Köwerich, Mosel, Rhine Province, Germany
"Köwerich an der Mosel is a local community in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Schweich on the Roman Wine Route.
Köwerich is one of the towns in the Trier region whose documented history dates back to the early Middle Ages. Köwerich can refer to two documents from the years 704 and 710, about whose authenticity there is no doubt and whose Latin forms of the name in villa Cabriaco and in monte Cabracense are clearly identified as Köwerich.
The individual documents themselves are not preserved in the original, but are preserved in a 13th century manuscript made in the Echternach scriptorium - in short form, but with the most important information about the material content. Both documents from the years 704 and 710 relating to the town of Köwerich are closely related to the Echternach monastery, which was founded a few years earlier, and its founders, patrons and benefactors. The manuscript contains 240 copies of documents or excerpts from the 7th to 13th centuries and is known as the Golden Book of Echternach Abbey because of its valuable content - as Liber aureus Epternacencis . The Golden Book is now kept - after an adventurous odyssey triggered by the turmoil of the French Revolution - in the manuscript department of the research and university library in Friedenstein Castle in Gotha, Thuringia.
Köwerich also plays a certain role in Beethoven 's family history: Ludwig van Beethoven's mother was named Maria-Magdalena Keverich because one of her ancestors came from the place. The home of Beethoven's ancestors is located at St.-Kunibert-Platz No. 2.
Mosel (German: [ˈmoːzl̩]) is one of 13 German wine regions (Weinbaugebiete) for quality wines (Qualitätswein, formerly QbA and Prädikatswein), and takes its name from the Mosel River (French: Moselle; Luxembourgish: Musel). Before 1 August 2007 the region was called Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, but changed to a name that was considered more consumer-friendly. The wine region is Germany's third largest in terms of production but some consider it the leading region in terms of international prestige.
The region covers the valleys of the rivers Mosel, Saar, and Ruwer from near the mouth of the Mosel at Koblenz and upstream to the vicinity of Trier in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The area is known for the steep slopes of the region's vineyards overlooking the river. At 65° degrees incline, the steepest recorded vineyard in the world is the Calmont vineyard located on the Mosel and belonging to the village of Bremm, and therefore referred to as Bremmer Calmont. The Mosel is mainly famous for its wines made from the Riesling grape, but Elbling and Müller-Thurgau also contribute to the production, among others.
In the past two decades red wine production, especially from the Spätburgunder (Pinot noir), has increased in the Mosel and throughout the German vignoble and has become of increasing interest to the international wine community. Because of the northerly location of the Mosel, the Riesling wines are often light, tending to lower alcohol, crisp and high in acidity, and often exhibit "flowery" rather than or in addition to "fruity" aromas. Its most common vineyard soil is derived in the main from various kinds of slate deposits, which tend to give the wines a transparent, mineralic aspect, that often exhibit great depth of flavor. In the current era of climate change much work has been done to improve and gain acceptance for completely dry ("Trocken") Rieslings in this region, so that most of the more famous makers have found acceptance for such wines, particularly in Europe." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
Köwerich, Mosel, Rhine Province, Germany
"Köwerich an der Mosel is a local community in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Schweich on the Roman Wine Route.
Köwerich is one of the towns in the Trier region whose documented history dates back to the early Middle Ages. Köwerich can refer to two documents from the years 704 and 710, about whose authenticity there is no doubt and whose Latin forms of the name in villa Cabriaco and in monte Cabracense are clearly identified as Köwerich.
The individual documents themselves are not preserved in the original, but are preserved in a 13th century manuscript made in the Echternach scriptorium - in short form, but with the most important information about the material content. Both documents from the years 704 and 710 relating to the town of Köwerich are closely related to the Echternach monastery, which was founded a few years earlier, and its founders, patrons and benefactors. The manuscript contains 240 copies of documents or excerpts from the 7th to 13th centuries and is known as the Golden Book of Echternach Abbey because of its valuable content - as Liber aureus Epternacencis . The Golden Book is now kept - after an adventurous odyssey triggered by the turmoil of the French Revolution - in the manuscript department of the research and university library in Friedenstein Castle in Gotha, Thuringia.
Köwerich also plays a certain role in Beethoven 's family history: Ludwig van Beethoven's mother was named Maria-Magdalena Keverich because one of her ancestors came from the place. The home of Beethoven's ancestors is located at St.-Kunibert-Platz No. 2.
Mosel (German: [ˈmoːzl̩]) is one of 13 German wine regions (Weinbaugebiete) for quality wines (Qualitätswein, formerly QbA and Prädikatswein), and takes its name from the Mosel River (French: Moselle; Luxembourgish: Musel). Before 1 August 2007 the region was called Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, but changed to a name that was considered more consumer-friendly. The wine region is Germany's third largest in terms of production but some consider it the leading region in terms of international prestige.
The region covers the valleys of the rivers Mosel, Saar, and Ruwer from near the mouth of the Mosel at Koblenz and upstream to the vicinity of Trier in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The area is known for the steep slopes of the region's vineyards overlooking the river. At 65° degrees incline, the steepest recorded vineyard in the world is the Calmont vineyard located on the Mosel and belonging to the village of Bremm, and therefore referred to as Bremmer Calmont. The Mosel is mainly famous for its wines made from the Riesling grape, but Elbling and Müller-Thurgau also contribute to the production, among others.
In the past two decades red wine production, especially from the Spätburgunder (Pinot noir), has increased in the Mosel and throughout the German vignoble and has become of increasing interest to the international wine community. Because of the northerly location of the Mosel, the Riesling wines are often light, tending to lower alcohol, crisp and high in acidity, and often exhibit "flowery" rather than or in addition to "fruity" aromas. Its most common vineyard soil is derived in the main from various kinds of slate deposits, which tend to give the wines a transparent, mineralic aspect, that often exhibit great depth of flavor. In the current era of climate change much work has been done to improve and gain acceptance for completely dry ("Trocken") Rieslings in this region, so that most of the more famous makers have found acceptance for such wines, particularly in Europe." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.