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Earth is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel -Wittlich, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Bernkastel- Kues. Earth is a nationally recognized tourist.

• 2.1 La Tène and Roman times
• 2.2 Middle Ages
• 2.3 Modern Times

• 4.1 Structures
• 4.2 Village Culture
• 4.3 Regular events

Geography

Geographical location

Earth is to the right of the Moselle and surrounded by vineyards, in the great loop of the river between Bernkastel -Kues and Traben- Trarbach, where the valley widens into a very flat adjoining the Hunsrück landscape. On the opposite side of the river climb steep slopes of the Eifel.

Spatial Planning

Neighboring towns are Loesnich and Zeltingen -Rachtig, opposite Ürzig. Nearest regional center is Bernkastel -Kues, about eight miles as the crow flies, and the county town of Wittlich in about ten kilometers. Trier is about 38 kilometers away.

Climate

Earth lies in the transition zone from temperate maritime climate to continental climate; it there is a very mild and sunny compared to other regions of Germany Air - in the Brown Mountain not far away was on 11 August 1998, the record temperature of 41.2 ° C in the shade, the highest ever measured in the Federal Republic of air temperature detected.

The Eifel barrier provides protection from the rain -bearing westerly winds, which can also cause a Föhneffekt. At the same time the air heating is favored due to the low air exchange with the surrounding area. This is associated with a regular high humidity, which ensures, in particular in the summer for some incriminating, humid weather and brings many storms with them due to the constant evaporation of water Mosel.

History

La Tène and Roman times

Already around 500 BC settled the Treverians, a Celtic- Germanic mixed people, in Western and Central Europe. Celtic graves testify to this. In Roman times, today's local church was probably in the territory of the provincial capital of Trier; probably it was incorporated as a state domain in the supply of the city. Across from the earth they found two ancient wine presses, one of which is the oldest Roman wine press house in Germany. At this AD, a so-called Fumarium was in the 4th century, a smoke chamber, grown to achieve a more rapid maturation of the wine with smoke. This is supported by the latest excavations of the Rheinische Landesmuseum in Trier.

Middle Ages

In the Frankish empire earth remained royal property and belonged to the Treasury Krov, who was pledged after temporary administration by the Count Palatine of the Rhine by the king in the 13th century and came into the hands of the Counts of Sponheim. Approximately 774/755 the name earth appears for the first time in written form: in pago Muslense super fluvio Muselle in monte Ardinigo according to a document of the Abbey of Echternach. Earth is high, steep.

The fragmentation of the Treasury Kröv was reflected in that of the earth, where the early Middle Ages, the Bishop of Toul acquired extensive and its abbey St. Èvre possession. This probably came from the Pippinids who were wealthy in the Moselle area, and was sold in 1266 to the governors of Hunolstein. In the Carolingian period the royal monastery of Echternach appears intent of goods in the earth. The following are the high and late Middle Ages, the Cistercian Abbey Himmerod and other monasteries and convents, including creators monastery, Monastery Springiersbach, Oren, Abbey of St. Maximin, Monastery Ravengiersburg and more. The Sponheim share of the land in the earth was certainly the greatest, but gave the counts parts as Burglehen from. Sponheim was also lord of the Reeves Hunolstein and claimed by the high court, the state dominance over the Kröver Empire until the end of the 18th century, even as the bailiffs Hunolstein their goods to the Archbishopric of Trier sold. The Faßbodenzoll in earth, probably an ancient privilege of the Treasury, which is, however, testified late, and the mill spell assured of Sponheim Administration a permanent place in the earth. The fact that a part of the Hunolsteiner goods have been handed in their family until 1786, earth retained its independent of the Electorate of Trier Inge dir. Considerable legal and originating from imperial possession was also a call to forming after Earths knights, whose possessions in 1347 fell to the monastery of St. Paulin in Trier.

Ecclesiastical included the Earthen Aperkapelle whose foundation probably went back to the Abbey of St. Touler Aper, the parish Loesnich that fell to the German Order of the abbey Mönchengladbach and the Counts of Sayn in the 13th century. The parish seat was moved in the 13th century by Rachtig. The Aperpatrozinium of earth fell in the 17th century into oblivion. Applies since St. Anne patroness. The lifting of the church tithe by the French Revolution meant that the earth in 1802 exited the Rachtiger community association and temporarily hired its own pastor.

Modern Times

After the French transition period that brought the dissolution of the old structures to earth as well as the Kröver Empire came to the district Bernkastel in the Trier region of the Prussian Rhine Province. From 1946 on earth was part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

Parish council

The local council in the earth consists of eight council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Culture and sights

Structures

Village Culture

Earth is characterized by wine growing, still exist more than a dozen wineries. Best-known vineyard is the " Earthen podium ". Volunteer fire department, parish and several clubs dominate the cultural village life. In reference to the first sentence of the Bible, "In the beginning God created heaven and earth [n ] ", the local church earth jokingly referred to as the oldest village in the world happy. Worth seeing in the earth is the church different paths crosses and old wine cellars and the Roman wine presses on the other side of the Moselle.

Regular events

Regular home and wine festivals are held, including about the wine and Fountain Festival, the Earthen wine fair, the wine-making, wine and street festival the first weekend in October or the parish celebration. In June, takes place also in the earth the Happy Mosel experience day.

Economy and infrastructure

The viticulture plays always been an important role, though, now lives a large majority of the population of other economic sectors. In the 20th century, tourism has developed, in the Moselle region often outdated referred to as " tourism ". In soils there is a 1.5 acre campsite and numerous commercial and private guest houses with several hundred beds. The local church is one of the transport association Region Trier ( VRT).

Immediately upon earth also the construction of a high- Moselle crossing the main road 50 is planned.