Windmills by MSP Canvas

About "Windmills"

by MSP Canvas

About the artwork

Vetschauer Berg windmills - The Vetschauer Berg (Dutch: Vetschouwerberg) is a hill in the west of the German city of Aachen, south of the hamlet of Vetschau and just east of the Dutch border at Bocholtz. Geographically, it is the northern plateau ridge of the Vaalse Heuvelland and thus forms the transition between the highlands of the Eifel in the south and the lowlands of the Nederrijnse Bocht in the north.

The Vetschauer Berg consists for the most part of agricultural land and along the steep slopes lie the remains of a slope forest. The connecting plateau in the south extends further to the Schneeberg on the edge of the Selzerbeek valley. At the top of the hill lies the Gut Paulinenhof estate, which consists of two farms and a former windmill, of which only the hull remains. The top offers a wide view to all directions.

Visible remains of the Westwall can be found around the hill, also known as the Siegfried Line. For example, a few bunkers are hidden in the woods and long rows of dragon teeth are walking through the fields. These concrete anti-tank barriers have been overgrown in most places by weeds, shrubs and trees, but some fragments are still clearly visible. At the bottom of the slope, the A4 motorway runs between Aachen and Heerlen. The Vetschauer Berg is home to the Vetschau Wind Farm, a wind farm consisting of nine wind turbines. There is also a model airport. The Amstelbach, a stream that flows into the Worm River via the Anstelerbeek in the Netherlands.