Moselle Eifel

Eifel, u. a. with Moseleifel (diagonally half down right)

As Moseleifel the southeastern strip is Osteifel left side of the Mosel Denoted by Trier downstream to Moselkern runs; in the southwest it does not extend as far as the Moselle valley . It is located exclusively in Rhineland-Palatinate and is a hilly plateau and about half of it is forested.

geography

location

The Moseleifel extends in a south-west-north-east direction along the Moselle and partly away from the river between Trier-Ehrang at the confluence of the Kyll into the Moselle and Moselkern at the confluence of the Elzbach into the same Rhine tributary. The elevations of the Moselle Eifel are lower than those of the very unspoilt Vulkaneifel adjacent to the north and only exceed heights of 400  m above sea level in a few places . NHN  - at the sheepfold near Bremm a maximum of 423  m above sea level. NHN . On the other (south-eastern) side of the Moselle valley with its many meanders and famous castles , the somewhat higher mountain ridge of the Hunsrück rises .

Natural allocation and structure

In the handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany , the Moselle Eifel forms the main unit 270 in the natural spatial main unit group 27 Eastern Eifel and bears the number 27001 at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . It is further broken down as follows:

270 Moseleifel (790.0552 km²)

• 270.0 Eastern Moselle Eifel (269.3467 km²)
  • 270.00 Elztal (26.7871 km²)
  • 270.01 Kaisersescher Eifelrand (104.1525 km²)
  • 270.02 Gevenich plateau (138.4071 km²)
• 270.1 Lower Ueßbachtal (20.6023 km²)
• 270.2 Kondelwald (24.8771 km²)
• 270.3 Openlinger plateau (136.6507 km²)
• 270.4 Middle Liesertal (25.7156 km²)
• 270.5 Southern Vulkaneifel (164.1671 km²)
  • 270.50 Daun-Manderscheider volcanic mountains (83.5247 km²)
  • 270.51 Dauner Maar area (80.6424 km²)
• 270.6 Wittlicher Heckenland (105.9256 km²)
  • 270.60 Naurather Horst (19.8545 km²)
  • 270.61 Arenrath plateau (15.2233 km²)
  • 270.62 Littgen plateau (70.8478 km²)
• 270.7 Meulenwald (42.7701 km²)

Looking down the river along the Moselle, the Moselle Eifel lies between these main natural areas:

towards the main part of the Eifel:

• 260 Mosel-Saar-Gau and East Luxemburg Gutland - in the south-western part of the Moselle Eifel, from Trier-Ehrang to Binsfeld
• 277 Kyllburger Waldeifel - in the middle part of the Moseleifel, from Niederkail to Waldkönigen
• 276 Kalkeifel - in the middle part of the Moseleifel, near Waldkönigen
• 271 Eastern High Eifel - in the north-eastern part of the Moselle Eifel, from Waldkönigen to Reudelsterz
• 291 Middle Rhine Basin - in the northeast part of the Moselle Eifel, from Reudelsterz to Moselkern

towards and along the Moselle:

• 250 Middle Moselle Valley - in the south-west to north-west part of the Moselle Eifel, from Trier-Ehrang to Moselkern

Elevations and viewpoints

The elevations and viewpoints to the left of the Moselle valley include (arranged downstream) - with heights in meters (m) above sea ​​level (MSL; unless otherwise stated according to):

• Rothenberg (365.3 m), near Ürzig
• Fieberberg (approx. 400 m), near the loop of the Traben-Trarbach river
• Elevation of Arras Castle (250.6 m) and the Barl (282.5 m), near the loop of the Kaimt / Barl river
• Calmont (380.6 m) and sheepfold (423.0 m), by the river loop of Bremm
• Klottenberg and Ellerberg (352 and 385 m)
• Eltz Castle (143.9 m), near Wierschem

A little further inland - towards the Vulkaneifel - are:

• the Eickelslay (390 m), often with a wide panoramic view
• the Falkenley (413.7 m), near Bad Bertrich , north of the Kondelwald
• the Asberg (354.8 m), at Salmrohr

Others

The region is a popular holiday area and belongs to the Mittelmosel wine-growing region . This is characterized by a large number of small, renowned family-owned wineries. The Mosel Wine Road leads through the relatively steep Moselle valley , while the railway only runs as far as the first loop of the river near Zell in the valley and then leads up to the hilly plateau.

References and comments

1. ↑ Landscape profile : Moseleifel ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on bfn.de 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Otmar Werle: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 148/149 Trier / Mettendorf. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1974. →  Online map (PDF; 4.5 MB)
3. ^ ^{A b} Heinz Fischer, Richard Graafen: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 136/137 Cochem. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1974. →  Online map (PDF; 5.6 MB)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Heinrich Müller-Miny, Martin Bürgener: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 138 Koblenz. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1971. →  Online map (PDF; 5.7 MB)
5. ↑ Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
6. ↑ ^{a b} Berghöhe - various surveys according to an unknown / not researched source

Literature and web links

• German general map 1: 200,000, sheet 12
• Moseleifel Touristik , on moseleifel-touristik.de