Eifel-Blick - "Ruitzhof" in Monschau-Kalterherberg
Monschau
"Ruitzhof" belongs to Monschau-Kalterherberg and lies at 570 meters above sea level. The hamlet, first mentioned in a document in 1205, has been a German exclave since World War II: the farms are surrounded by Belgian territory. Ruitzhof used to belong to the Reichenstein Monastery. The houses on Ruitzhof are often still surrounded by the well-known protective hedges, which were already impressively described in Clara Viebig's novel "The Cross in the Venn".
