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The line that separates ‘Kölsch‘ speaking from an Eifel dialect speaking is the Vinxtbachtal (river Vinxt; roman name), a very nice descent towards the Rhine on the bike after you have climbed Ramersbach or Königsfeld (Tour de France) out of the Ahrtal.
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To be honest, the dialects in the whole region are a bit bizarre. The French down in the upper Vosges speak some sort of German dialect, some Belgian towns (like St Vith) speak German too and don't get me started on Luxembourg; between the mostly-German, mostly-French and Luxembourgish spoken, we've now got some places where the primary spoken language is Portuguese.
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Swiss Italian is pretty special too. As are Ticinese and Lombard, which depending on your PoV are also dialects or languages spoken in Ticino. And which may, or may not be, the same as Swiss Italian. It's all jolly confusing.
Even Swiss French isn't consistent. In Vaud, a pint of beer is a 'chope'. 40 miles west in Geneva it's a 'canette'.