I was surprised recently to see that there have been some fairly large volcanic eruptions in what is now Germany in what is, at least in geological terms, very recent history (12,900 years ago):
According to the Wikipedia page the last eruption at Eifel was 10,000 years ago and it looks like 10,000 to 20,000 years between eruptions, so you might get your wish!
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I was surprised recently to see that there have been some fairly large volcanic eruptions in what is now Germany in what is, at least in geological terms, very recent history (12,900 years ago):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laacher_See
When I was little, we visited Laacher See and my parents told me of the recent (well, geologically speaking) eruptions.
Spend days dreaming and hoping that the Eifel volcano would erupt again :)
Near the end of the Rhine valley in Switzerland is Basel which was devastated by an earthquake in the 14th century (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1356_Basel_earthquake)
According to the Wikipedia page the last eruption at Eifel was 10,000 years ago and it looks like 10,000 to 20,000 years between eruptions, so you might get your wish!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eifel