Weingasse, Enkirch, Mosel, Rhine Province, Germany
Looking east from Zum Herrenberg.
"Enkirch is a local community on the Moselle, below Traben-Trarbach. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Traben-Trarbach, in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district, in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Enkirch is located about 9 km northeast of Bernkastel-Kues and 19 km south of Cochem on the right side of the Moselle at Moselkilometer 102. A widely branched stream (Ahringsbach and Großbach) from the Hunsrück flows there. The Enkirch barrage is located at Moselle kilometer 103.
The name of the place developed from ANCHIRIACUM via ANKARACHA - ANCKIRCHA - ENKRICHA to ENKIRCH.
The area of Enkirch was inhabited long before it was first mentioned in documents in 733. This is proven by numerous finds that are exhibited in the Enkircher Heimatstuben. Accordingly, the first traces of settlement can be classified in the 3rd millennium BC, a period that experts refer to as the Neolithic or Neolithic period. At that time, people who had previously roamed around as hunters and gatherers gradually became settled. Numerous finds from later centuries have now been collected, which can also be seen in the local history rooms.
The first documented mention came when Adela, the daughter of the Merovingian nobles Hugobert and Irmina von Oeren, mentioned the Pfalzel monastery, which she had founded, in her will. In this document dated “1. April in the 12th year of the reign of King Theodericus "(732/733) it says: "I also give to the already mentioned monastery my shares in the houses of Anchiriacum, Ursiacum and Caimitas (Kaimt), which are located above the Moselle.“
In the book celebrating the town's 1250th anniversary, Enkirchen local historian and honorary citizen Hans Immich-Spier writes that the original document is considered lost. When the history of the Oeren monastery was recorded at the beginning of the 11th century, “there was a reading error, which turned “Adela, filia Hugoberti” into filia Dagoberti and thus also made Adela’s mother Irmina “von Oeren” her sister. Both became daughters of Dagobert II, who was murdered in 679. All later documents use this version.” It was later proven by the Luxembourg regional expert Prof. Wampach based on the introductory dating of the will (see above) that this version is incorrect. “Previous editors of the document believed that it was Theuderic III. (673–691), hence the earlier dating of 690,” Immich-Spier continues.
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.
Weingasse, Enkirch, Mosel, Rhine Province, Germany
Looking east from Zum Herrenberg.
"Enkirch is a local community on the Moselle, below Traben-Trarbach. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Traben-Trarbach, in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district, in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Enkirch is located about 9 km northeast of Bernkastel-Kues and 19 km south of Cochem on the right side of the Moselle at Moselkilometer 102. A widely branched stream (Ahringsbach and Großbach) from the Hunsrück flows there. The Enkirch barrage is located at Moselle kilometer 103.
The name of the place developed from ANCHIRIACUM via ANKARACHA - ANCKIRCHA - ENKRICHA to ENKIRCH.
The area of Enkirch was inhabited long before it was first mentioned in documents in 733. This is proven by numerous finds that are exhibited in the Enkircher Heimatstuben. Accordingly, the first traces of settlement can be classified in the 3rd millennium BC, a period that experts refer to as the Neolithic or Neolithic period. At that time, people who had previously roamed around as hunters and gatherers gradually became settled. Numerous finds from later centuries have now been collected, which can also be seen in the local history rooms.
The first documented mention came when Adela, the daughter of the Merovingian nobles Hugobert and Irmina von Oeren, mentioned the Pfalzel monastery, which she had founded, in her will. In this document dated “1. April in the 12th year of the reign of King Theodericus "(732/733) it says: "I also give to the already mentioned monastery my shares in the houses of Anchiriacum, Ursiacum and Caimitas (Kaimt), which are located above the Moselle.“
In the book celebrating the town's 1250th anniversary, Enkirchen local historian and honorary citizen Hans Immich-Spier writes that the original document is considered lost. When the history of the Oeren monastery was recorded at the beginning of the 11th century, “there was a reading error, which turned “Adela, filia Hugoberti” into filia Dagoberti and thus also made Adela’s mother Irmina “von Oeren” her sister. Both became daughters of Dagobert II, who was murdered in 679. All later documents use this version.” It was later proven by the Luxembourg regional expert Prof. Wampach based on the introductory dating of the will (see above) that this version is incorrect. “Previous editors of the document believed that it was Theuderic III. (673–691), hence the earlier dating of 690,” Immich-Spier continues.
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.