2021 | EN MEHRING steep that it is referred to as the ‘Loreley BERNKASTEL-KUES KINHEIM servation tower with a great view of have meanwhile been reconstructed the exciting history of the Eltz castle exhibition and since then, has been 109 Rhine Museum 33 Mariensäule of the Mosel’. the ‘Zeller Hamm’ Mosel river loop. again. and its residents. displaying contemporary art, with a The cultural histo- St Mary’s Column 41 Villa Rustica Tel.: +49 (0) 6507-2027 58 Townscapes and 66 Townscapes and Tel.: +49 (0) 6542-96220 Tel.: +49 (0) 2673-960111 Tel.: +49 (0) 2672-950500 particular focus on contemporary rical Rhine Muse- towers above the The manor house of www.piesport.de village scenery village scenery www.zellerland.de www.nehren-mosel.de www.burg-eltz.de French art. The adjoining ‘Blumen- um was founded in city at the highest a Roman estate has Bernkastel district: Villagescape with hof’ also functions as an exhibition 1912 and shows vi- T he finest destinations point of the sand- been uncovered, pre- historic old town historic wine and Wine and Local History BEILSTEIN BRODENBACH centre. sitors all aspects 50 Wine press 75 stone rocks and a served and partly with timbered houses monastic estates as Museum A beam press re- Townscapes and Tel.: +49 (0) 261-1291610 of life on the Rhi- 40 metre pillar. The reconstructed. Visi- and market place well as timbered Presentation of doc- 84 93 Ehrenburg IN THE MOSEL REGION constructed based village scenery www.koblenz-touristik.de ne: castles, the economy, Rhine ro- location affords a spectacular view tors can view the with Pointed House. houses, former abbey uments and settle- on archaeological The ‘Sleeping Beauty The rock that Ehren- manticism, fish, shipping with large across Trier and the Mosel valley. main front with two corner projections The Landshut castle ‘Echternacher Hof’, ment traces from 102 Basilica of St. Castor findings at the his- of the Mosel’ – his- burg castle has model shops and a unique ship find Tel.: +49 (0) 651-978080 and the porticus, a heatable living room ruins overlook the city. Kues district: remains of a former knight’s castle, the Celtic and Ro- The collegiate toric location where toric village centre been standing on from the 17th century, known as the www.trier-info.de with mosaic, and parts of the bathing multimedia Mosel wine museum with location where the wine god Sucellus man periods, Mosel church, consecra- a large Roman wine- with picturesque since the 12th cen- ‘Ehrenbreitsteiner Schiff’. tract. Guided tours are available. vinotheque, St Nicholas’ Hospital was discovered, remains of a 3rd cen- wine-growers’ and tury towers over the ted in 836, is the Tel.: +49 (0) 261-1291610 WALDRACH (RUWER) pressing facility from the 4th century market square, styl- Tel.: +49 (0) 6502-93380 (Cusanus Foundation), birthplace of tury Roman villa. coopers’ tools, exhibition about the wild and romantic oldest surviving www.koblenz-touristik.de PERL-NENNIG 8 St Mary’s pilgrimage church Rosa Mystica, a symbol of the Virgin was discovered. The press provides lish timbered houses, Mary. (UNESCO World Heritage Site) 25 Rheinisches Landesmuseum www.roemische-weinstrasse.de Nikolaus von Kues. Tel.: +49 (0) 6532-3444 production of cigars and rope. Ehrbachtal valley. church in Koblenz The 15th century St 34 Roman aqueduct the focal point of a Roman wine-press- Metternich castle ruin, Carmelite LEISURE AND 1 Roman Mosaic Tel.: +49 (0) 651-978080 The Rheinisches Lan- Tel.: +49 (0) 6531-500190 www.kinheim.de Tel.: +49 (0) 6542-96220 Tel.: +49 (0) 2605-8472736 and served as a 110 Schängel Fountain Mary’s pilgrimage Even in antiquity, ing festival with original Roman wine- convent and convent church with its Measuring ca. 160 www.trier-info.de desmuseum is Trier’s 42 Five Lakes View www.bernkastel.de www.zellerland.de www.sonnige-untermosel.de meeting place and place of concilia- The Schängel Foun- church with its largest and best- the provincial capi- pressing (annually in October). KRÖV ‘Black Madonna’. square metres, this Climbing the 25 m Wine cultural centre with Tel.: +49 (0) 2673-900191 tion for emperors and kings alike. tain is an emblem miraculous picture known museum and tal of Trier already Tel.: +49 (0) 6507-2027 59 ALKEN ADVENTURE MAP is considered the 17 St Paulin church high lookout tower museum and vinotheque Townscapes and ALF www.beilstein-mosel.de On 30 July 1991, Pope John Paul II of the city of Kob- of the nursing ma- offers Germany’s relied on water sup- www.piesport.de 67 largest Roman mo- The St Paulin parish is more than worth village scenery raised the Church of St. Castor to a lenz, dedicated to donna is located in most comprehensive plies from the Ruwer Modern multimedia 94 Burg Thurant saic north of the church is renowned it as it affords a Villagescape with 76 Burg Arras basilica minor. the Koblenz-born The most beautiful excursion the Beurig district. collection documenting the civilization, valley. A reproduc- museum explaining COCHEM Partly built on Alps. The Mosaic far beyond the city grandiose view 51 Scenic road historic wine and The over 1000 years Tel.: +49 (0) 261-1291610 poet Josef Corneli- Tel.: +49 (0) 658 1-995980 economy, settlements, religion and tion of a walk-in channel discovered the history and im- Roman foundation destinations in the Mosel region carpet was reconstructed in 1874 and limits for its glorious across the landscape The scenic road monastic estates as old castle enthuses Townscapes and www.koblenz-touristik.de us. He wrote the lyrics for the Kob- www.saar-obermosel.de art of the first four centuries AD. near Waldrach can be visited at a car portance of wine. 85 walls, Burg Thurant restored in 1960 and once decorated Baroque architecture. structures of the Mosel valley be- (Panoramastraße) well as timbered with its defensive village scenery lenz anthem, the ‘Schängellied’. Tel.: +49 (0) 651-978080 park on Ruwertalstraße. Another set Newly acquired is one of the Mosel 103 Florinskirche the entrance hall of a porticoed villa. The ceiling frescoes tween Hunsrück and Eifel. between Piesport houses, ‘Dreigiebel- walls, accessible Historical townscape Tel.: +49 (0) 261-1291610 KONZ www.trier-info.de of remains is located directly by the knowledge can sub- region’s oldest cas- The Florinskirche, Tel.: +49 (0) 6866-1439 and sculptures inside the church are Tel.: +49 (0) 6502-93380 and Minheim offers haus’ as one of the keep, dreamy inner with medieval market www.koblenz-touristik.de Ruwer-Hochwald cycle route in sequently be put to the test by way of tles. Explore the ro- constructed www.nennig.de Roscheider Hof Cultural particularly worth seeing. www.roemische-weinstrasse.de fantastic views of most remarkable half-timbered build- courtyard, knights’ square, winding lanes 9 Waldrach. a wine tasting in the vinotheque with mantic castle complex and find out around 1100, was Anthropology and Open Tel.: +49 (0) 651-978080 the Mosel river loop ings in the Mosel region, St Remigius hall with arms and suits of armour, and timbered houses, 111 Jesuitenplatz 26 Spielzeugmuseum Tel.: +49 (0) 651-1701818 a selection of 150 wines and sparkling more about the old craft of wine- nearly converted Air Museum www.trier-info.de PÖLICH near Piesport (various ‘photo spots’ parish church. castle dungeon with medieval torture imperial castle, his- Situated in the old TAWERN The Toy Museum www.ruwer.eu wines. making on a detour to the wine cellar. into a municipal The open air mu- along the street). Tel.: +49 (0) 6541-9486 chamber, and a museum. toric mustard mill, town of Koblenz, wows its visitors Tel.: +49 (0) 6531-500190 Tel.: +49 (0) 2605-8472736 slaughterhouse seum affords a Thermal baths at 43 Aqueduct of a villa Tel.: +49 (0) 6507-2027 www.kroev.de Tel.: +49 (0) 6542-22275 former bunker of Germany’s Central the Jesuitenplatz 2 Temple complex and Vicus 18 with many toys that RIVERIS www.bernkastel.de www.sonnige-untermosel.de with stalls during the French occu- lively insight into the Viehmarkt A ca. 1.2 m high www.piesport.de www.arras.de Bank, chairlift to the Pinnerkreuz look- is surrounded by children would dream St. Nicholas’ Hospital pation of 1794 and the secularisati- Excavation and re- the region’s cultur- Under an impressive channel can be ex- TRABEN-TRARBACH out point, Winneburg castle ruins. beautifully-renova- of from antiquity to 35 Riveris reservoir 60 (Cusanus Foundation), BAD BERTRICH OBERFELL on by Napoleon of 1803. In 1820, construction of a al history and vil- huge glass cube, plored in Pölich. By BRAUNEBERG Tel.: +49 (0) 2671-60040 ted town houses. Roman temple com- the present day: tin Drinking water reser- birthplace Nikolaus von Kues Townscapes and the Florinskirche was consecrated lage life. The cen- designed by architect all appearances, the 68 Townscapes and www.ferienland-cochem.de The seat of the Koblenz town hall, plex from the 1st to toys, train sets, pewter figures, dolls, voir, has supplied The St Nikolaus village scenery 77 95 Bleidenberg as a Protestant parish church, ma- terpiece of the complex is a four- Oswald M. Unger, the City of Trier with former aqueduct once 52 Wine press village scenery the former Jesuit church (now the 4th century AD on doll houses, railways, fluffy toys, Hospital, a late- Jugendstil building 86 Reichsburg Schematic recon- king it the first Protestant church sided farmyard with an exhibition archaeological find- water from the served to supply the The wine-pressing Spa in the Mosel Citykirche) and the monument to the Metzenberg hill steam engines and a whole lot more.