Duppacher Drees
Duppach
The Duppacher Drees is located in the Duppacher Maar nature reserve. The spring water comes from sand and siltstone layers of the Lower Devonian. It is relatively highly mineralised and has a particularly high carbon dioxide content. As the Duppacher Drees has slightly more sodium chloride (table salt) dissolved in the water, it has a slightly salty flavour. If you hold a lighted candle in the deepest part of the fountain when there is no wind, it goes out because the heavy CO2 gas that is transported with the water collects here. The spring area is covered by an elaborately designed spring temple
Coordinates: 50°15.820‘N, 6°33.087’E
Community/town: Duppach
Altitude: 476 m above sea level
Water type: ferruginous sodium alkaline earth hydrogen carbonate acidulous water
Water temperature: 9.8°C
Approach: L24 via Steffeln or L10 in the direction of Duppach, in the village turn off the main road onto Maifelderstraße, signposted: ‘Mineralwasserquelle Duppach’
