Hitsche Maar

The name of the maar, which is often shortened to Die Hitsche but also called the Hetsche, Hättsche, or Hütsche, probably derives from the local dialect word for "toad".^[2][3]

The Hitsche Maar is a dry maar and lies west of the Alf valley in a group of volcanoes and two other maars: the Holzmaar and the Dürres Maar. Like the other two, it lies along the geological fault line running from northwest to southeast caused by volcanic activity during the Weichselian glaciation and, with an age of over 20,000 years, is the oldest of these maars.^[4] The tuffs of the Hitsche Maar were covered by the tuffs from the Dürres Maar. ^[5]

50°07′28″N 6°52′13″E / 50.124437°N 6.870327°E / 50.124437; 6.870327