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History of Zell (Mosel) Page 3

Points of interest Page 4

The Story of „Zeller Schwarze Katz“ Page 12

Cultural trail „Zeller Schwarze Katz“ Seite 13

Further hiking trails Page 14

Events in Zell (Mosel) Page 18

Further information Page 19

2 History of Zell (Mosel) 2000 BCE First people on the Barl heights and in the area of where Kaimt now stands 100 BCE Celts erect a forti cation on the Beinter Kopf and on the Alteburg in the river valley 70 CE Construction of a harbour installation with warehouse Around 940 First references to in Zell und Kaimt Around 1142 Construction of an Augustine convent on the Marienburg next to the Zeller Hamm mother church Around 1200 Mother church and the seat of the deanery relocated to Zell (Mosel) 1229 Town forti cations completed; the Round and the Quadrangular Tower, and parts of the town walls can still be seen Around 1285 Friars Minor establish a friary in Merl 1339 Zell is made the administrative seat of the Oberamt 1512 Emperor Maximilian spends a night in the Kellnerei (built 1481) 1521 Jakob Schienen, the mayor of Zell and father of the auxiliary bishop of Trier, is kidnapped; this led to the Sickingen Feud in which Zell’s soldiers distinguished themselves: in the local dialect: He steiht ferm, wie en Celler us dem Hamm (“He stands as rmly as a Zeller from Hamm”) 1530-1542 Zell castle built 1632 & 1635 Swedish troops march into Zell and plunder the town 1689 The town and the local forti cations of Zell and Merl are destroyed in the course of Louis XIV’s war of reunions

1816 Zell becomes a Prussian district town 1848 Conagration destroys 152 houses in the old town 1863 First use of the appellation „Zeller Schwarze Katz“ 1905 Construction of the Mosel valley railway (known as the Saufbähnchen (“drinkers’ train”), demolished 1964 1936 Construction of the „Zeller Schwarze Katz“ fountain 1950 Construction of the Mosel bridge 1962 Construction of the pedestrian bridge 1969 Dissolution of Zell district 1974 Construction of the Zell-Barl hospital 1997 Construction of the second Barlstraße 2005 Opening of the renovated town hall 2014 Reconstruction of the market square Points of interest St Peter’s RC parish church The classicistic church of St Peter in Zell (Mosel) was built 1786-1793 in the then garden, in front of the lower gate of mediaeval Zell, and is now in the town centre. The church was built of red

Foto: Zeller Land sandstone and is one of the most Tourismus GmbH beautiful in this classicistic style in the Mosel valley. The interior dates to a great extent from the rococo period and the years the church was built. The high altar in the form of a canopy borne on four columns dates from 1787, and was designed by Matthias Höpp, the Trier sculptor. The most beautiful and most costly adornment in the present day parish church is a magni cent late Gothic wooden , which can be found in the side altar. Experts are of the opinion that it is probably the work of an artist from the northern Middle from the mid- fteenth century. The eternal light (a beautiful rococo piece), and the late Gothic baptismal font, come from the old church, which was located on the site of the present Zell cemetery. The octagonal font, which is 1.21 m high, is decorated with three-quarter length pillars and trefoil arches, and is inscribed “ANNO DN 1461”. The church windows, which were donated and installed in 1907, are worthy of special attention.

St ’s RC parish church Of the former church, only the east spire towers over Zell- Merl. The present parish church is the monastery church of the former Friars Minor friary, which is believed to have been founded around 1290. A carved Antwerp altar, which is one of the most magni cent and beautiful of its kind and dates from around 1525, can be admired inside the single-nave church. ’s oldest roof timbering (1290) is located above the sacristy. Foto: Zeller Land Tourismus GmbH

4 Collis Tower High above the vineyards of Zell (Mosel) on a knoll, you can see a red brick tower built in 1906. There used to be a refuge on the same place, but this fell victim to an arsonist. For this reason, the members of Foto: Zeller Land the Zell chapter of the then Mosel- Tourismus GmbH Hochwald-Hunsrück Association decided to build the Collis Tower. The Mosel Valley Railway provided the building material for the tower’s brickwork. The tower, which can be seen from afar today, is about eight metres high and has a weather vane on its roof. The Collis Tower with its viewing platform is a popular destination for hikers who have a fantastic view from here towards Zell and the Mosel valley.

Cinerary container on the banks of the Mosel Early in 1912 a large semicylindrical cinerary container made of grey sandstone was exposed during excavation work on the property at Brandenburg 24. It contained three earthenware vessels used as urns, two of which were covered

Foto: Zeller Land with a plate. In two of the vessels there Tourismus GmbH were small balsamaria (balsam containers) made of greenish glass lying on the cremation remains.

The ceramic and glass nds dated the grave in the middle or second half of the third century. What is remarkable is that the cinerary container had obviously been used for a second time, because the remains of a decorative frame and letters typical for the initial wording on Roman grave inscriptions ("D(is) M(anibus)" (= (sacred) to the spirits of the dead) can be detected on the face of the semicylindrical cover. Marienburg The Marienburg is located high above on the mountain ridge at which the Mosel bight of the „Zeller Hamm“ narrows to less than 300 metres. From here, visitors have a fantastic view of the wine-growing towns and villages of the Zell region and the almost 14 km long Mosel bight. Over 1000 years ago there was already a castle where the Marienburg now stands. In 1146 an Augustinian convent was founded at the same location. This convent was dissolved in 1515 and a fortress was built in its place, which was destroyed in 1650 by French auxiliaries. The Marienburg was rebuilt in the Baroque period; some stretches of wall on the edge of the large car park date from the former Marienburg Farm, which supplied the Marienburg in the . The late Gothic choir is all that remains of the old convent church, which was rebuilt in 1957. The Marienburg is therefore not only a location of natural beauty and historical memorability, it is also a building of art-historical interest and shows three building styles: the nave dates from the 12th century, the late Gothic choir dates from the second half of the 15th century and the elevated choir stonework with oval windows from the 18th century. Today, the building is home to the Marienburg youth education centre, with a guest house and conference centre.

6 Foto: Zeller Land Tourismus GmbH „Zeller Schwarze Katz“ fountain Zell’s citizens have provided their world- famous wine, the appellation „Zeller Schwarze Katz“, with a worthy monument in the shape of this fountain. The fountain square is located in the town centre. The Foto: Zeller Land fountain was created from Eifel basalt as Tourismus GmbH long ago as 1936. The inscription on the fountain reads “He steiht ferm wie en Celler us dem Hamm” (“He stands as rmly as a Zeller from Hamm”), which is a reference to the defence of Trier in 1532, when a group of a hundred citizens from Zell went to Trier to help to defend the town against an attack by Franz von Sickingen. The defence was successful, thanks to the support the people of Trier received from Zell.

Round tower The Round Tower, which is the landmark of Zell (Mosel), formed the uppermost tower of the old town forti cations. Following the major re in the year 1848, the forti cations were demolished, with the exception of some remnants, and the stones were used to build houses. However, the Round Tower and the Quadrangular Tower survived and were used as emergency housing. The tower is 14 metres high and has

a diameter of 6 metres. As can be seen in old pictures, it originally had a tall spire, surrounded by four watchtowers. Around 1690, the Round Tower was tted with a curved crest, which matched the spire of St Peter’s parish church. Even today, the

Foto: Zeller Land embrasures can still clearly be seen that Tourismus GmbH led to the tower being called the “Powder To w e r ”. Mosaic The mosaic in the church wall of St Peter’s parish church in Balduinstrasse shows the history of Zell. It shows, among other things, the coats of arms of Zell (Mosel) and its three twin towns (Antoing, , Crépy-en-Valois), the Round Tower, the Quadrangular Tower, the Zeller Schwarze Katz fountain, the Mosel bight, the hunger cross, the executioner’s cross, representations of the Roman and Celtic periods, and the town forti cations of 1229.

Electoral palace Zell (1307-1543) The late Gothic town palace is regarded as one of the most beautiful baroque secular buildings on the Mosel. It was built by dierent Electors. The building towards the hills was constructed with quarry stone, using red and white sandstone. It is anked by a more massive round tower on the west side and a more slender tower on the east side. Today, this rear wing with the two towers is used as a . The front wing, which borders Schlossstrasse, is anked by two towers and was built in 1543. The two-storey mediate building was built in the sixteenth century. At the same time, the courtyard and the garden were given a circular wall, whose columns bear rococo sandstone gures of Diana, Apollo and probably Minerva. In addition, the splendid wrought-iron grilles are among the special features of the Zell palace.

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8 Former synagogue Zell (Mosel) The entrance to the synagogue is located in Jakobsstrasse 1. The relief of a seven-branched candelabrum and the Ten Commandments can be seen above the entrance portal. The synagogue was Foto: Zeller Land housed in an annexe to the electoral Tourismus GmbH palace. In 1849, the then Landrat (district administrator), Alexander Moritz, sold the upper storeys of the Zell palace’s servants’ quarters to the Jewish community of -Zell. The community grew in numbers, and by the mid-1920s there was no longer enough space for all believers. For this reason, it was decided to create more space within the synagogue and a women’s gallery was built. During this building work a starlit ceiling and a larger Torah ark were created as well. The Freundeskreis Synagoge Zell (“Friends of Zell Synagogue”) has been successful in preserving the house of worship as a memorial and in making it accessible to visitors.

„Quadrangular Tower“ The Quadrangular Tower forms part of the old town forti cations, and served as a defence against troops from Bachtal. In early modern times it was used as the bridewell, and in 1626 it was referred to as

Foto: Zeller Land the Bach Tower, or the Grey Tower. Turrets Tourismus GmbH and a steep roof can still be seen in old prints of the town dated 1576 and 1646. With its six storeys and ground oor it is 22 metres high. Two massive oak beams can be seen inside the tower, with an old door lintel and four large window openings. The present archways were not created until the 19th century as the entrance to the cemetery. Protestant church The church was built in 1866 on ground containing a large proportion of gravel. For this reason, the foundations were not stable enough, and there was a danger of the building collapsing. Because repairs Foto: Zeller Land would have been as expensive as a new Tourismus GmbH build, the church was demolished in 1954. The new build of the church kept exactly to the speci cations that Professor Otto Bartning, the Nestor of religious architecture, laid down for the church building. It was to be then, and today as well, a “covered profession of faith”. The features of the steeple are distinctive. Because most of the parishioners living in Zell are expellees, a memorial site with the coats of arms of the provinces of central Germany and of Germany’s former eastern territories was established in the lower part of the bell tower. The pitch and sequence of notes of the four bronze bells were harmonised with the bells of the .

Boos von Waldeckhof The present Treis vineyard, in Zell’s Kaimt district, was built in 1550. The building is one of the most magni cent halftimbered houses in the Mosel valley. It belonged to the noble family of Boos von Waldeck, which dates back to 1242 and is a branch of the Trier ministerial dynasty von Waldeck, who were later granted an earldom.

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10 The three oldest houses in Zell (Mosel) The Flottwell house is located at Hauptstrasse 32 in Zell’s Merl district. The drystone wall was constructed around 1260. The timber framework dates from 1480 and the timber walling from the year 1565. The Müllen house (Balduinstrasse 37) was built in 1532 and served as a castle residence for the . On top of the solid ground oor there are two projecting timber-framed storeys with a beautiful baroque door. The Bohn house (Balduinstrasse 32) was built in the year 1535 in the late Gothic style. Here you can admire the geometrical tracery with its pointed arches, the partly circumferential tracery friezes, small wimpergs (small decorative gables) and multi-variant putti in stylised tendrils and buds.

RC parish church of St James the Greater Foto: Zeller Land The present church was built in the Tourismus GmbH years 1969/1970 in accordance with plans by the architect Karl-Peter Böhr. It is the fth church building in Zell’s Kaimt district. The complete artistic contents, in-cluding the baroque baptismal font and the sumptuous bench faces, have survived in the church. Externally, the church has been kept solid and in its basic form ts in with the gabled houses.

Flood control walls The ood control walls on the banks of the Mosel were constructed in 1990 to protect the old town. The Mosel does not ood the town until its water level reaches 8.45 metres (in Trier; normal water level: 2.50 - 2.70 metres). In 1993 the Mosel reached a water level of 11.30 metres, making this one of the most severe oods in the last decades. The story of the „Zeller Schwarze Katz“ In 1863 three wine merchants from Aachen were travelling around wine vaults in Zell to taste and buy the best wine. Negotiations in the Mayntzer vineyard were particularly protracted. After an extensive tasting session, there were three barrels on the short list, but they could not reach agreement on which one was really the best. The atmosphere in the vaults was already showing the eect of the wine when the wine grower’s wife, accompanied by a black cat, came into the vaults. The wine grower was about to tap another sample from one of the three barrels, when the black cat jumped onto this barrel, arched its back threateningly and spat at anyone who dared to approach the barrel. The merchants quickly agreed: without tasting any further, they decided on the barrel that the black cat had defended tooth and nail; and they made a good choice. Just a short time later, the same merchants returned and bought all the wine from the same vineyard location as the wine in the barrel that the cat had defended so aggressively. When they told the curious wine grower that they sold the wine under the name „Zeller Schwarze Katz“ and it sold very quickly, it was clear to him as well that this wine was something special. The winegrower’s colleagues and the town council found out the location where the wine was grown and named this „Zeller Schwarze Katz“.

12 Foto: Zeller Land Tourismus GmbH Cultural trail „Zeller Schwarze Katz“ The three kilometre trail starts at the town hall. Follow the cat footprints marking the cultural trail. Discover the viticultural landscape of the and learn many interesting facts along the 25 stations of the trail e.g.: • Winegrowing in Zell (Mosel) • Original „Zeller Schwarze Katz“ Vineyard • „Saufbähnchen“ - „Drinkers´Train“ • The pressing stone from a Roman wine press • Dry stone walls • The „Riwigmännche“ • The church tower without any corners • Fauna und flora Enjoy the fantastic views over the viticultural landscape. The new cultural trail is one of the few paths along the Moselle which is even suitable for taking a baby´s buggy. If you are a sporty person you can make a detour via the Collis Climbing Trail up to the Collis Tower. The cultural trail ends in the historical twon hall. A lm shows how the „Zeller Schwarze Katz“ got its name. The lm takes viewers back to the year 1863 when wine merchants from Aachen visited the wine town Zell (Mosel). Further hiking trails „Collis“ trail About 7 kilometres long and takes you about two hours of walking. Start at the “Zeller Schwarze Katz” Fountain in Marktstrasse (follow the signs) walk up Cuxborn Strasse, up Zeller Kehr past the Square Tower a remnant of the former town forti cations, then up to the third turning left – up to Collis Tower which was built in 1906. You will be rewarded with a wonderful view over Zell (Mosel) and the municipal districts of Kaimt, Merl and Barl – continue on from Collis Tower and take the left path to the main trail – cross the main trail and follow the right path until you reach the forest hut called Lönshöhe. From here you can enjoy a unique panora- mic view over the Moselle valley, the Marienburg and the Moselle villages of Alf and . From Lönshöhe take the small path behind the hut on to the main trail and follow it left until you reach Zell-Merl going past the parish church of St. Michael, a former Minorite monastery and boasting a carved wooden altar from the Antwerp school of art dating 1525, leading on to the main road (L 197) and take a left here to reach the Moselle river bank – turn left and walk along the river until you get to the centre of Zell (Mosel) and return to your starting point at the „Zeller Schwarze Katz“ fountain.

Foto: Heimat- und Verkehrsverein Zell (Mosel)

14 „Lovers Ravine“ trail About 8,5 kilometres and takes about two hours of walking. Start at “Zeller Schwarze Katz” fountain in Marktstrasse and walk up Cuxborn Strasse, up Zeller Kehr past the Square Tower, a remnant of the former town forti cations, and on up to the 2nd turning right following this to the Marienhöhe and the statue of the Madonna and a memorial plaque in the rock face. Enjoy the magni cent view over the town of Zell (Mosel) and the Moselle valley. Go on along the main trail in the direction of Förster-Kircher-Path and after about 250 m take the path right downhill to the B 421 road and cross this taking the path along Parkstrasse to the main trail. Follow the main trail in front of the old forester’s house and turn left passing the lovers’ well and walking along Linisch stream past steep rock walls to enter the romantic Lovers’ Ravine. Take a right at Breuer’s Mill and go on till you reach the Moselle river bank – then return to your starting point at the “Zeller Schwarze Katz” fountain.

„Kabertchen“ trail About 3 kilometres taking about one hour of walking. Start at “Zeller Schwarze Katz” fountain in Marktstrasse and walk up Cuxborn Strasse, up Zeller Kehr past the Square Tower, a remnant of the former town forti cations to the rst path left leading into Kabertchen path; this was the original vineyard of the “Zeller Schwarze Katz” wine. After about 1.3 km you reach a crossroads with a seating group at Corrayer Kehr. Take a sharp left turn here and continue on until your reach Grossgasse and go downhill into Schloss Strasse crossing over to the Moselle river bank and returning to your starting point at the “Zeller Schwarze Katz” fountain. „Marienburg“ trail About 12 kilometres taking about three hours of walking. Start at the “Zeller Schwarze Katz” fountain and cross over the pedestrian bridge to Zell-Kaimt walking along Marientaler Au until the road forks. Take the left fork uphill till you reach the main road B 53 follow the cycle and walking path for about 100 metres and then cross the B 53. Go on the hard surface past Engels-Chapel and straight on to Marienburg with the fabulous panorama viewing point and continue on the Prinzenkopf tower. Here you are on a section of the “Cannon Route – the historical railway cultural trail„ from Bullay to Reil. The view from the tower (currently not open to the public) oers a unique 360-degree view over the Zeller Land holiday region with its beautiful wine villages and covering a 14 km stretch of the Mosel meander including the Pünderich railway viaduct, the Eifel and Hunsrück hills and the war cemetery with its stairway entry. Turn right onto the made up forest path past Waldfrieden House and continue to the forest car park and seating group. Turn right here and go straight on to Alf and the Moselle river bank and take the ferry over to Bullay. Then walk along the Moselle to Zell (Mosel) via Zell-Merl and return to your starting point at the “Zeller Schwarze Katz” fountain. No matter which trail you choose there is always a lot to discover: just follow our tour descriptions all around the town of Zell (Mosel).

16 Foto: Zeller Land Tourismus GmbH „Horgar´s“ trail About 7 kilometres long and takes you about two hours of walking. Start at the car park at the Marienburg and walk in the direction of Zell (Barl) crossing the main road and walking on a hard surface towards the 5 Oaks memorial and then turn left onto the round trail leading around the Barl up to the Hochgericht forest hut. Take in the fantastic view of the Moselle valley and the Moselle River which you see twice at the same time. The trail leads on around the Barl hill and at the end of the round tour take the path downhill back to the main trail and to the car park at the Marienburg.

„Briedeler Schweiz“ trail This trail covers a distance of 10.5 km and takes around 3.5 hours to walk. Starting from the “Zeller Schwarze Katz” well in the town of Zell, the route turns left along the Mosel Promenade, leading towards the petrol station/road bridge. From here, it takes a left turn at the roundabout (crossing the road), before turning right after 200 m into Notenau street. After another 500 m, you turn right into a path leading up to the Beinter Kopf at the crest of the hill. Continue along the path until you reach a crossroads, continue straight over the junction, and follow the path to the “Schöne Aussicht” viewpoint. The trail now leads onwards to the Wilhelmshöhe, via the Hindenburglay, to the point where the paths cross. Here, we make a sharp right turn to continue towards Zell. Finally, as the route nears its end, it passes the Beinter Kopf again before leading you back to the River Mosel’s banks.

Nordic Walking in Zell (Mosel) Along with the chiking trails there are also three new Nordic walking routes in and around Zell (Mosel). Whether you are a novice or an expert, here you will nd the right route. There are all types of route, from fairly strenuous to strenuous. You will get a seperate yer at the tourist infomation in Zell (Mosel). Events in Zell (Mosel) Zeller Nacht der Weinkultur Last Saturday in April „Zeller Schwarze Katz“ festival Last Sunday in April P ngst-Wein-Wanderung Whit Sunday („Whit wine walk“) Wine festival „Zeller Schwarze Last weekend in June Katz“ Barl festival Second weekend in July Lange Tafel Third Saturday in July St. Jakobus wine fair Last weekend in July Merler wine festival Second weekend in August Keltisches Weingelage Last weekend in August („Celtic wine feast“) Historic wine tasting Second weekend in September „Gieh ro o dat Häisje“ - Wine 3rd October and walking in the vineyards Federweißer festival Second weekend in October

Raieisenbank Adventslauf Third Advent

18 Foto: Philipp Bohn More information Wine and Local History Museum Numerous documents and traces of settlements from the Celtic and Roman epochs (3000-2000 BCE) are Foto: Zeller Land presented illustratively: stone axes, Tourismus GmbH grindstones, ceramic nds and gold coins from the Celtic era, as well as extensive parts of a former Roman bath (second and third century CE). The very well preserved parts of the warm and hot bath, such as the hypocaust heating, are on show in the museum. And, of course, the development of the world-famous appellation „Zeller Schwarze Katz“. Along with exhibits on almost 1100 years of wine making in Zell, the museum also shows the typical appliances that Mosel wine growers need for working on the steep slopes. In 1850, Johann Baptist Grä founded the rst cigar factory in Zell. Other large cigar companies followed (ten in all). Neuerburg, the famous company from Trier, with its Overstolz brand, and Mostert, from , also operated branches in Zell. Interesting tools, labels, cigar boxes and photos showing cigar manufacturing are all on display. Up to about 1935 Zell also had its own ropeworks, which also supplied the surrounding towns and villages with ropes and cords. Typical appliances that were required for rope making can be seen.

„Riwigmännche“ - Town ghost of Zell (Mosel) In cooperation with the Riwigmännche, who according to legend is a ghost that haunts Zell, Zeller Land Tourismus GmbH oers a dierent type of sightseeing tour. Along the way, the ghost tells amusing stories from Zell (Mosel), as well as providing interesting facts from the town’s history. The tour concludes with a glass of „Zeller Schwarze Katz“ wine and you can keep the decorated wine glass as a souvenir. Foto: Philipp Bohn

Publisher/responsible for the contents: Zeller Land Tourismus GmbH, Zell (Mosel) Published: july 2017 All information is provided without guarantee and does not claim to be complete.

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