Leiwen

Leiwen on the Mosel is a municipality in the Trier -Saar castle in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Schweich on the Roman wine road. Leiwen is a nationally recognized resort.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 community partnerships

• 4.1 Attractions
• 4.2 Sport
• 4.3 Regular events

Geography

Leiwen is named after the natural unit of Leiwener Mosel edge heights.

Districts of Leiwen are the Leiwenermühle in Dhrontal and Zummeterhof.

Climate

The annual rainfall is 724 mm. The deposits are located in the middle third of the detected values ​​in Germany. At 45% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values ​​are registered. The driest month is April, most rain falls in August. In August, falling 1.4 times more precipitation than in April. Precipitation varies only slightly and are distributed extremely evenly throughout the year. At only 2% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.

History

Under the name " Lyve " or " Lyue " the place was first mentioned in a document dated 1 September 802, when Charlemagne was the occasion of a gift in favor of the Archbishop of Trier Weomad make a Grenzbescheibung.

The town's name probably originated from the Latin word clivus ( slope, slope, uphill road ), that path, which the Roman road at the height of Talrandes combined with Leiwen with the road down to the Mosel. The lower Moselweg was also Detzem his name, when there is the tenth milestone. Above Leiwen offers the Zummethöhe an impressive view of the Moselle Valley on the Trittenheimer Moselschleife. Here is to Caesar Augustus his wife Livia a sumptuous villa have built as a summer residence, of which Roman archaeological finds testify.

Another interpretation of the origin of the place name contains the official homepage of Leiwen: The wife of Augustus said to be the eponym. The Leiwener local coat of arms shows, among others, a coin with a portrait of Livia (58 BC - 29 AD).

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Leiwen consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Allocation of seats in the local council:

Community partnerships

• Le Mesnil -sur- Oger, Marne
• Zuelpich

Culture and sights

Attractions

• Half-timbered house Leiwen ( tithe ). The end of the 15th century built house ( dendrochronologically 1485/86 dated) was 1558 ( year of the second- used door jamb ) and 1824 ( date on the lintel ) rebuilt in 1936 and restored in 1976 and refurbished in 1984. Until 1999, the half-timbered house was still inhabited, but since then has been empty.
• Kurtrierer Hof, a former manor house, the seat of the electoral administrator, Meiers, in the Tränkgasse. The portal shows a date of 1610. The courtyard building dates from the Renaissance period. Today, a winery located in it.
• Catholic parish church of St. Stephen, built around 1500. Choir, yoke and the final around 1500. Nave and west tower built in 1769 to plans by Johannes Seiz by his brother Andrew. Facilities Constructed in rich Rococo forms. Monstrance 1460 / 70th In the crypt original preserved remains of the Gothic painting of the 16th century can still be seen.
• Euchariuskapelle, now home and Wine Museum, first mentioned in 1609, archaeological finds from the past are on display. These columns is a figure from the 11th century. In the affiliated barn are on the ground floor a complete cooper's workshop, a distillation plant and the path of the " grapes on the vine " 'the wine in the bottle " to see ( 1950 ). Has been that this area already populated in Roman times, show the excavations of Roman country villas in the area. In addition, historical photographs documenting the lives of Leiwener at the beginning of the 20th century.
• Jewish cemetery, cemetery of the former Jewish community of Leiwen (1592-1938) and Klüsserath. The cemetery is a reminder of the former Jewish community of Leiwen who was a victim of Nazi tyranny.
• Weinbrunnen Leiwen, designed by Adolf Herbig from Enkenbach- Alsenborn, donated by Carl Reh 1970 to celebrate its 50th anniversary. A beautiful fountain with a modern space in the center.
• Courthouse, built in the early 17th century in the Tränkgasse: the portal lintel shows a date of 1610, the courtyard building dates from the Renaissance period. .
• Sculpture Park beans garden, a near-natural sculpture park with exclusively indigenous planting on 12,000 m².
• The ' Dhrontalkraftwerk ', commissioned in 1913, is situated on the Moselle River, near the site; it is still functional. Worth seeing is the few kilometers distant Dhrontalsperre whose water feeds the power plant in Leiwen.

Sports

The local sports club SV Leiwen 1946 (now SV Leiwen - Köwerich 2000 eV) was a member from 1971 to 1978 the amateur football league Rhineland and 1979-1990 with interruptions in the Oberliga West.

Regular events

• The big wine festival with the official crowning of the queen and her wine Leiwener two princesses, the parade and the public wine tasting held on the third weekend in August.
• In the Roman road takes place the first weekend in September instead of the vintage street party in which offer the winemakers of the place personally in many stands next to their best wines, regional, Moselle typical food.

Economy and infrastructure

The main industry is wine cultivation and its marketing. An important source of income is tourism. ( 2009: Beds: 2,780, Guests: 95 431, overnight stays. 400 790 ) Leiwen has two large holiday parks: The Landal Green Park " Sonnenberg " is above all a popular destination for families. In 1999, was " Euro beach Mosel " opened. Here we focused on groups and clubs. After the construction of the theme park " Euro beach " Leiwen was able to increase its tourism figures annually.

Leiwen is characterized by winegrowing and bestockter with 273 hectares of vines Piesport and cell largest wine-growing town of Mosel. It is traditionally mainly grown Riesling. The proportion of white grape varieties is 94.2 %. To a turning point of the Leiwener viticulture came in 1985 by the newly founded association " Leiwener Jungwinzer ". Away from the mass production towards less income, careful reading and gentler treatment of wine in the cellar were the successful concept. The competition in Definition samples is still regarded as the most important step to improve quality.

• Leiwener monastery garden
• Leiwener Laurentiuslay

Great Location: Saint Michael

Leiwen is also a place with intact retail and one of the few villages in which there are two banks, a branch of the Sparkasse Trier and the headquarters of Raiffeisen Bank Mehring- Leiwen.

In July 2008 Leiwen won the competition " Our village has a future" in the state finals of Rhineland -Palatinate the bronze medal. Since 2011 Leiwen advertises with the slogan " Leiwen - a strong piece of Mosel ."

Local personalities

• Carl Reh (1898-1962), founder of the wine growing and trading company deer Kendermann
• Günter deer, entrepreneur and first honorary citizen of Leiwen
• Herbert deer, entrepreneurs and 2 honorary citizen of Leiwen
• Heinz Weis, world champion (1997) in the hammer throw
• Stefan Andres, writer ( born in Dhrönchen, baptized in Leiwen )