Apert
The Apert is a forested mountain,, in the western Volcanic Eifel, a mountain range in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It rises about two kilometres south of Büdesheim and is the highest point in the parish.Geology
The region is part of the Rhenish Massif; the basement of the Apert consists of the fossil-rich Büdesheim Slate and Flinz, a rock of the lower Upper Devonian. Fossils of the following biological orders have been found : Buchiola, Cheiloceras, Goniatites, Clymeniida, Orthoceras and Manticoceras.
