Castles (near Bernkastel-Kues)

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Association municipality :	Bernkastel-Kues
Height :	180 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.78 km 2
Residents:	555 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	71 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54472
Area code :	06534
License plate :	WIL, BKS
Community key :	07 2 31 016
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Gestade 18 ; 54470 Bernkastel-Kues
Website :	bernkastel-kues.de
Local Mayor :	Reinhard Grasnick
Location of the local community Burgen in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich

Burgen is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Bernkastel-Kues .

geography

Burgen also includes the part of the municipality Burgenfahls, formerly also called Fahls.

location

The local community is located in the outermost tip of a glacial valley of the Middle Moselle , which was formed at a time when the river was not yet fixed on its current bed. Burgen is located directly below the first Hunsrück forests and is in a dead end in terms of traffic , but can be reached from two directions, from Brauneberg via county road 87 and from Veldenz via county road 89 . The Brauneberg district of Hirzlei is located south of the local community ; This is where the district road 87 ends. There is almost no through traffic.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities include Brauneberg with the district Hirzlei or Veldenz . The closest medium- sized center is the town of Bernkastel-Kues , about six kilometers away, and the district town of Wittlich , about 14 kilometers away. Trier is about 30 kilometers away.

climate

Castles lies within the temperate climate zone ; Compared to other regions in Germany, the climate is very warm and sunny - on August 11, 1998, the record temperature of 41.2 ° C in the shade, the highest air temperature ever recorded in Germany , was found in neighboring Brauneberg . Due to the location in the lee of the Eifel, precipitation is often prevented in north-west weather conditions. Constant evaporation of the nearby Moselle water leads to regularly high humidity , which, especially in summer, leads to sometimes burdensome, humid weather and also brings numerous thunderstorms.

history

Veldenz Castle

Remains of human settlements from the Bronze Age and the ruins of a refuge, the Heidenmauer , were found in the vicinity , which is located about 1.5 kilometers east of Burgen behind Veldenz Castle . Already around 500 BC It was settled by the Treveri , a Celtic-Germanic mixed people, from whom the Latin name of the city of Trier Augusta Treverorum is derived. Around 50 BC The Romans finally followed until around 500 AD and took advantage of the strategic location of today's castles; the nearby Hunsrück plateau and the important Roman road from Trier via Bingen to Mainz could be reached relatively easily. They secured the ascent to the Hunsrück with the help of a fortified military base ; lat. burgus , which later became popularly castles .

Since 1946 the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Municipal council

The local council in Burgen consists of twelve council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019Template: future / in 3 years in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman. The twelve seats in the council are divided between three groups of voters .

Culture and sights

Wine culture

Viticulture is practiced in the Kirchberg, Hasenläufer and Römerberg vineyards. The latter lies on the southern slope with all-day sun, deep, humus-rich Devonian slate soil parallel to the famous Brauneberger Juffer . The hare runner is said to be the only mountain in Europe completely cultivated with wine . Several wineries still exist in the village today ; Riesling is the common grape variety . Blue Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Dornfelder, Kerner, Rivaner, Silvaner and Pinot Blanc are also cultivated.

Attractions

Protestant church

Restored half-timbered and quarry stone houses, wine bars and winegrowers' farms characterize the townscape. It is also worth mentioning the listed watermill from the late Biedermeier period from 1845 with an overshot water wheel and two grinding cycles. In addition to regular guided tours, the museum offers display boards and information about the epoch, a cultural and historical overview of the development of the mills and a description of the grinding process with a detour into food science. Part of the watermill is a large natural garden with a stream, box hedges, dry stone walls and a herb bed. The Burgeners are also proud of their real sequoia tree , which originally only appeared in Sequoia National Park in California, but is now widespread worldwide and is nothing special. The Frohnbach also flows openly through the village along its entire length ; A total of 19 stone, wooden and wrought iron bridges and footbridges cross the stream. No local church in the region has nearly as many bridges. There is still an Evangelical Church and a Catholic Church in Burgen .

Regular events

A carnival parade, a maypole festival, the German Mill Day (Whitsun), a linden festival of the music association, a summer festival of the mixed choir, the Burgen fair, various cellar festivals and the obligatory St. Martin's parade take place regularly in castles. The "Burgener Bühnchen", a department of the Heimatverein Burgen, organizes theater performances. In the nearby Bernkastel-Kues, the Great Wine Festival of the Middle Moselle, one of the largest wine festivals in the Moselle, takes place every year in late summer .

Sports

Burgen, together with the neighboring municipality of Veldenz and the Morgan Club Germany, regularly organizes Hunsrück mountain races for classic sports cars. In 2000, Trier also became the official venue for the Rally Germany , a run for the World Rally Championship . Since then, special stages have been held regularly in the surrounding vineyards. The courses are characterized by short, fast straights followed by sharp branches and switchbacks on a slope. Tens of thousands of people come to the region around Burgen every weekend in August.

Economy and Infrastructure

Viticulture has always played an important role . Hiking trails lead around the place. Castles is part of the Trier Region Transport Association (VRT) .

Personalities

Johann Peter Petri (* 1752 ; † 1812 ), accomplice of Schinderhannes , namesake of the card game Black Peter .

Web links

Commons : Castles - collection of images

Local community Burgen on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Bernkastel-Kues
To search for cultural assets of the local community Burgen in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
Link catalog on castles at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 86 (PDF; 3 MB).
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved October 15, 2019 .