Richelsley

The Richelsley, also written Richel Ley, is an 80-metre-long and up to 12-metre-high rock formation on the edge of the High Fens, part of the Eifel Mountains, in Belgium.

The Richelsley is located in Belgium's Wallonia region, in the Liège Province multi-language municipality of Waimes, close to the German border near Reichenstein/Monschau Abbey.

It is however made of sedimentary rock that contains quartz, whose present shape and extent are a result of the natural erosion of the surrounding sediment.

The cross was erected in 1890 by the priest, Gerhard Joseph Arnoldy, who worked from 1869 to 1914 in Kalterherberg and was the builder of the present Eifel Cathedral.

Burning candles and fresh flowers bear witness to the many pilgrims who make their way today to the Richelsley and find encouragement and renewal in the stillness, peace and solace of the place.