nature and Geo-Park, it forms part of the national Eifel Volcano Land Geo-Park . The three parks are connected by the 280-kilometre-long German Volcano Route. The Volcano Park illustrates volcanism in the Eifel, how the present-day landscape developed, and the exploitation of basalt, pumice and tuff since Roman times. It incorporates exhibits on volcanology, archaeology and industrial history, with educational trails and information signs. The museum incorporates a total of 25 stations, which can be combined in a single visit using four roads plus hiking and bicycle paths. On 10 July 2010, the Volcano Park was honoured with the European Union Cultural Heritage Prize of the heritage protection organisation Europa Nostra, in the category of Education, Instruction, Training and Consciousness Building. In 2003, the park's project at the Meurin Roman mine had won the same prize. In 2010 the park had a record 220,000 visitors.
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