PROFILE OF BERNKASTEL-KUES International City of Vine and Wine 10_2010 GEOGRAPHY Bernkastel-Kues is located in the south-eastern part of the county of Bernkastel-Wittlich, part of the administrative region of Treves. The region is characterized by three landscapes which are Eifel, Moselle and Hunsrück. The highest peak of the mountain range of Eifel and Hunsrück is the Erbeskopf with an altitude of 818 metre. GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION Coordinates Latitude: 49,55° North Longitude: 7,04° East Highest point: 415 metre absolute altitude (viewpoint Olymp) Lowest point: 107 metre absolute altitude (level of the river Moselle) ADMINISTRATIVE CLASSIFICATION Federal State: Rhineland-Palatinate County: Bernkastel-Wittlich Association of Municipalities: Bernkastel-Kues DISTRICTS Andel, Bernkastel, Kues, Wehlen LAND USE OF CITY OF BERNKASTEL-KUES Total area, 23.657.101 square metre of wich Woods and recreational areas 10.654.623 square metre Agricultural / horticultural land 7.815.899 square metre Traffic areas 1.649.488 square metre Buildings and associate free spaces 1.376.844 square metre Expanse of water 1.279.367 square metre Land of other use 93.906 square metre 01 POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT INHABITANTS OF BERNKASTEL-KUES (state OF DECEMBER 31st, 2009) District male female total Andel 382 355 737 Bernkastel 496 482 978 Kues 2371 2014 4385 Wehlen 572 626 1198 Total population 3821 3477 7298 POPULATION DENSITY 227 inhabitants per square kilometre UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ANNUAL AVERAGE (2009) Germany 8,2 percent Rhineland-Palatinate 6,1 percent County of Bernkastel-Wittlich 4,3 percent COMMUTER BALANCE Inbound commuters 3.347 Outbound commuters 1.038 02 ECONOMY Approximately 800 notified companies of trade and service. Manufacturing and industry has a subordinate role. Then of course there are about 70 wine-growers cultivating 238 hectares of vineyards within the city limits. KEY COMPETENCES VINICULTURE Wine-growing with world-famous wine-growing estates and appellations Wine processing industry (amongst others Moselland eG, winery Peter Mertes GmbH & Co. KG) TOURISM 737.606 overnight stays in 2009 28,6 percent of the over night guests are from abroad (from the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Great Britain) Approximately 1.5 million same-day visitors HEALTH Largest rehabilitation site in Rhineland-Palatinate (five rehabilitation centre with about 1.000 beds) 03 TOURISM GUESTS AND OVERNIGHT STAYS EAT AND DRINK City of Bernkastel-Kues in 2009 38 Restaurants Business (over 9 beds): 51 15 Cafés Number of beds: 4.037 1 Ice-cream parlour Guests: 174.697 3 Inns Overnight stays: 737.606 4 Bars / Pubs Foreigners: 28,6 percent 5 Wine taverns Average length of stay: 4,2 days 5 Wine-grower’s restaurant 3 Wine-growing estates FIVE HEALTH RESORTS 19 Wine-growers Beds: approximate 1050 SIGHTS SAME-DAY VISITORS Market place Approximate 1,5 million Town hall “Spitzhäuschen” (historical building) HOME COUNTRIES OF FOREIGN GUESTS Castle “Landshut” Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Sweden, „Bärenbrunnen“ (fountain) Norway, Finland, Great Britain „Doppelkreuz“ (monument) „Doctorbrunnen“ (fountain) ACCOMMODATIONS (OVER 9 BEDS) 30 Hotels REGIONAL DESTINATIONS 13 Pensions / Guesthouses City of Treves 5 Holiday houses Luxembourg 1 Youth hostel City of precious stones Idar-Oberstein 1 Holiday home Volcanic region of Eifel „Erlebniswelt Nürburgring“ OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS Water Park “Pyramide” in Hambachtal 30 private landlords Wave pool Cochem 111 Holiday flats Thermal baths in Traben-Trarbach and Bad Bertrich 2 Campsites Castle “Eltz” 04 RETAIL CENTRALITY Bernkastel-Kues constitutes together with the town of Traben-Trarbach an obligatory cooperating middle-order centre. PURCHASING POWER INDEX PER INHABITANT (state OF 2009) 100,5 OLD TOWN OF BERNKASTEL 74 specialist shops in the area of the Old Town DISTRICT OF KUES Mainly local supply centre Large area retail plants such as: Aldi GmbH & Co. KG Toom Baumarkt REWE Edeka Aktiv Markt Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb GmbH & Co. KG Lidl Vertriebs-GmbH & Co. KG Schlecker Kik Ihr Platz Several specialist shops 05 INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT ROAD CONNECTIONS BUS COMPANIES A 48 Koblenz / Treves / Luxembourg MB Moselbahn Verkehrsbetriebsgesellschaft mbH A 60 towards Belgium Omnibustouristik Feuerer A 1 Saarbrücken A 61 Cologne / Ludwigshafen FURTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORT B 50 towards Wittlich 3 taxi companies B 53 towards Koblenz / Treves 1 car rental company B 269 towards Hunsrück DISTANCES AIR TRAFFIC Amsterdam / Netherlands 417 kilometres Airport Frankfurt – Hahn (20 kilometres) Berlin 681 kilometres Airport Luxembourg (80 kilometres) Bern / Switzerland 416 kilometres Airport Frankfurt on the Main (125 kilometres) Brussels / Belgium 265 kilometres Airport Cologne / Bonn (130 kilometres) Carlsbad / Czech Republic 515 kilometres Cologne 166 kilometres RAILWAY Copenhagen / Denmark 911 kilometres EuroCity / InterCity / RE “Regional Express” / Dusseldorf 205 kilometres RB “Regional Bahn” between Treves and Koblenz Frankfurt on the Main 147 kilometres from Wittlich (17 kilometres) Hamburg 586 kilometres Heidelberg 174 kilometres PASSENGER SHIPPING Kaiserslautern 99 kilometres From May on daily connections to Traben-Trarbach, Luxembourg City /Luxembourg 98 kilometres Treves and Zell. Mainz 112 kilometres Round cruises, night cruises and custom cruises to Munich 499 kilometres several stations on the river of Mosel are offered Saarbruecken 114 kilometres by two shipping companies. Vienna / Austria 857 kilometres Wiesbaden 113 kilometres Shipping piers of the region are in: Kesten, Brauneberg, Mülheim, Lieser, Bernkastel- Kues, Graach, Wehlen, Zeltingen-Rachtig and Ürzig. 06 HEALTH MEDICAL CARE REHABILITATION CLINICS 5 General Practitioners Median-Clinic Bernkastel 1 Eye Specialist Median-Clinic Burg Landshut 2 Surgeons Median-Clinic Kues 2 Specialists for Gynaecology and Obstetrics Median-Clinic Moselhöhe 1 Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist Median-Clinic Moselschleife 1 Dermatologist 4 Specialists for Internal Medicine HEALTH SERVICE 2 Specialists for Paediatrics 6 Physiotherapists 1 Orthopaedist 4 Healing Practitioners 1 Urologist 2 Dietary Therapist 8 Dentists 1 Learning Therapist 2 Veterinarians 1 Speech Therapist 2 Occupational Therapist HOSPITALS 8 Psychologists Hospital Bernkastel-Wittlich with location Physiotherapy Bernkastel-Kues (128 beds) Massages Wards: Fitness group Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Internal Medicine, Supplier of medical equipment Anaesthetics and Intensive Medicine, Urology, Lymphatic Drainage Surgery, Orthopaedics, Neurology, ENT as well as 3 Chemist´s Shops extensive bathing facilities 3 Retirement Homes Dialysis Centre SOCIAL WELFARE Caritas Association, branch Bernkastel-Kues Caritas “Sozialstation” German Red Cross (DRK) Lebenshilfe Bernkastel-Wittlich e.V. “Sozialverband VdK “, regional chapter Bernkastel 07 EDUCATION KINDERGARTENS COLLEGES OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND UNIVERSITIES WITHIN 100 KILOMETRES Kindergarten of catholic parish St. Antonius College of higher education Birkenfeld Kindergarten of catholic parish St. Michael College of higher education Kaiserslautern Kindergarten of City of Bernkastel-Kues, in district of Wehlen College of higher education Koblenz Community Kindergarten City of Bernkastel and DRK Sozialwerk College of higher education Treves College for Public Administration (Mayen / Hahn) SCHOOLS University of Kaiserslautern 2 Elementary Schools University of Koblenz-Landau 1 Grammar School University of Treves 1 Secondary Modern School (“Realschule Plus”) 1 Secondary School 1 Vocational School 2 Schools for special educational needs with focus on the concept of learning for “handicapped people” and on integrative development of speech and comprehensive development. TECHNICAL COLLEGES State-owned Technical College for Hotel Business Administrations BBS – Technical College for Viniculture Licensed Professional College for Physiotherapy FURTHER EDUCATION Adult Education Centre Academy of Kues (for Senior Education and Recreation) Kues Academy for European History of Ideas 08 LEISURE AND CULTURE SPORTS AND FITNESS MUSEUMS Fishing Historical doll, toy and icon museum in the Monastery Miniature golf facilities of Machern, Wehlen - At Kues harbour Baroque chapel at the Monastery Machern, Wehlen - At Health Resort Visitors Centre “Kurgastzentrum” Museum of local history “Graacher Tor”, Bernkastel Small marina Multimedia wine museum, Kues In- and outdoor swimming pool “Moselbad” Vinotheque, Kues 7 bowling alleys Doll and clock museum, Bernkastel Tennis courts Cusanus birth house, Kues - Tennis club “Grün-Weiß” - Tennis centre “Günter Molz” LIBRARIES - Hotel “Moselpark” Health Resort Visitors Centre (“Kurgastzentrum”) Riding Parish library St. Briktikus Network of bicycle and hiking paths Parish library St. Michael Rowing Club Library of protestant parish Shooting range School sports complex FURTHER CULTURAL FACILITIES - Artificial turf complex Academy of Kues (senior academy and community centre) - Skating rack „Kultur und Kur GmbH“ Bernkastel-Kues (culture and cure) - Tartan rack „Moselkino“ (cinema) - Athletics facilities Seat of „Mosel Musikfestival Veranstaltungsgesellschaft Skating and Inline Park mbH“ (annual festival of classical music) 28 associations and clubs Woodland nature trail Water sports / water-ski Wine trail with wine hiking path Nordic-Walking-Park Middle Moselle 09 TAXES AND ADMINISTRATION MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY Mayor from City of Bernkastel-Kues Wolfgang Port Adress Mandatstraße 1 54470 Bernkastel-Kues Tel: 0049 (0) 6531 / 961 90 Fax: 0049 (0) 6531 / 961 921 [email protected] ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPALITIES AUTHORITY Mayor from association of the municipalities Bernkastel-Kues Adress Ulf Hangert Gestade 18 54470 Bernkastel-Kues Tel: 0049 (0) 6531 / 54 0 Fax: 0049 (0) 6531 / 54 107 [email protected] FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT US. CONTACT Entwicklungsagentur Bernkastel-Kues e.V. TAXES (Agency for City Management, Marketing Business tax collection rate and Urban Development) Mandatstraße 2 Bernkastel-Kues 370 percent 54470 Bernkastel-Kues Land tax, type A 320 percent Tel: 0049 (0) 6531/ 971230 Land tax, type B 340 percent Fax: 0049 (0) 6531/ 971229 [email protected] www.entwicklungsagentur-bks.de 10.